verb
muimō
Greekμυέομαι (mueomai)
Strong’sG3453
I initiate, instruct
stem mu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** 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.
Forms in the New Testament
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| muimēμεμύημαι | has happened · Iperfect 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 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | muimō | muime | muimi | muima | muimē1×μεμύημαι | muimelē |
| you 2nd person singular | muisō | muise | muisi | muisa | muisē | muiselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | muitō | muite | muiti | muita | muitē | muitelē |
| we 1st person plural | muinō | muine | muini | muina | muinē | muinelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | muivō | muive | muivi | muiva | muivē | muivelē |
| they 3rd person plural | muilō | muile | muili | muila | muilē | muilelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | muimeiō | muimeia | muimeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | muiseiō | muiseia | muiseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | muiteiō | muiteia | muiteiē |
| we 1st person plural | muineiō | muineia | muineiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | muiveiō | muiveia | muiveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | muileiō | muileia | muileiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | muisōr | muisar | muisēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | muitōr | muitar | muitēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | muivōr | muivar | muivēr |
| they 3rd person plural | muilōr | muilar | muilēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | muimoiō | muimoia |
| you 2nd person singular | muisoiō | muisoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | muitoiō | muitoia |
| we 1st person plural | muinoiō | muinoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | muivoiō | muivoia |
| they 3rd person plural | muiloiō | muiloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acted on passive voice | muirō | muiri | muira | muirē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acted on passive voice | muirōtos | muiritos | muiratos | muirētos |
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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
muimē“learned … secret”has happened · Iperfect passive indicative 1st person singular1×
Philippians 4:12“learned … secret”oidamē kai tapeinirō, oidamē kai perisseuarō; en pante kai en pantei muimē, kai chortazirō kai peinarō, kai perisseuarō kai husterirō;I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.