verb
kēmamō
Strong’sG5392
I muzzle, silence
stem kēm-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.
* κημόω, -ῶ
(< κημός, a muzzle),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5392 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfee-mo'-o
to muzzle
Fromfrom φιμός (a muzzle);
King Jamesmuzzle.
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
muzzle, οὐ φιμώσεις βοῦν ἀλοῶντα LXX; shut up as with a muzzle, φ. τῷ ξύλῳ τὸν αὐχένα to make fast his neck in the pillory, Refs 5th c.BC+; close, seal up, στόμα [ἄγγους] Refs 3rd c.BC+: metaphorically, muzzle, put to silence, τινα NT:— passive, to be put to silence, be silent, φιμώθητι, πεφίμωσο, NT+2nd c.AD+; τινι by or because of a thing, Refs 1st c.AD+; φιμοῦσθαι πρός τι to be mute in a matter,Refs 2nd 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| kēmasiκημώσεις | will happen · youfuture active indicative 2nd person singular | muzzle | 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, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kēmamō | kēmame | kēmami | kēmama | kēmamē | kēmamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kēmasō | kēmase | kēmasi1×κημώσεις | kēmasa | kēmasē | kēmaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kēmatō | kēmate | kēmati | kēmata | kēmatē | kēmatelē |
| we 1st person plural | kēmanō | kēmane | kēmani | kēmana | kēmanē | kēmanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kēmavō | kēmave | kēmavi | kēmava | kēmavē | kēmavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kēmalō | kēmale | kēmali | kēmala | kēmalē | kēmalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kēmameiō | kēmameia | kēmameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kēmaseiō | kēmaseia | kēmaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kēmateiō | kēmateia | kēmateiē |
| we 1st person plural | kēmaneiō | kēmaneia | kēmaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kēmaveiō | kēmaveia | kēmaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kēmaleiō | kēmaleia | kēmaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kēmasōr | kēmasar | kēmasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kēmatōr | kēmatar | kēmatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kēmavōr | kēmavar | kēmavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kēmalōr | kēmalar | kēmalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kēmamoiō | kēmamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kēmasoiō | kēmasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kēmatoiō | kēmatoia |
| we 1st person plural | kēmanoiō | kēmanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kēmavoiō | kēmavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kēmaloiō | kēmaloia |
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 | kēmarō | kēmari | kēmara | kēmarē |
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 | kēmarōntos | kēmarintos | kēmarantos | kēmarēntos |
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
kēm 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
kēmasi“muzzle”will happen · youfuture active indicative 2nd person singular1×
1 Corinthians 9:9… gar to Mōusou nomo grafotē; Ouk kēmasi bouon aloarōnton. mē toiu bouoiu meleiatō …… the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading …