verb

Greekμετεωρίζομαι (meteōrizomai)

Biblang

meteōrizomō

Strong’sG3349

I am anxious

stem meteōriz-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.

μετ-εωρίζω

(< μετέωρος, (a) in mid air; (b) buoyed up; (c) in suspense; Thuc.; in π. opp. to ἀμέριμνος, v. Zorell, s.v.): [in LXX: Ob 1:4 (גּבהּ hi.), Mi 4:1 (נשׂא ni.), Ps 130 (131):1, Ez 10:16, 17, 19 (רוּם), II Mac 5:17 7:34, III Mac 6:5*;]

to raise on high (Thuc., Xen., al.; Ob 1:4, Mi 4:1, Ez 10:16, 17, 19). Metaph.,

(a) to buoy up; pass., to be elated, puffed up (Polyb., al., Ps 130 (131):1, II Mac 5:17 7:34, III Mac 6:5);

(b) to be anxious, in suspense (Polyb., v. 70, 10; FlJ, BJ, iv, 2, 5): Lk 12:29.†

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

Strong’s G3349 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmet-eh-o-rid'-zo

to raise in mid-air, i.e. (figuratively) suspend (passively, fluctuate or be anxious)

Fromfrom a compound of G3326 and a collateral form of G142 or perhaps rather G109 (compare "meteor");

King Jamesbe of doubtful mind.

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

μετεωρ-ίζω,
raise to a height, τὸ ἔρυμα Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἐμβριθὲς ἄγειν ἄνω -ίζουσα Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ σκέλη lift the legs, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἑαυτόνRefs; of a dolphin, δελφινίσκον μ. τῷ νώτῳ lifts or buoys it up on his back, Refs 4th c.BC+; τοὺς πόδας μ., of quadrupeds, Refs; τὸ πνεῦμα μ. cause one to pant Refs; ναῦν μ. εἰς τὸ πέλαγος put it out to sea, Refs 2nd c.AD+ —middle, τοὺς δελφῖνας μετεωρίζου heave up your dolphins (see. δελφίς Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be raised up, Refs 5th c.BC+; to be suspended, σχοινίοις Refs 5th c.AD+; of smoke or dust, rise, Refs 5th c.BC+; of wind, Refs 5th c.BC+; of water vapour, Refs 5th c.BC+; of ships, μετεωρισθεὶς ἐν τῷ πελάγει keeping out on the high sea, Refs 5th c.BC+; rise up, as from bed, Refs 5th c.BC+; of wind rising from the stomach, Refs; μετεωριζόμενος suffering from flatulence, Refs
2 intransitive, attain considerable height, Refs 4th c.BC+
II metaphorically, buoy up, elevate, especially with false hopes, μ. καὶ φυσήσας ὑμᾶς Refs 5th c.BC+; unsettle a man's mind, Refs 2nd c.BC+:—passive, to be elevated, ὑπὸ λόγων ὁ νοῦς -ίζεται Refs 5th c.BC+; also, to be anxious, Refs 3rd c.AD+, perhaps in this sense 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.

keep worrying1×

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
meteōrizovōrμετεωρίζεσθε	happening now · yepresent middle or passive imperative 2nd person plural	keep worrying	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	meteōrizomō	meteōrizome	meteōrizomē	meteōrizomelē
you 2nd person singular	meteōrizosō	meteōrizose	meteōrizosē	meteōrizoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	meteōrizotō	meteōrizote	meteōrizotē	meteōrizotelē
we 1st person plural	meteōrizonō	meteōrizone	meteōrizonē	meteōrizonelē
ye 2nd person plural	meteōrizovō	meteōrizove	meteōrizovē	meteōrizovelē
they 3rd person plural	meteōrizolō	meteōrizole	meteōrizolē	meteōrizolelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	meteōrizomeiō	meteōrizomeiē
you 2nd person singular	meteōrizoseiō	meteōrizoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	meteōrizoteiō	meteōrizoteiē
we 1st person plural	meteōrizoneiō	meteōrizoneiē
ye 2nd person plural	meteōrizoveiō	meteōrizoveiē
they 3rd person plural	meteōrizoleiō	meteōrizoleiē

Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	meteōrizosōr	meteōrizosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	meteōrizotōr	meteōrizotēr
ye 2nd person plural	meteōrizovōr1×μετεωρίζεσθε	meteōrizovēr
they 3rd person plural	meteōrizolōr	meteōrizolēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present
I 1st person singular	meteōrizomoiō
you 2nd person singular	meteōrizosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singular	meteōrizotoiō
we 1st person plural	meteōrizonoiō
ye 2nd person plural	meteōrizovoiō
they 3rd person plural	meteōrizoloiō

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	meteōrizorō			meteōrizorē

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	meteōrizorōntos			meteōrizorēntos

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

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

meteōriz 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

meteōrizovōr“keep worrying”happening now · yepresent middle or passive imperative 2nd person plural1×

Luke 12:29“keep worrying”… esthiaveia kai tinem pinaveia, kai mē meteōrizovōr,… you will eat or drink. Do not worry about …