verb

Greekγονυπετέω (gonupeteō)

Biblang

gonupetamō

Strong’sG1120

I fall on my knees before, supplicate, entreat

stem gonupet-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 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.

*† γονυπετέω, -ῶ (< γόνυ, πίπτω);

1. to fall on the knees: seq. ἔμπροσθεν, Mt 27:29.

2. to fall down before one: c. acc., Mt 17:14, Mk 1:40, R, txt., 10:17.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1120 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidgon-oo-pet-eh'-o

to fall on the knee

Fromfrom a compound of G1119 and the alternate of G4098;

King Jamesbow the knee, kneel down.

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

γονῠ-πετέω,
fall on the knee, Refs 2nd c.BC+
2 fall down before one, τινά NT+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.

kneeling down2×knelt1×knelt before1×

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
gonupetarōntosγονυπετῶν	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine	kneeling down	2×
gonupetarantosγονυπετήσας	happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine	knelt before	1×
gonupetarantoisγονυπετήσαντες	happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine	knelt	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	gonupetamō	gonupetame	gonupetami	gonupetama	gonupetamē	gonupetamelē
you 2nd person singular	gonupetasō	gonupetase	gonupetasi	gonupetasa	gonupetasē	gonupetaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	gonupetatō	gonupetate	gonupetati	gonupetata	gonupetatē	gonupetatelē
we 1st person plural	gonupetanō	gonupetane	gonupetani	gonupetana	gonupetanē	gonupetanelē
ye 2nd person plural	gonupetavō	gonupetave	gonupetavi	gonupetava	gonupetavē	gonupetavelē
they 3rd person plural	gonupetalō	gonupetale	gonupetali	gonupetala	gonupetalē	gonupetalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	gonupetameiō	gonupetameia	gonupetameiē
you 2nd person singular	gonupetaseiō	gonupetaseia	gonupetaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	gonupetateiō	gonupetateia	gonupetateiē
we 1st person plural	gonupetaneiō	gonupetaneia	gonupetaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	gonupetaveiō	gonupetaveia	gonupetaveiē
they 3rd person plural	gonupetaleiō	gonupetaleia	gonupetaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	gonupetasōr	gonupetasar	gonupetasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	gonupetatōr	gonupetatar	gonupetatēr
ye 2nd person plural	gonupetavōr	gonupetavar	gonupetavēr
they 3rd person plural	gonupetalōr	gonupetalar	gonupetalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	gonupetamoiō	gonupetamoia
you 2nd person singular	gonupetasoiō	gonupetasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	gonupetatoiō	gonupetatoia
we 1st person plural	gonupetanoiō	gonupetanoia
ye 2nd person plural	gonupetavoiō	gonupetavoia
they 3rd person plural	gonupetaloiō	gonupetaloia

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	gonupetarō	gonupetari	gonupetara	gonupetarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 4 occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	gonupetarōntos2×γονυπετῶν	gonupetarintos	gonupetarantos2×γονυπετήσας	gonupetarēntos

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

gonupetstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

gonupet 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.

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

gonupetarōntos“kneeling down”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine2×

Matthew 17:14“kneeling down”… pros ton ochlon proserchata auto anthrōpos gonupetarōntos auton… they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him.

Mark 1:40“kneeling down”… pros auton lepros parakalarōntos auton kai gonupetarōntos legarōntos auto hoti Ean thelaseiō dunosō …Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me …

gonupetarantos“knelt before”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×

Mark 10:17… autou eis hodan prostrecharantos henos kai gonupetarantos auton eperōtate auton; Didaskalor agathor, tinem …… way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what …

gonupetarantois“knelt”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine1×

Matthew 27:29… kalamon en ta dexa autou, kai gonupetarantois emprosthen autou empaizala auto legarōntois; Chairasōr, …… a staff in His right hand, knelt down before Him, and mocked Him …