verb
nussamō
Strong’sG3572
I prick, pierce, stab
stem nuss-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.
** νύσσω
(Att. -ττω), [in LXX: Si 22:19, III Mac 5:14*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3572 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnoos'-so
to prick ("nudge")
Fromapparently a primary word;
King Jamespierce.
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
Attic dialect νύττω, passive, perfect νένυγμαι Refs 2nd c.AD+: aorist 1 ἐνύχθην Refs 2nd c.AD+aorist 2 ἐνύγην [ῠ], 3rd.pers. singular optative νυγείηRefs; participle νῠγείς Refs 3rd c.BC+:—touch with a sharp point, prick, stab, pierce, ἔγχεϊ νύξε Refs 8th c.BC+; χθόνα.. ἵπποι νύσσοντες χηλῇσι dinting the earth with their hoofs, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀγκῶνι νύξας having nudged him with the elbow, Refs 8th c.BC+; γνωμιδίῳ γνώμην ν. prick it (and see what is in it), Refs 5th c.BC+; γέονταν. 'beard the lion in his den', Refs 4th c.AD+
2 metaphorically, sting, Refs 1st c.BC+
II impinge upon, especially of sense-impressions, Refs 3rd c.AD+:—passive, Chrysipp. [same place], Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.2 passive, of the νεῦρα, suffer lesion (νύγμα 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nussataἔνυξεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | pierced | 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 | nussamō | nussame | nussami | nussama | nussamē | nussamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | nussasō | nussase | nussasi | nussasa | nussasē | nussaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nussatō | nussate | nussati | nussata1×ἔνυξεν | nussatē | nussatelē |
| we 1st person plural | nussanō | nussane | nussani | nussana | nussanē | nussanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nussavō | nussave | nussavi | nussava | nussavē | nussavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | nussalō | nussale | nussali | nussala | nussalē | nussalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nussameiō | nussameia | nussameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | nussaseiō | nussaseia | nussaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nussateiō | nussateia | nussateiē |
| we 1st person plural | nussaneiō | nussaneia | nussaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nussaveiō | nussaveia | nussaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | nussaleiō | nussaleia | nussaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | nussasōr | nussasar | nussasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nussatōr | nussatar | nussatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | nussavōr | nussavar | nussavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | nussalōr | nussalar | nussalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nussamoiō | nussamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | nussasoiō | nussasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nussatoiō | nussatoia |
| we 1st person plural | nussanoiō | nussanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | nussavoiō | nussavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | nussaloiō | nussaloia |
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 | nussarō | nussari | nussara | nussarē |
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 | nussarōntos | nussarintos | nussarantos | nussarēntos |
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
nuss 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
nussata“pierced”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
John 19:34… toiu stratiōtoiu loncha autou tan pleuran nussata, kai exerchata euthuos haimem kai hudem.Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and …