verb
kolumbamō
Strong’sG2860
I swim
stem kolumb-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.
** κολυμβάω, -ῶ,
[in Al.: Is 25:11*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2860 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkol-oom-bah'-o
to plunge into water
Fromfrom κόλυμβος (a diver);
King Jamesswim.
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
(Doric dialect -φάω accusative to Refs, dive, plunge headlong, εἰς τὸν Τάρταρον Refs 5th c.BC+
2 swim, τοὺς δυναμένους κολυμβᾶν NT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| kolumbarōκολυμβᾶν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | swim | 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 | kolumbamō | kolumbame | kolumbami | kolumbama | kolumbamē | kolumbamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kolumbasō | kolumbase | kolumbasi | kolumbasa | kolumbasē | kolumbaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolumbatō | kolumbate | kolumbati | kolumbata | kolumbatē | kolumbatelē |
| we 1st person plural | kolumbanō | kolumbane | kolumbani | kolumbana | kolumbanē | kolumbanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolumbavō | kolumbave | kolumbavi | kolumbava | kolumbavē | kolumbavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kolumbalō | kolumbale | kolumbali | kolumbala | kolumbalē | kolumbalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kolumbameiō | kolumbameia | kolumbameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kolumbaseiō | kolumbaseia | kolumbaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolumbateiō | kolumbateia | kolumbateiē |
| we 1st person plural | kolumbaneiō | kolumbaneia | kolumbaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolumbaveiō | kolumbaveia | kolumbaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kolumbaleiō | kolumbaleia | kolumbaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kolumbasōr | kolumbasar | kolumbasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolumbatōr | kolumbatar | kolumbatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolumbavōr | kolumbavar | kolumbavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kolumbalōr | kolumbalar | kolumbalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kolumbamoiō | kolumbamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kolumbasoiō | kolumbasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kolumbatoiō | kolumbatoia |
| we 1st person plural | kolumbanoiō | kolumbanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kolumbavoiō | kolumbavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kolumbaloiō | kolumbaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kolumbarō1×κολυμβᾶν | kolumbari | kolumbara | kolumbarē |
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 | kolumbarōntos | kolumbarintos | kolumbarantos | kolumbarēntos |
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
kolumb 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
kolumbarō“swim”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Acts 27:43… teu boulēmeu, keleuata tē toin dunorōntoin kolumbarō aporiptarantoin prōtoin epi tan gēan exeiarō,… plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get …