verb
euergetamō
Strong’sG2109
I do good deeds, benefit
stem euerget-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.
εὐεργετέω, -ῶ
(< εὐεργέτης), [in LXX: Ps 12 (13):6 (גָּמַל), Wi 3:5, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2109 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidyoo-erg-et-eh'-o
to be philanthropic
Fromfrom G2110;
King Jamesdo good.
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
the augment εὐηργ- is sometimes found, especially in codices, as imperfect εὐηργέτουν Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist εὐηργέτησα Refs 5th c.BC+perfect εὐηργέτηκα variant in Refs 4th c.BC+: perfect passive εὐηργέτημαι Refs 5th c.BC+, but Inscrr. and Papyrus have εὐεργέτηκα Refs 4th c.BC+:—to be a benefactor, NT+5th c.BC+
2 to be proclaimed as εὐεργέτης Refs 1st c.AD+
II with accusative person, do good services or show kindness to one, τοὺς θανόντας εἰ θέλεις εὐεργετεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+: with accusative cognate, εὐ. τινὰ τὴν μεγίστην εὐεργεσίαν Refs 5th c.BC+; μεγάλως or μεγάλα εὐ., Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, have a kindness done one, εὐεργεσίαν εὐεργετηθείς Refs 5th c.BC+; εὐεργετούμενος εἰς χρήματα Refs 5th c.BC+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| euergetarōntosεὐεργετῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | doing good | 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 | euergetamō | euergetame | euergetami | euergetama | euergetamē | euergetamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | euergetasō | euergetase | euergetasi | euergetasa | euergetasē | euergetaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | euergetatō | euergetate | euergetati | euergetata | euergetatē | euergetatelē |
| we 1st person plural | euergetanō | euergetane | euergetani | euergetana | euergetanē | euergetanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | euergetavō | euergetave | euergetavi | euergetava | euergetavē | euergetavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | euergetalō | euergetale | euergetali | euergetala | euergetalē | euergetalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | euergetameiō | euergetameia | euergetameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | euergetaseiō | euergetaseia | euergetaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | euergetateiō | euergetateia | euergetateiē |
| we 1st person plural | euergetaneiō | euergetaneia | euergetaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | euergetaveiō | euergetaveia | euergetaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | euergetaleiō | euergetaleia | euergetaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | euergetasōr | euergetasar | euergetasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | euergetatōr | euergetatar | euergetatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | euergetavōr | euergetavar | euergetavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | euergetalōr | euergetalar | euergetalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | euergetamoiō | euergetamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | euergetasoiō | euergetasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | euergetatoiō | euergetatoia |
| we 1st person plural | euergetanoiō | euergetanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | euergetavoiō | euergetavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | euergetaloiō | euergetaloia |
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 | euergetarō | euergetari | euergetara | euergetarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | euergetarōntos1×εὐεργετῶν | euergetarintos | euergetarantos | euergetarēntos |
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
euerget 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
euergetarōntos“doing good”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Acts 10:38… pneume hagie kai dunamia, hos dierchata euergetarōntos kai iorōntos pantoin toin katadunasteuorōntoin hupo …… power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed …