verb
erethizamō
Strong’sG2042
I stir up, provoke
stem erethiz-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
ἐρεθίζω
[in LXX: Da LXX 11:10, 25 (גָּרָה hithp.), I Mac 15:40, II Mac 14:17, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2042 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saider-eth-id'-zo
to stimulate (especially to anger)
Fromfrom a presumed prolonged form of G2054;
King Jamesprovoke.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Epic dialect infinitive -ιζέμεν Refs 8th c.BC+: imperfect Refs 5th c.BC+ (Lyric poetry), Epic dialect Refs 8th c.BC+: future -ίσω Refs 2nd c.AD+, -ιῶ Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist 1 Refs 5th c.BC+(Lyric poetry), infinitive Refs 3rd c.BC+: perfect Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, aorist 1 ἠρεθίσθην, participle Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect Refs 5th c.BC+ (see. below), etc.: (ἐρέθω):—rouse to anger, rouse to fight, Refs 8th c.BC+; κύνας τ᾽ ἄνδρας τε, of a lion, Refs 6th c.BC+; πὺξ ἐ. challenge to a boxing-match, Refs 3rd c.BC+; provoke to curiosity, Refs 8th c.BC+: generally, excite, chafe, Refs 5th c.BC+(Lyric poetry); of physical irritation, Refs 5th c.BC+ causing brief irritation, Refs 5th c.BC+ (Lyric poetry); ἐ. μάγαδιν to touch it, Refs 4th c.BC+; incite to rivalry, NTpassive, to be provoked, excited, Refs 5th c.BC+; of love, Refs 4th c.BC+; of fire, Refs 6th c.BC+ (anapaest meter); πνεῦμα ἠρεθισμένον, of one who has run till he is out of breath, Refs 5th c.BC+.
II absolutely, to be quarrelsome or perverse, Refs 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| erethizataἠρέθισε | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | stirred up | 1× |
| erethizavōrἐρεθίζετε | happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural | provoke | 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 | erethizamō | erethizame | erethizami | erethizama | erethizamē | erethizamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | erethizasō | erethizase | erethizasi | erethizasa | erethizasē | erethizaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | erethizatō | erethizate | erethizati | erethizata1×ἠρέθισε | erethizatē | erethizatelē |
| we 1st person plural | erethizanō | erethizane | erethizani | erethizana | erethizanē | erethizanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | erethizavō | erethizave | erethizavi | erethizava | erethizavē | erethizavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | erethizalō | erethizale | erethizali | erethizala | erethizalē | erethizalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | erethizameiō | erethizameia | erethizameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | erethizaseiō | erethizaseia | erethizaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | erethizateiō | erethizateia | erethizateiē |
| we 1st person plural | erethizaneiō | erethizaneia | erethizaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | erethizaveiō | erethizaveia | erethizaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | erethizaleiō | erethizaleia | erethizaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | erethizasōr | erethizasar | erethizasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | erethizatōr | erethizatar | erethizatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | erethizavōr1×ἐρεθίζετε | erethizavar | erethizavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | erethizalōr | erethizalar | erethizalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | erethizamoiō | erethizamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | erethizasoiō | erethizasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | erethizatoiō | erethizatoia |
| we 1st person plural | erethizanoiō | erethizanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | erethizavoiō | erethizavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | erethizaloiō | erethizaloia |
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 | erethizarō | erethizari | erethizara | erethizarē |
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 | erethizarōntos | erethizarintos | erethizarantos | erethizarēntos |
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
erethiz 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
erethizata“stirred up”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
2 Corinthians 9:2“stirred up”… apo perusin, kai tem vu zēlem erethizata toin polloteroin.… I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them …
erethizavōr“provoke”happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural1×
Colossians 3:21tois patroir, mē erethizavōr teim tekneim vu, hina mē athumaleiō.Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not …