verb
katamathamō
Strong’sG2648
I understand, consider carefully
stem katamath-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-μανθάνω,
[in LXX: Ge 34:1 (ראה), Jb 35:4(5) (שׁוּר), Si 9:5, 8, al.;]
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
perfect -μεμάθηκαRefs 5th c.BC+:—observe well, examine closely, τὴν στρατιήν Refs 5th c.BC+; look to, inspect, τὸν ἐλαιῶνα Refs 5th c.BC+
2 learn, acquire knowledge of, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑπακούειν how to obey, variant in Refs 5th c.BC+
3 perceive with the senses, observe, Refs 4th c.BC+: more commonly with the mind, understand, perceive, observe, οὐκ ὀρθῶς κ. Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. ὅτι.. Hp.[same place]; ῥᾴδιον τοῦτο κ., ὅτι.. Refs 4th c.BC+: perfect, to be aware, Λυκοῦργον -μεμάθηκας ὅτι.. Refs 5th c.BC+: with accusative et participle, κ. πολλοὺς ἔχοντάς τι Refs 5th c.BC+; καταμαθὼν δὲ.. καταστασιαζόμενος that a party was being formed against him, Refs
4 consider, τι Refs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | katamatharōntos | katamatharintos | katamatharantos | katamatharēntos |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
katamathavar“consider”happened · yeaorist active imperative 2nd person plural1×
Matthew 6:28kai peri endumeu tinem merimnavō? katamathavar teim krineim tou agrou pōs auxanalō; …… why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field …