verb
frenapatamō
Strong’sG5422
I deceive the mind
stem frenapat-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.
*† φρεν-απατάω, -ῶ
(< φρεναπάτης),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5422 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfren-ap-at-ah'-o
to be a mind-misleader, i.e. delude
Fromfrom G5423;
King Jamesdeceive.
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
deceive, ἑαυτόν NT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| frenapatatōφρεναπατᾷ | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | deceives | 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 | frenapatamō | frenapatame | frenapatami | frenapatama | frenapatamē | frenapatamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | frenapatasō | frenapatase | frenapatasi | frenapatasa | frenapatasē | frenapataselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | frenapatatō1×φρεναπατᾷ | frenapatate | frenapatati | frenapatata | frenapatatē | frenapatatelē |
| we 1st person plural | frenapatanō | frenapatane | frenapatani | frenapatana | frenapatanē | frenapatanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | frenapatavō | frenapatave | frenapatavi | frenapatava | frenapatavē | frenapatavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | frenapatalō | frenapatale | frenapatali | frenapatala | frenapatalē | frenapatalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | frenapatameiō | frenapatameia | frenapatameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | frenapataseiō | frenapataseia | frenapataseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | frenapatateiō | frenapatateia | frenapatateiē |
| we 1st person plural | frenapataneiō | frenapataneia | frenapataneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | frenapataveiō | frenapataveia | frenapataveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | frenapataleiō | frenapataleia | frenapataleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | frenapatasōr | frenapatasar | frenapatasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | frenapatatōr | frenapatatar | frenapatatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | frenapatavōr | frenapatavar | frenapatavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | frenapatalōr | frenapatalar | frenapatalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | frenapatamoiō | frenapatamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | frenapatasoiō | frenapatasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | frenapatatoiō | frenapatatoia |
| we 1st person plural | frenapatanoiō | frenapatanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | frenapatavoiō | frenapatavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | frenapataloiō | frenapataloia |
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 | frenapatarō | frenapatari | frenapatara | frenapatarē |
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 | frenapatarōntos | frenapatarintos | frenapatarantos | frenapatarēntos |
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
frenapat 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
frenapatatō“deceives”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Galatians 6:3… dokatō tinos arō tinem mēdenem arōntos, frenapatatō heauton;… something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.