verb
likmamō
Strong’sG3039
I crush to powder
stem likm-2 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.
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.;]
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -ήσω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐλίκμησα Refs 5th c.BC+:— part the grain from the chaff, winnow, ἀνδρῶν λικμώντων Refs 8th c.BC+; καρπὸν ἀπ᾽ ἀσταχύων B.[same place]: metaphorically, scatter like chaff, LXX; make away with,LXX; crush, destroy, ἐλίκμησάν μου τὸ λάχανον Refs 3rd c.AD+; ἐφ᾽ ὃν δ᾽ ἂν πέσῃ (i.e. ὁ λίθος) λικμήσει αὐτόν 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | likmarōntos | likmarintos | likmarantos | likmarēntos |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
likmati“crush”will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular2×
Matthew 21:44“crush”… sunthliti; epi hon de an piptateia likmati auton.… will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be …
Luke 20:18“crush”… sunthliti; epi hon de an piptateia, likmati auton.… will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be …