verb
muomō
Strong’sG3453
I initiate, instruct
stem mu-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.
** μυέω, -ῶ
(< μύω, to shut the mouth), [in LXX: III Mac 2:30*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3453 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmoo-eh'-o
to initiate, i.e. (by implication) to teach
Fromfrom the base of G3466;
King Jamesinstruct.
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
(μύω, which see) initiate into the mysteries, μυῶν.. ἄλλους ξένους Refs 5th c.BC+:—more frequently in passive, to be initiated, ὁ βουλόμενος μυεῖται Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ μεμυημένοιRefs 5th c.BC+; μυηθῆναι ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας, see at {ἑστί; τοῦ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας μυουμένου} probably in Refs 1st c.AD+; θεοπρόποι ἦλθον.., οἵτινες μυηθέντες ἐνεβάτευσαν Refs 2nd c.AD+: with accusative cognate, to be initiated in a thing, τὰ μυστήρια μυεῦνται Refs 1st c.AD+; ὅστις τὰ Καβείρων ὄργια μεμύηται in the mysteries of the Cabiri, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ μεγάλα (i.e. μυστήρια) μεμύησαι, πρὶν τὰ σμικρά Refs 5th c.BC+
II generally, teach, instruct, with infinitive, ἐμύησάς τινα ἰδεῖν Refs 1st c.AD+:—passive, μεμύημαι καὶ χορτάζεσθαι καὶ πεινᾶν NT+4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| muomēμεμύημαι | has happened · Iperfect middle or passive indicative 1st person singular | learned … secret | 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 | muomō | muome | muomē1×μεμύημαι | muomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | muosō | muose | muosē | muoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | muotō | muote | muotē | muotelē |
| we 1st person plural | muonō | muone | muonē | muonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | muovō | muove | muovē | muovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | muolō | muole | muolē | muolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | muomeiō | muomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | muoseiō | muoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | muoteiō | muoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | muoneiō | muoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | muoveiō | muoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | muoleiō | muoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | muosōr | muosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | muotōr | muotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | muovōr | muovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | muolōr | muolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | muomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | muosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | muotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | muonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | muovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | muoloiō |
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 | muorō | muorē |
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 | muorōntos | muorēntos |
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
mu 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
muomē“learned … secret”has happened · Iperfect middle or passive indicative 1st person singular1×
Philippians 4:12… perisseuarō; en pante kai en pantei muomē, kai chortazorō kai peinarō, kai perisseuarō …… any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry …