verb
kalopoiamō
Strong’sG2569
I act uprightly
stem kalopoi-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.
† καλο-ποιέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX: Le 5:4 F (καλῶς π., B)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2569 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
do good, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| kalopoiarōntoisκαλοποιοῦντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | doing good | 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 | kalopoiamō | kalopoiame | kalopoiami | kalopoiama | kalopoiamē | kalopoiamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kalopoiasō | kalopoiase | kalopoiasi | kalopoiasa | kalopoiasē | kalopoiaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kalopoiatō | kalopoiate | kalopoiati | kalopoiata | kalopoiatē | kalopoiatelē |
| we 1st person plural | kalopoianō | kalopoiane | kalopoiani | kalopoiana | kalopoianē | kalopoianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kalopoiavō | kalopoiave | kalopoiavi | kalopoiava | kalopoiavē | kalopoiavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kalopoialō | kalopoiale | kalopoiali | kalopoiala | kalopoialē | kalopoialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kalopoiameiō | kalopoiameia | kalopoiameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kalopoiaseiō | kalopoiaseia | kalopoiaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kalopoiateiō | kalopoiateia | kalopoiateiē |
| we 1st person plural | kalopoianeiō | kalopoianeia | kalopoianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kalopoiaveiō | kalopoiaveia | kalopoiaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kalopoialeiō | kalopoialeia | kalopoialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kalopoiasōr | kalopoiasar | kalopoiasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kalopoiatōr | kalopoiatar | kalopoiatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kalopoiavōr | kalopoiavar | kalopoiavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kalopoialōr | kalopoialar | kalopoialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kalopoiamoiō | kalopoiamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kalopoiasoiō | kalopoiasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kalopoiatoiō | kalopoiatoia |
| we 1st person plural | kalopoianoiō | kalopoianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kalopoiavoiō | kalopoiavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kalopoialoiō | kalopoialoia |
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 | kalopoiarō | kalopoiari | kalopoiara | kalopoiarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kalopoiarōntos1× | kalopoiarintos | kalopoiarantos | kalopoiarēntos |
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
kalopoi 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
kalopoiarōntois“doing good”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
2 Thessalonians 3:13“doing good”vis de, adelfoir, mē enkakaveia kalopoiarōntois.But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.