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verb

Greekκαπηλεύω (kapēleuō)
Biblang

kapēleuamō

Strong’sG2585

I hawk, trade in

stem kapēleu-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.

* καπηλεύω

(< κάπηλος, a huckster, cf. Is 1:22(LXX), Si 26:29),

to make a trade of (RV, mg., make merchandise of), or perhaps (cf. Is 1:22(LXX)) to corrupt (RV, txt.): II Co 2:17.†

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

Strong’s G2585 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkap-ale-yoo'-o

to retail, i.e. (by implication) to adulterate (figuratively)

Fromfrom κάπηλος (a huckster);

King Jamescorrupt.

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
κᾰπηλ-εύω,
to be a retail-dealer, drive a petty trade, Refs 5th c.BC+; δι᾽ ἀψύχου βορᾶς σίτοις καπήλευ᾽ drive a trade, chaffer with your vegetable food, Refs 5th c.BC+
II with accusative, sell by retail, τὸν ἕρπιν Refs 6th c.BC+
II.2 metaphorically, κ. τὰ πρήγματα, of Darius, Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. τὰ μαθήματα sell learning by retail, hawk it about, NT+5th c.BC+; so ἔοικεν οὐ καπηλεύσειν μάχην will not peddle in war, i. e. fight half-heartedly, Refs 4th c.BC+; κ. τὴν πολιτείαν traffic in grants of citizenship, Refs 2nd c.AD+; κ. τῆς ὥρας ἄνθος or τὴν ὥραν, of prostitutes, Refs 1st c.AD+; εἰρήνην πρὸς Ῥωμαίους Χρυσίου κ. Refs 2nd c.AD+; τύχη καπηλεύουσα.. τὸν βίον playing tricks with life, corrupting it, Refs 6th 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.

peddle1×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
kapēleuarōntoisκαπηλεύοντεςhappening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculinepeddle1×

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 personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularkapēleuamōkapēleuamekapēleuamikapēleuamakapēleuamēkapēleuamelē
you 2nd person singularkapēleuasōkapēleuasekapēleuasikapēleuasakapēleuasēkapēleuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularkapēleuatōkapēleuatekapēleuatikapēleuatakapēleuatēkapēleuatelē
we 1st person pluralkapēleuanōkapēleuanekapēleuanikapēleuanakapēleuanēkapēleuanelē
ye 2nd person pluralkapēleuavōkapēleuavekapēleuavikapēleuavakapēleuavēkapēleuavelē
they 3rd person pluralkapēleualōkapēleualekapēleualikapēleualakapēleualēkapēleualelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularkapēleuameiōkapēleuameiakapēleuameiē
you 2nd person singularkapēleuaseiōkapēleuaseiakapēleuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularkapēleuateiōkapēleuateiakapēleuateiē
we 1st person pluralkapēleuaneiōkapēleuaneiakapēleuaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralkapēleuaveiōkapēleuaveiakapēleuaveiē
they 3rd person pluralkapēleualeiōkapēleualeiakapēleualeiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularkapēleuasōrkapēleuasarkapēleuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularkapēleuatōrkapēleuatarkapēleuatēr
ye 2nd person pluralkapēleuavōrkapēleuavarkapēleuavēr
they 3rd person pluralkapēleualōrkapēleualarkapēleualēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularkapēleuamoiōkapēleuamoia
you 2nd person singularkapēleuasoiōkapēleuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularkapēleuatoiōkapēleuatoia
we 1st person pluralkapēleuanoiōkapēleuanoia
ye 2nd person pluralkapēleuavoiōkapēleuavoia
they 3rd person pluralkapēleualoiōkapēleualoia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicekapēleuarōkapēleuarikapēleuarakapēleuarē
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicekapēleuarōntos1×kapēleuarintoskapēleuarantoskapēleuarēntos

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

kapēleu 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

kapēleuarōntois“peddle”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×

2 Corinthians 2:17ouk gar anō hōs tois pollois kapēleuarōntois ton logon tou theou, alla hōs …… not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit …