verb
mestomō
Strong’sG3325
I fill
stem mest-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.
** μεστόω, -ῶ
(< μεστός), [in LXX: III Mac 5:1. 10*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3325 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmes-to'-o
to replenish, i.e. (by implication) to intoxicate
Fromfrom G3324;
King Jamesfill.
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
fill full of, with genitive of things, ὀργῆς μ. τινά Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be filled or full of, κτύπου Refs; of persons, παρρησίας μεστοῦσθαι καὶ ἐλευθερίας Refs 5th c.BC+; and in medical sense, ἀγγεῖα μεμεστωμένα Refs 2nd c.AD+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mestorēntoisμεμεστωμένοι | has happened · subjectperfect middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine | full | 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, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mestomō | mestome | mestomē | mestomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | mestosō | mestose | mestosē | mestoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mestotō | mestote | mestotē | mestotelē |
| we 1st person plural | mestonō | mestone | mestonē | mestonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | mestovō | mestove | mestovē | mestovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | mestolō | mestole | mestolē | mestolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mestomeiō | mestomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | mestoseiō | mestoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mestoteiō | mestoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | mestoneiō | mestoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | mestoveiō | mestoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | mestoleiō | mestoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | mestosōr | mestosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mestotōr | mestotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | mestovōr | mestovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | mestolōr | mestolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mestomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | mestosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mestotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | mestonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | mestovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | mestoloiō |
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 | mestorō | mestorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| 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 | mestorōntos | mestorēntos1× |
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
mest 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
mestorēntois“full”has happened · subjectperfect middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine1×
Acts 2:13“full”heterois de diachleuazarōntois legale hoti Gleukeu mestorēntois alō.But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”