verb

katasofizemō

Greekκατασοφίζομαι (katasofizomai)

Strong’sG2686

I circumvent by trickery

stem katasofiz-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

dealt treacherously with1×

What it means

† κατα-σοφίζομαι,

[in LXX: Ex 1:10 (חכם hith.), Jth 5:11 10:19*;]

to deal craftily with, outwit: Ac 7:19(LXX).†

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

Strong’s G2686 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-as-of-id'-zom-ahee

to be crafty against, i.e. circumvent

Frommiddle voice from G2596 and G4679;

King Jamesdeal subtilly with.

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
katasofizeratosκατασοφισάμενος	happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative singular masculine	dealt treacherously with	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	katasofizemō	katasofizeme	katasofizemi	katasofizema	katasofizemē	katasofizemelē
you 2nd person singular	katasofizesō	katasofizese	katasofizesi	katasofizesa	katasofizesē	katasofizeselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katasofizetō	katasofizete	katasofizeti	katasofizeta	katasofizetē	katasofizetelē
we 1st person plural	katasofizenō	katasofizene	katasofizeni	katasofizena	katasofizenē	katasofizenelē
ye 2nd person plural	katasofizevō	katasofizeve	katasofizevi	katasofizeva	katasofizevē	katasofizevelē
they 3rd person plural	katasofizelō	katasofizele	katasofizeli	katasofizela	katasofizelē	katasofizelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	katasofizemeiō	katasofizemeia	katasofizemeiē
you 2nd person singular	katasofizeseiō	katasofizeseia	katasofizeseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katasofizeteiō	katasofizeteia	katasofizeteiē
we 1st person plural	katasofizeneiō	katasofizeneia	katasofizeneiē
ye 2nd person plural	katasofizeveiō	katasofizeveia	katasofizeveiē
they 3rd person plural	katasofizeleiō	katasofizeleia	katasofizeleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	katasofizesōr	katasofizesar	katasofizesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katasofizetōr	katasofizetar	katasofizetēr
ye 2nd person plural	katasofizevōr	katasofizevar	katasofizevēr
they 3rd person plural	katasofizelōr	katasofizelar	katasofizelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	katasofizemoiō	katasofizemoia
you 2nd person singular	katasofizesoiō	katasofizesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katasofizetoiō	katasofizetoia
we 1st person plural	katasofizenoiō	katasofizenoia
ye 2nd person plural	katasofizevoiō	katasofizevoia
they 3rd person plural	katasofizeloiō	katasofizeloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	katasofizerō	katasofizeri	katasofizera	katasofizerē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	katasofizerōtos	katasofizeritos	katasofizeratos1×κατασοφισάμενος	katasofizerētos

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

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

katasofiz 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

katasofizeratos“dealt treacherously with”happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative singular masculine1×

Acts 7:19“dealt treacherously with”houtos katasofizeratos tem genem nu kakata toin patēroin teu poiarō teim brefeim ektheteim autoiu eis tem mē zōogonirō.He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.