verb
kuptamō
Strong’sG2955
I bend, stoop down
stem kupt-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 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.
κύπτω,
[in LXX chiefly for קדד;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2955 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkoop'-to
to bend forward
Fromprobably from the base of G2949;
King Jamesstoop (down).
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
future κύψω LXXaorist ἔκυψα (see. below): perfect κέκῡφα Refs 5th c.BC+:—bend forward, stoop, πλευρά, τά οἱ κύψαντι παρ᾽ ἀσπίδος ἐξεφαάνθη Refs 8th c.BC+; ὁσσάκι γὰρ κύψει᾽ ὁ γέρων πιέειν μενεαίνων κτλ. Refs 8th c.BC+aorist participle with another Verb, ἔθει κύψας ran with the head down, i.e. at full speed, Refs 5th c.BC+; κύψας ἐσθίει eats stooping, i.e. greedily, Refs 6th c.BC+
2 hang the head from shame, οὗτος, τί κύπτει; Refs 5th c.BC+
3 bow down under a burden, Refs 4th c.BC+
4 κύψαι, = {ἀπάγξασθαι}, Refs 7th c.BC+
5 of animals, to be bowed forward, opposed to the erect figure of man, Refs 4th c.BC+; κέρεα κεκυφότα ἐς τὸ ἔμπροσθε horns bent forward, of certain African oxen, Refs 5th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| kuptarantosκύψας | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine | bent | 3× |
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 | kuptamō | kuptame | kuptami | kuptama | kuptamē | kuptamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kuptasō | kuptase | kuptasi | kuptasa | kuptasē | kuptaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kuptatō | kuptate | kuptati | kuptata | kuptatē | kuptatelē |
| we 1st person plural | kuptanō | kuptane | kuptani | kuptana | kuptanē | kuptanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kuptavō | kuptave | kuptavi | kuptava | kuptavē | kuptavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kuptalō | kuptale | kuptali | kuptala | kuptalē | kuptalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kuptameiō | kuptameia | kuptameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kuptaseiō | kuptaseia | kuptaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kuptateiō | kuptateia | kuptateiē |
| we 1st person plural | kuptaneiō | kuptaneia | kuptaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kuptaveiō | kuptaveia | kuptaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kuptaleiō | kuptaleia | kuptaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kuptasōr | kuptasar | kuptasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kuptatōr | kuptatar | kuptatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kuptavōr | kuptavar | kuptavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kuptalōr | kuptalar | kuptalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kuptamoiō | kuptamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kuptasoiō | kuptasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kuptatoiō | kuptatoia |
| we 1st person plural | kuptanoiō | kuptanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kuptavoiō | kuptavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kuptaloiō | kuptaloia |
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 | kuptarō | kuptari | kuptara | kuptarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 3 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kuptarōntos | kuptarintos | kuptarantos3×κύψας | kuptarēntos |
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
kupt 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
kuptarantos“bent”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine3×
Mark 1:7… opisō mu, hou ouk amō hikanos kuptarantos luara ton himanton teiu hupodēmeiu autou;… sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
John 8:6… katēgorarō autou. tos de Iēsus katō kuptarantos to daktulo grafate eis tan gēan. …… basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on …
John 8:8kai palin katō kuptarantos grafate eis tan gēan.And again He bent down and wrote on the ground.