verb

epopteuamō

Greekἐποπτεύω (epopteuō)

Strong’sG2029

I am an eyewitness of, behold

stem epopteu-2 times in the New Testament2 forms occur

Translated as

see2×

What it means

** ἐπ-οπτεύω

[in Sm.: Ps 9:35 (10:14) 32 (33:13) *;]

to watch (in Hom., as an overseer; cf Ps, ll. c.), look upon: I Pe 2:12 3:2.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2029 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-opt-yoo'-o

to inspect, i.e. watch

Fromfrom G1909 and a derivative of G3700;

King Jamesbehold.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
epopteuarōtoisἐποπτεύοντες	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine	see	1×
epopteuaratoisἐποπτεύσαντες	happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine	see	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, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	epopteuamō	epopteuame	epopteuami	epopteuama	epopteuamē	epopteuamelē
you 2nd person singular	epopteuasō	epopteuase	epopteuasi	epopteuasa	epopteuasē	epopteuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epopteuatō	epopteuate	epopteuati	epopteuata	epopteuatē	epopteuatelē
we 1st person plural	epopteuanō	epopteuane	epopteuani	epopteuana	epopteuanē	epopteuanelē
ye 2nd person plural	epopteuavō	epopteuave	epopteuavi	epopteuava	epopteuavē	epopteuavelē
they 3rd person plural	epopteualō	epopteuale	epopteuali	epopteuala	epopteualē	epopteualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	epopteuameiō	epopteuameia	epopteuameiē
you 2nd person singular	epopteuaseiō	epopteuaseia	epopteuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epopteuateiō	epopteuateia	epopteuateiē
we 1st person plural	epopteuaneiō	epopteuaneia	epopteuaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	epopteuaveiō	epopteuaveia	epopteuaveiē
they 3rd person plural	epopteualeiō	epopteualeia	epopteualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	epopteuasōr	epopteuasar	epopteuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epopteuatōr	epopteuatar	epopteuatēr
ye 2nd person plural	epopteuavōr	epopteuavar	epopteuavēr
they 3rd person plural	epopteualōr	epopteualar	epopteualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	epopteuamoiō	epopteuamoia
you 2nd person singular	epopteuasoiō	epopteuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epopteuatoiō	epopteuatoia
we 1st person plural	epopteuanoiō	epopteuanoia
ye 2nd person plural	epopteuavoiō	epopteuavoia
they 3rd person plural	epopteualoiō	epopteualoia

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	epopteuarō	epopteuari	epopteuara	epopteuarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	epopteuarōtos1×	epopteuaritos	epopteuaratos1×	epopteuarētos

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

epopteustem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

epopteu 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

epopteuarōtois“see”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×

1 Peter 2:12“see”tan anastrofan vu en tei ethnei echarōtois kalan, hina, en he katalalalō vu hōs kakopoioiu, ek teiu kaleiu ergeiu epopteuarōtois doxazaleia ton theon en hēmera episkopau.Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

epopteuaratois“see”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine1×

1 Peter 3:2“see”epopteuaratois tan en fobo hagnan anastrofan vu.when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.