verb

katamathamō

Greekκαταμανθάνω (katamanthanō)

Strong’sG2648

I understand, consider carefully

stem katamath-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

consider1×

What it means

κατα-μανθάνω,

[in LXX: Ge 34:1 (ראה), Jb 35:4(5) (שׁוּר), Si 9:5, 8, al.;]

to learn thoroughly, observe well, consider carefully (on distinction bet. κ. and μανθάνω, cf. M, Pr., 117): Mt 6:28.†

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

Strong’s G2648 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-am-an-than'-o

to learn thoroughly, i.e. (by implication) to note carefully

Fromfrom G2596 and G3129;

King Jamesconsider.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
katamathavarκαταμάθετε	happened · yeaorist active imperative 2nd person plural	consider	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	katamathamō	katamathame	katamathami	katamathama	katamathamē	katamathamelē
you 2nd person singular	katamathasō	katamathase	katamathasi	katamathasa	katamathasē	katamathaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katamathatō	katamathate	katamathati	katamathata	katamathatē	katamathatelē
we 1st person plural	katamathanō	katamathane	katamathani	katamathana	katamathanē	katamathanelē
ye 2nd person plural	katamathavō	katamathave	katamathavi	katamathava	katamathavē	katamathavelē
they 3rd person plural	katamathalō	katamathale	katamathali	katamathala	katamathalē	katamathalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	katamathameiō	katamathameia	katamathameiē
you 2nd person singular	katamathaseiō	katamathaseia	katamathaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katamathateiō	katamathateia	katamathateiē
we 1st person plural	katamathaneiō	katamathaneia	katamathaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	katamathaveiō	katamathaveia	katamathaveiē
they 3rd person plural	katamathaleiō	katamathaleia	katamathaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	katamathasōr	katamathasar	katamathasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katamathatōr	katamathatar	katamathatēr
ye 2nd person plural	katamathavōr	katamathavar1×καταμάθετε	katamathavēr
they 3rd person plural	katamathalōr	katamathalar	katamathalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	katamathamoiō	katamathamoia
you 2nd person singular	katamathasoiō	katamathasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katamathatoiō	katamathatoia
we 1st person plural	katamathanoiō	katamathanoia
ye 2nd person plural	katamathavoiō	katamathavoia
they 3rd person plural	katamathaloiō	katamathaloia

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	katamatharō	katamathari	katamathara	katamatharē

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	katamatharōtos	katamatharitos	katamatharatos	katamatharētos

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

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

katamath 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

katamathavar“consider”happened · yeaorist active imperative 2nd person plural1×

Matthew 6:28“consider”kai peri endumeu tinem merimnavō? katamathavar teim krineim tou agrou pōs auxanalō; ouk kopialō oude nēthalō;And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.