verb
genealogomō
Strong’sG1075
I put into a genealogy, reckon my descent
stem genealog-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.
γενεαλογέω, -ῶ
(< γενεά, λέγω), [in LXX: I Ch 5:1 (יחשׁ)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1075 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect γενεη-, trace a pedigree, γ. γένεσιν Refs 5th c.BC+; γ. ἑωυτόν draw out one's pedigree,Refs 5th c.BC+; γ. τινὰ γενέσθαι, εἶναι.., Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 5th c.BC+; γενεαλογούμενος ἔκ τινος NT; ἐγενεαλογήθη (impersonal) the genealogy was reckoned, LXX
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| genealogorōntosγενεαλογούμενος | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine | trace … descent | 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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | genealogomō | genealogome | genealogomē | genealogomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | genealogosō | genealogose | genealogosē | genealogoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | genealogotō | genealogote | genealogotē | genealogotelē |
| we 1st person plural | genealogonō | genealogone | genealogonē | genealogonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | genealogovō | genealogove | genealogovē | genealogovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | genealogolō | genealogole | genealogolē | genealogolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | genealogomeiō | genealogomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | genealogoseiō | genealogoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | genealogoteiō | genealogoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | genealogoneiō | genealogoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | genealogoveiō | genealogoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | genealogoleiō | genealogoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | genealogosōr | genealogosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | genealogotōr | genealogotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | genealogovōr | genealogovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | genealogolōr | genealogolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | genealogomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | genealogosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | genealogotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | genealogonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | genealogovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | genealogoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | genealogorō | genealogorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | genealogorōntos1×γενεαλογούμενος | genealogorēntos |
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
genealog 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
genealogorōntos“trace … descent”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine1×
Hebrews 7:6tos de mē genealogorōntos ek autoiu dekatatē Abraam, kai ton …But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from …