verb
geōrgomō
Strong’sG1090
I work the soil, cultivate the earth
stem geōrg-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.
γεωργέω, -ῶ
(< γεωργός), [in LXX: I Ch 27:26 (מְלֶאכֶת הַשָּׂדֶה עָשָׂה), I Es 4:6, I Mac 14:8*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1090 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidgheh-or-gheh'-o
to till (the soil)
Fromfrom G1092;
King Jamesdress.
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
to be a husbandman, farmer, Refs 5th c.BC+; γεωργεῖς ἐκ τούτων you have become a landed proprietor by these means (i. e. the fruits of treason), Refs 4th c.BC+ of pastoral nomads, Refs 4th c.BC+ —middle, οἱ γεωργούμενοι Refs
II with accusative, till, plough, cultivate, πολλήν (i.e. γῆν) Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰς ἄλλας [νήσους] Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, of land, Refs; χώρας γεγεωργημένης καὶ γεωργηθησομένης Refs; τὰ γεωργούμενα φυτά Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 generally, cultivate, ἐλαίαν Refs, produce it, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.3 metaphorically, work at a thing, practise or exploit it, Refs 4th c.BC+; cultivate, ψυχὰς δόγμασι Refs 1st c.AD+
II.4 of a river, fertilize, Refs 2nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| geōrgotōγεωργεῖται | happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular | cultivated | 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, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | geōrgomō | geōrgome | geōrgomē | geōrgomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | geōrgosō | geōrgose | geōrgosē | geōrgoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | geōrgotō1×γεωργεῖται | geōrgote | geōrgotē | geōrgotelē |
| we 1st person plural | geōrgonō | geōrgone | geōrgonē | geōrgonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | geōrgovō | geōrgove | geōrgovē | geōrgovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | geōrgolō | geōrgole | geōrgolē | geōrgolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | geōrgomeiō | geōrgomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | geōrgoseiō | geōrgoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | geōrgoteiō | geōrgoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | geōrgoneiō | geōrgoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | geōrgoveiō | geōrgoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | geōrgoleiō | geōrgoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | geōrgosōr | geōrgosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | geōrgotōr | geōrgotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | geōrgovōr | geōrgovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | geōrgolōr | geōrgolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | geōrgomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | geōrgosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | geōrgotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | geōrgonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | geōrgovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | geōrgoloiō |
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 | geōrgorō | geōrgorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 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 | geōrgorōntos | geōrgorēntos |
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
geōrg 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
geōrgotō“cultivated”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
Hebrews 6:7“cultivated”… botanan euthetan ekeinoi dia hoin kai geōrgotō, metalabatō eulogiau apo tou theou;… produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.