verb

Greekὑδροποτέω (hudropoteō)

Biblang

hudropotamō

Strong’sG5202

I am a water drinker

stem hudropot-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.

ὑδροποτίω, -ῶ

(< ὕδωρ, πίνω), [in LXX: Da LXX 1:12 שָׁתָה מַיִם) *;]

to drink water, opp. to οἴνῳ χρῆσθαι: I Ti 5:23 (Hdt., i, 71; Plat., Rep., 561 c, al.).†

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

Strong’s G5202 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhoo-drop-ot-eh'-o

to be a water-drinker, i.e. to abstain from vinous beverages

Fromfrom a compound of G5204 and a derivative of G4095;

King Jamesdrink water.

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

ὑδρο-ποτέω,
drink water, NT+5th c.BC+—ὑδροπωτέω is the more correct form accusative to Refs 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.

drink … water1×

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
hudropotasōrὑδροπότει	happening now · youpresent active imperative 2nd person singular	drink … water	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	hudropotamō	hudropotame	hudropotami	hudropotama	hudropotamē	hudropotamelē
you 2nd person singular	hudropotasō	hudropotase	hudropotasi	hudropotasa	hudropotasē	hudropotaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	hudropotatō	hudropotate	hudropotati	hudropotata	hudropotatē	hudropotatelē
we 1st person plural	hudropotanō	hudropotane	hudropotani	hudropotana	hudropotanē	hudropotanelē
ye 2nd person plural	hudropotavō	hudropotave	hudropotavi	hudropotava	hudropotavē	hudropotavelē
they 3rd person plural	hudropotalō	hudropotale	hudropotali	hudropotala	hudropotalē	hudropotalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	hudropotameiō	hudropotameia	hudropotameiē
you 2nd person singular	hudropotaseiō	hudropotaseia	hudropotaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	hudropotateiō	hudropotateia	hudropotateiē
we 1st person plural	hudropotaneiō	hudropotaneia	hudropotaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	hudropotaveiō	hudropotaveia	hudropotaveiē
they 3rd person plural	hudropotaleiō	hudropotaleia	hudropotaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	hudropotasōr1×ὑδροπότει	hudropotasar	hudropotasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	hudropotatōr	hudropotatar	hudropotatēr
ye 2nd person plural	hudropotavōr	hudropotavar	hudropotavēr
they 3rd person plural	hudropotalōr	hudropotalar	hudropotalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	hudropotamoiō	hudropotamoia
you 2nd person singular	hudropotasoiō	hudropotasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	hudropotatoiō	hudropotatoia
we 1st person plural	hudropotanoiō	hudropotanoia
ye 2nd person plural	hudropotavoiō	hudropotavoia
they 3rd person plural	hudropotaloiō	hudropotaloia

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	hudropotarō	hudropotari	hudropotara	hudropotarē

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	hudropotarōntos	hudropotarintos	hudropotarantos	hudropotarēntos

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

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

hudropot 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

hudropotasōr“drink … water”happening now · youpresent active imperative 2nd person singular1×

1 Timothy 5:23mēketi hudropotasōr, alla oino oligo chrosōr dia ton …Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead …