verb
nauagamō
Strong’sG3489
I am shipwrecked, ruined
stem nauag-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
* ναυαγέω, -ῶ
(< ναῦς, + ἄγνυμι, to break),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3489 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect ναυηγ-, perfect νεναυάγηκα Refs 5th c.BC+: (ναῦς, ἄγνυμι):—suffer shipwreck, Refs 5th c.BC+; of an earthen vessel, Refs 4th c.BC+; of persons, ν. ἐν τοῖς ἰδίοις NT+4th c.BC+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nauagamaἐναυάγησα | happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular | shipwrecked | 1× |
| nauagalaἐναυάγησαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | suffered shipwreck | 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, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nauagamō | nauagame | nauagami | nauagama1×ἐναυάγησα | nauagamē | nauagamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | nauagasō | nauagase | nauagasi | nauagasa | nauagasē | nauagaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nauagatō | nauagate | nauagati | nauagata | nauagatē | nauagatelē |
| we 1st person plural | nauaganō | nauagane | nauagani | nauagana | nauaganē | nauaganelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nauagavō | nauagave | nauagavi | nauagava | nauagavē | nauagavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | nauagalō | nauagale | nauagali | nauagala1×ἐναυάγησαν | nauagalē | nauagalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nauagameiō | nauagameia | nauagameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | nauagaseiō | nauagaseia | nauagaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nauagateiō | nauagateia | nauagateiē |
| we 1st person plural | nauaganeiō | nauaganeia | nauaganeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nauagaveiō | nauagaveia | nauagaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | nauagaleiō | nauagaleia | nauagaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | nauagasōr | nauagasar | nauagasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nauagatōr | nauagatar | nauagatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | nauagavōr | nauagavar | nauagavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | nauagalōr | nauagalar | nauagalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nauagamoiō | nauagamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | nauagasoiō | nauagasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nauagatoiō | nauagatoia |
| we 1st person plural | nauaganoiō | nauaganoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | nauagavoiō | nauagavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | nauagaloiō | nauagaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | nauagarō | nauagari | nauagara | nauagarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | nauagarōntos | nauagarintos | nauagarantos | nauagarēntos |
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
nauag 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
nauagama“shipwrecked”happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular1×
2 Corinthians 11:25tris rabdizima, hapax lithazima, tris nauagama, nuchthēmerem en to butho poiamē;… was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a …
nauagala“suffered shipwreck”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
1 Timothy 1:19“suffered shipwreck”… han tinois apōtherantois peri tan pistian nauagala;… good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.