verb
masomō
Strong’sG3145
I bite, gnaw
stem mas-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.
μασάομαι (Rec. μασσ-), -ῶμαι
(Aristoph. and late writers, but not in Trag. or in good Att. prose), [in LXX: Jb 30:4 (לֶחֶם), Si 19:9 A*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3145 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmas-sah'-om-ahee
to chew
Fromfrom a primary μάσσω (to handle or squeeze);
King Jamesgnaw.
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
μασί-σσημα, μασί-σσησις, μασι-σσητήρ, incorrectly written for μασάομαι, etc. μάσσεται, see at {μαίομαι}.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| masoleἐμασῶντο | was happening · theyimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural | gnawed | 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, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | masomō | masome | masomē | masomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | masosō | masose | masosē | masoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | masotō | masote | masotē | masotelē |
| we 1st person plural | masonō | masone | masonē | masonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | masovō | masove | masovē | masovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | masolō | masole1×ἐμασῶντο | masolē | masolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | masomeiō | masomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | masoseiō | masoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | masoteiō | masoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | masoneiō | masoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | masoveiō | masoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | masoleiō | masoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | masosōr | masosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | masotōr | masotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | masovōr | masovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | masolōr | masolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | masomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | masosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | masotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | masonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | masovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | masoloiō |
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 | masorō | masorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 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 | masorōntos | masorēntos |
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
mas 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
masole“gnawed”was happening · theyimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural1×
Revelation 16:10“gnawed”… geneta tas basileias auteu skotorēntas, kai masole tain glōssain autoiu ek tou ponou,… and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish