verb
nēthamō
Strong’sG3514
I spin
stem nēth-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.
νήθω,
[in LXX for טָוָה, שׁזר hoph., Ex 26:31 35:25, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3514 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnay'-tho
to spin
Fromfrom νέω (of like meaning);
King Jamesspin.
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
spin, LXX+5th c.BC+ (but said not to be Attic dialect, Refs 2nd c.AD+: Ionic dialect imperfect νήθεσκες Refs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nēthatōνήθει | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | spin | 1× |
| nēthalōνήθουσιν | happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural | spin | 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 | nēthamō | nēthame | nēthami | nēthama | nēthamē | nēthamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | nēthasō | nēthase | nēthasi | nēthasa | nēthasē | nēthaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nēthatō1×νήθει | nēthate | nēthati | nēthata | nēthatē | nēthatelē |
| we 1st person plural | nēthanō | nēthane | nēthani | nēthana | nēthanē | nēthanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nēthavō | nēthave | nēthavi | nēthava | nēthavē | nēthavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | nēthalō1×νήθουσιν | nēthale | nēthali | nēthala | nēthalē | nēthalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nēthameiō | nēthameia | nēthameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | nēthaseiō | nēthaseia | nēthaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nēthateiō | nēthateia | nēthateiē |
| we 1st person plural | nēthaneiō | nēthaneia | nēthaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nēthaveiō | nēthaveia | nēthaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | nēthaleiō | nēthaleia | nēthaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | nēthasōr | nēthasar | nēthasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nēthatōr | nēthatar | nēthatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | nēthavōr | nēthavar | nēthavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | nēthalōr | nēthalar | nēthalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nēthamoiō | nēthamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | nēthasoiō | nēthasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nēthatoiō | nēthatoia |
| we 1st person plural | nēthanoiō | nēthanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | nēthavoiō | nēthavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | nēthaloiō | nēthaloia |
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 | nētharō | nēthari | nēthara | nētharē |
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 | nētharōntos | nētharintos | nētharantos | nētharēntos |
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
nēth 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
nēthatō“spin”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Luke 12:27… krineim pōs auxanatō; ouk kopiatō oude nēthatō; legamō de vi, oude Solomōnos en …… grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even …
nēthalō“spin”happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Matthew 6:28… agrou pōs auxanalō; ouk kopialō oude nēthalō;… grow: They do not labor or spin.