verb

likmamō

Greekλικμάω (likmaō)

Strong’sG3039

I crush to powder

stem likm-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 forms occur

Translated as

crush2×

What it means

λικμάω, -ῶ

(< λικμός = λίκνον, a winnowing-fan), [in LXX chiefly for זרה ni., pi., Ru 3:2, III Ki 14:15, Is 17:13, Je 38 (31):10, Da 2:44, al.;]

1. in cl., to winnow (so Ru 3:2).

2. In LXX (III Ki 14:15, Is 17:13, Je 38 (31):10, Da 2:44), to scatter (as chaff or dust): Lk 20:18 (RV, scatter as dust, Deiss., BS, 225 f., quotes ex. in π. which suggests the meaning ruin, destroy; cf. Vg. comminuet, AV, grind to powder; cf. also Kennedy, Sources, 126), Mt 21:44 [WH], R, txt.†

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

Strong’s G3039 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidlik-mah'-o

to winnow, i.e. (by analogy), to triturate

Fromfrom λικμός, the equivalent of λίκνον (a winnowing fan or basket);

King Jamesgrind to powder.

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
likmatiλικμήσει	will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular	crush	2×

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, 2 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	likmamō	likmame	likmami	likmama	likmamē	likmamelē
you 2nd person singular	likmasō	likmase	likmasi	likmasa	likmasē	likmaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	likmatō	likmate	likmati2×λικμήσει	likmata	likmatē	likmatelē
we 1st person plural	likmanō	likmane	likmani	likmana	likmanē	likmanelē
ye 2nd person plural	likmavō	likmave	likmavi	likmava	likmavē	likmavelē
they 3rd person plural	likmalō	likmale	likmali	likmala	likmalē	likmalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	likmameiō	likmameia	likmameiē
you 2nd person singular	likmaseiō	likmaseia	likmaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	likmateiō	likmateia	likmateiē
we 1st person plural	likmaneiō	likmaneia	likmaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	likmaveiō	likmaveia	likmaveiē
they 3rd person plural	likmaleiō	likmaleia	likmaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	likmasōr	likmasar	likmasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	likmatōr	likmatar	likmatēr
ye 2nd person plural	likmavōr	likmavar	likmavēr
they 3rd person plural	likmalōr	likmalar	likmalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	likmamoiō	likmamoia
you 2nd person singular	likmasoiō	likmasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	likmatoiō	likmatoia
we 1st person plural	likmanoiō	likmanoia
ye 2nd person plural	likmavoiō	likmavoia
they 3rd person plural	likmaloiō	likmaloia

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	likmarō	likmari	likmara	likmarē

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	likmarōtos	likmaritos	likmaratos	likmarētos

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

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

likm 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

likmati“crush”will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular2×

Matthew 21:44“crush”Kai tos piptaratos epi ton lithon houton sunthliti; epi hon de an piptateia likmati auton.He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

Luke 20:18“crush”pantos tos piptaratos epi ekeinon ton lithon sunthliti; epi hon de an piptateia, likmati auton.Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”