verb
halieuamō
Strong’sG232
I fish
stem halieu-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.
ἁλιεύω
(< ἁλιεύς), [in LXX: Je 16:16 (דִּיג)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G232 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhal-ee-yoo'-o
to be a fisher, i.e. (by implication) to fish
Fromfrom G231;
King Jamesgo a-fishing.
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
(ἅλς) fish, NT; to be a fisher, Refs 1st c.AD+; fish for, catch, σπάρους uncertain reading in LXX+5th c.BC+
II only middle occurs in Attic dialect, Refs 5th c.BC+; Ἁλιευομένη, title of play by Refs 4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| halieuarōἁλιεύειν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | fishing | 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 | halieuamō | halieuame | halieuami | halieuama | halieuamē | halieuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | halieuasō | halieuase | halieuasi | halieuasa | halieuasē | halieuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | halieuatō | halieuate | halieuati | halieuata | halieuatē | halieuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | halieuanō | halieuane | halieuani | halieuana | halieuanē | halieuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | halieuavō | halieuave | halieuavi | halieuava | halieuavē | halieuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | halieualō | halieuale | halieuali | halieuala | halieualē | halieualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | halieuameiō | halieuameia | halieuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | halieuaseiō | halieuaseia | halieuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | halieuateiō | halieuateia | halieuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | halieuaneiō | halieuaneia | halieuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | halieuaveiō | halieuaveia | halieuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | halieualeiō | halieualeia | halieualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | halieuasōr | halieuasar | halieuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | halieuatōr | halieuatar | halieuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | halieuavōr | halieuavar | halieuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | halieualōr | halieualar | halieualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | halieuamoiō | halieuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | halieuasoiō | halieuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | halieuatoiō | halieuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | halieuanoiō | halieuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | halieuavoiō | halieuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | halieualoiō | halieualoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | halieuarō1×ἁλιεύειν | halieuari | halieuara | halieuarē |
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 | halieuarōntos | halieuarintos | halieuarantos | halieuarēntos |
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
halieu 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
halieuarō“fishing”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
John 21:3legatō autoi Simōnos Petros; Hupagamō halieuarō; legalō auto; Erchonō kai nis sun …… Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they …