verb

Greekκαταλέγω (katalegō)

Biblang

katalegomō

Strong’sG2639

I enter in a list, register

stem kataleg-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.

κατα-λέγω,

[in LXX: De 19:16 (ענה), II Mac 7:30 R*;]

1. to lay down; mid. (in Hom.), to lie down.

2. to narrate (LXX, De 19:16, II Mac 7:30).

3. to choose out, hence, to enrol (as of soldiers, Hdt., Thuc., a1., v. LS, s.v.): of widows, pass., I Ti 5:9 (cf. Ellic.; CGT, in l.).†

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

Strong’s G2639 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-al-eg'-o

to lay down, i.e. (figuratively) to enrol

Fromfrom G2596 and G3004 (in its original meaning);

King Jamestake into the number.

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

καταλέγω,

B recount, tell at length and in order, Refs 8th c.BC+ always in future or aorist 1, ταῦτα μάλ᾽ ἀτρεκέως καταλέξω Refs 8th c.BC+; πᾶσαν ἀληθείην κατάλεξον Refs 5th c.BC+; ἑξῆς κ. Refs 2nd c.AD+ —passive, τούτων ὦν τῶν καταλεχθέντων of those which have been recounted, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, Ps.-Refs 5th c.BC+: followed by interrogative adverb, κατάλεξον ὅπως ἤντησας Refs 8th c.BC+; κεῖνον ὀϊζυρὸν κατάλεξον, ἤ που ἔτι ζώει.. tell me the tale of that unhappy man, Refs
B.b repeat, recite, τῶν Χρησμῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; καταλέγεσθαι· ὀδύρεσθαι τὸν τεθνεῶτα, Refs 5th c.AD+
B.2 reckon up, tell in full tale, μνηστῆρας ἀριθμήσας κατάλεξον Refs 8th c.BC+; of a line of kings or ancestors, κατέλεγον οἱ ἱρέες ἐκ βύβλου.. βασιλέων τ καὶ λ οὐνόματα Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. ἑωυτὸν μητρόθεν reckoned up his pedigree, Refs 5th c.BC+:—later in middle, Refs 1st c.AD+
B.2.b reckon, count as, οὒς οἱ πολλοὶ πλουσίους κ. Refs 5th c.BC+: so perhaps in passive, Χήρα -έσθω NT
B.2.c conclude by enumeration, ὡς.. Refs 4th c.BC+
B.3 with perfect κατείλοχα Refs 2nd c.AD+ —passive, aorist (see. below): perfect κατείλεγμα; 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect κατειλέχατο Refs 1st c.AD+:— enumerate, draw up a list, hence, enrol, enlist, ἄνδρας οἳ δορυφόροι μὲν οὐκ ἐγένοντο Πεισιστράτου, κορυνηφόροι δέ Refs 5th c.BC+; στρατιώτας, ὁπλίτας, Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive, τοὺς πλουσιωτάτους ἱπποτροφεῖν κ. Refs 5th c.BC+:—in middle, enrol for oneself, δορυφόρους, ὁπλίτας, Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive (aorist 2 κατελέγην more common in Attic dialect than aorist 1,Refs 5th c.BC+, to be enlisted or enrolled, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῶν τρισχιλίων κ. to be enrolled of their number, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς τὴν σύγκλητον κ. Refs 1st c.AD+; ἀγορανόμον -λεγέντα, = Latin adlectum inter aedilicios, Ann.epigram Refs
B.4 later, select, τοῖς παισὶ τοὺς διδασκάλους Refs —middle, τὸν πλωτικὸν [βίον] Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II ={μηνύειν}, τῷ βασιλεῖ τὴν ἐπιβουλήν Refs 1st c.AD+: with genitive, inform against, Refs; accuse, μάρτυς ἄδικος -λέγων αὐτοῦ ἀσέβειαν LXX

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.

put on the list1×

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
katalegotōrκαταλεγέσθω	happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive imperative 3rd person singular	put on the list	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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	katalegomō	katalegome	katalegomē	katalegomelē
you 2nd person singular	katalegosō	katalegose	katalegosē	katalegoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katalegotō	katalegote	katalegotē	katalegotelē
we 1st person plural	katalegonō	katalegone	katalegonē	katalegonelē
ye 2nd person plural	katalegovō	katalegove	katalegovē	katalegovelē
they 3rd person plural	katalegolō	katalegole	katalegolē	katalegolelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	katalegomeiō	katalegomeiē
you 2nd person singular	katalegoseiō	katalegoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katalegoteiō	katalegoteiē
we 1st person plural	katalegoneiō	katalegoneiē
ye 2nd person plural	katalegoveiō	katalegoveiē
they 3rd person plural	katalegoleiō	katalegoleiē

Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	katalegosōr	katalegosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katalegotōr1×καταλεγέσθω	katalegotēr
ye 2nd person plural	katalegovōr	katalegovēr
they 3rd person plural	katalegolōr	katalegolēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present
I 1st person singular	katalegomoiō
you 2nd person singular	katalegosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katalegotoiō
we 1st person plural	katalegonoiō
ye 2nd person plural	katalegovoiō
they 3rd person plural	katalegoloiō

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice	katalegorō			katalegorē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice	katalegorōntos			katalegorēntos

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

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

kataleg 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

katalegotōr“put on the list”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive imperative 3rd person singular1×

1 Timothy 5:9“put on the list”Chēras katalegotōr mē elassōnem eteiu hexēkonta genarēntas, henou …A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful …