verb
knēthomō
Strong’sG2833
I rub, tickle
stem knēth-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.
* κνήθω
(late form of κνάω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2833 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidknay'-tho
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to tickle
Fromfrom a primary κνάω (to scrape);
King JamesX itching.
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
later form of κνάω, scratch, ὡς λέγεται, κνήθειν οἶδεν ὄνος τὸν ὄνον Refs 2nd c.AD+ —middle, κνήθεσθαι εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας τὰ ἕλκη to get one's sores scratched, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 passive, itch, Paul.NT; to be provoked, Refs 4th c.BC+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| knēthorōntoisκνηθόμενοι | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine | itching | 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 | knēthomō | knēthome | knēthomē | knēthomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | knēthosō | knēthose | knēthosē | knēthoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | knēthotō | knēthote | knēthotē | knēthotelē |
| we 1st person plural | knēthonō | knēthone | knēthonē | knēthonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | knēthovō | knēthove | knēthovē | knēthovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | knētholō | knēthole | knētholē | knētholelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | knēthomeiō | knēthomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | knēthoseiō | knēthoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | knēthoteiō | knēthoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | knēthoneiō | knēthoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | knēthoveiō | knēthoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | knētholeiō | knētholeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | knēthosōr | knēthosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | knēthotōr | knēthotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | knēthovōr | knēthovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | knētholōr | knētholēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | knēthomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | knēthosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | knēthotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | knēthonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | knēthovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | knētholoiō |
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 | knēthorō | knēthorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| 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 | knēthorōntos1× | knēthorēntos |
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
knēth 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
knēthorōntois“itching”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine1×
2 Timothy 4:3… tain idiain epithumiain heautoi episōreuali didaskaloin knēthorōntois tan akoan,… not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves …