verb
epiraptamō
Strong’sG1976
I sew on
stem epirapt-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
*† ἐπι-ράπτω (Rec. -ρράπτω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1976 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
aorist 2 ἐπέρρᾰφον Refs 4th c.AD+:—sew or stitch on, τι ἐπὶ ἱμάτιον NT+4th c.AD+
2. sew up, in passive, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| epiraptatōἐπιράπτει | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | sews | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epiraptamō | epiraptame | epiraptami | epiraptama | epiraptamē | epiraptamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | epiraptasō | epiraptase | epiraptasi | epiraptasa | epiraptasē | epiraptaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epiraptatō1×ἐπιράπτει | epiraptate | epiraptati | epiraptata | epiraptatē | epiraptatelē |
| we 1st person plural | epiraptanō | epiraptane | epiraptani | epiraptana | epiraptanē | epiraptanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epiraptavō | epiraptave | epiraptavi | epiraptava | epiraptavē | epiraptavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | epiraptalō | epiraptale | epiraptali | epiraptala | epiraptalē | epiraptalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epiraptameiō | epiraptameia | epiraptameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | epiraptaseiō | epiraptaseia | epiraptaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epiraptateiō | epiraptateia | epiraptateiē |
| we 1st person plural | epiraptaneiō | epiraptaneia | epiraptaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epiraptaveiō | epiraptaveia | epiraptaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | epiraptaleiō | epiraptaleia | epiraptaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | epiraptasōr | epiraptasar | epiraptasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epiraptatōr | epiraptatar | epiraptatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | epiraptavōr | epiraptavar | epiraptavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | epiraptalōr | epiraptalar | epiraptalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epiraptamoiō | epiraptamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | epiraptasoiō | epiraptasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epiraptatoiō | epiraptatoia |
| we 1st person plural | epiraptanoiō | epiraptanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | epiraptavoiō | epiraptavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | epiraptaloiō | epiraptaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | epiraptarō | epiraptari | epiraptara | epiraptarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | epiraptarōntos | epiraptarintos | epiraptarantos | epiraptarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
epirapt is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
epiraptatō“sews”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Mark 2:21Oudenos epiblēmem rakeu agnafeu epiraptatō epi himatiem palaiem; ei de mē, …No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on …