verb
historamō
Strong’sG2477
I get acquainted with, visit
stem histor-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.
** ἱστορέω, -ῶ
(< ἵστωρ, one learned or skilled in) [in LXX: I Es 1:33, 42*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2477 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhis-tor-eh'-o
to be knowing (learned), i.e. (by implication) to visit for information (interview)
Fromfrom a derivative of G1492;
King Jamessee.
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
(ἵστωρ) inquire into or about a thing, τι Refs 5th c.BC+; also, inquire about a person, τινα Refs 5th c.BC+
2 examine, observe, χώραν, πόλιν, Refs 1st c.AD+; τὴν τοῦ Μέμνονος [σύριγγα] Refs 1st c.AD+: hence, to be informed about, know, κακῶς τὸ μέλλον ἱστορῶν Refs 5th c.BC+ has news of him, Refs 4th c.BC+; read in history, Refs
2 with accusative person, inquire of, ask, ἱστορέων αὐτοὺς ἥντινα δύναμιν ἔχει ὁ Νεῖλος Refs 5th c.BC+; inquire of an oracle, Refs 5th c.BC+; visit a person for the purpose of inquiry, Κηφᾶν NT:— passive, to be questioned, κληθέντας ἱστορέεσθαι εἰ.. Refs 5th c.BC+
2.b with doubleaccusative, inquire of one about a thing, τί μ᾽ ἱστορεῖς τόδε Refs 3rd c.BC+
4 absolutely, inquire, ἀκοῆ ἱ. Refs 5th c.BC+; especially in participle, ἱστορέων εὕρισκε Refs 5th c.BC+; followed by a relative word, ἱστόρεόν τε ὅτεῳ τρόπῳ περιγένοιτο Refs 5th c.BC+
II give an account of what one has learnt, record, τοὺς βίους τῶν χερσαίων Refs 4th c.BC+; ἱστοροῦσί τινες.. it is stated that.. , Refs 1st c.AD+:—frequently in passive, ὁ καρπὸς.. ἐπιλημπτικοὺς ἱστορεῖται ὠφελεῖν Refs 1st c.BC+; Ἀπολλόδωρος εἴρηκεν ἀπελθόντας Ὕαντας ἱστορεῖσθαι are represented as having gone, Refs 1st c.BC+; τῶν ἱστορουμένων οὐδενὸς ἧττον πολυπράγμων the most in dustrious person on record, Refs 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| historaraἱστορῆσαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | visit | 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 | historamō | historame | historami | historama | historamē | historamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | historasō | historase | historasi | historasa | historasē | historaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | historatō | historate | historati | historata | historatē | historatelē |
| we 1st person plural | historanō | historane | historani | historana | historanē | historanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | historavō | historave | historavi | historava | historavē | historavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | historalō | historale | historali | historala | historalē | historalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | historameiō | historameia | historameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | historaseiō | historaseia | historaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | historateiō | historateia | historateiē |
| we 1st person plural | historaneiō | historaneia | historaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | historaveiō | historaveia | historaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | historaleiō | historaleia | historaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | historasōr | historasar | historasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | historatōr | historatar | historatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | historavōr | historavar | historavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | historalōr | historalar | historalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | historamoiō | historamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | historasoiō | historasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | historatoiō | historatoia |
| we 1st person plural | historanoiō | historanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | historavoiō | historavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | historaloiō | historaloia |
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 | historarō | historari | historara1×ἱστορῆσαι | historarē |
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 | historarōntos | historarintos | historarantos | historarēntos |
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
histor 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
historara“visit”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
Galatians 1:18“visit”… meta eteim treis anerchama eis Hierosolumeim historara Kēfon, kai epimenama pros auton hēmerain …Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.