verb
nosamō
Strong’sG3552
I am diseased
stem nos-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.
** νοσέω, -ῶ
(< νόσος), [in LXX (metaph.): Wi 17:8*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3552 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnos-eh'-o
to be sick, i.e. (by implication, of a diseased appetite) to hanker after (figuratively, to harp upon)
Fromfrom G3554;
King Jamesdote.
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
(no Ionic dialect form νουσέω is found), to be sick, ail, whether in body or mind, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῆς πόλεως.. οὔπω νενοσηκυίας not yet having suffered from the plague, Refs 5th c.BC+diseased, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ νοσοῦν, ={νόσος}, Refs 5th c.BC+aorist νοσῆσαι, fall sick, Refs 5th c.BC+; of things, γῆ νοσεῖ Refs 5th c.BC+; of plants, Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive, ἡμέραι αἱ νοσούμεναι days on which one is ill, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 of passion, ν. μάταν to be mad, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐξ ἀλαστόρων ν. Refs; νοσῶν alone, opposed to σώφρων,Refs 5th c.BC+; ν. περὶ δόξαν to have a morbid craving for fame, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 generally, suffer, νοσεῖ τὰ τῶν θεῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκεῖ νοσοῦμεν ὅτι.. Refs 5th c.BC+; especially of states, suffer from faction and the like, ἡ Μίλητος νοσήσασα στάσι Refs 5th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nosarōntosνοσῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | has a morbid craving | 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, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nosamō | nosame | nosami | nosama | nosamē | nosamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | nosasō | nosase | nosasi | nosasa | nosasē | nosaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nosatō | nosate | nosati | nosata | nosatē | nosatelē |
| we 1st person plural | nosanō | nosane | nosani | nosana | nosanē | nosanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nosavō | nosave | nosavi | nosava | nosavē | nosavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | nosalō | nosale | nosali | nosala | nosalē | nosalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nosameiō | nosameia | nosameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | nosaseiō | nosaseia | nosaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nosateiō | nosateia | nosateiē |
| we 1st person plural | nosaneiō | nosaneia | nosaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nosaveiō | nosaveia | nosaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | nosaleiō | nosaleia | nosaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | nosasōr | nosasar | nosasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nosatōr | nosatar | nosatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | nosavōr | nosavar | nosavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | nosalōr | nosalar | nosalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nosamoiō | nosamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | nosasoiō | nosasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nosatoiō | nosatoia |
| we 1st person plural | nosanoiō | nosanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | nosavoiō | nosavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | nosaloiō | nosaloia |
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 | nosarō | nosari | nosara | nosarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | nosarōntos1×νοσῶν | nosarintos | nosarantos | nosarēntos |
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
nos 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
nosarōntos“has a morbid craving”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
1 Timothy 6:4“has a morbid craving”tufotē, mēdenem epistorōntos, alla nosarōntos peri zētēsiain kai logomachiain, ek haiu …he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy …