verb
nustazamō
Strong’sG3573
I nod in sleep, am drowsy, slumber
stem nustaz-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.
νυστάζω
(cf. νεύω), [in LXX for נוּם, etc;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3573 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnoos-tad'-zo
to nod, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep; figuratively, to delay
Fromfrom a presumed derivative of G3506;
King Jamesslumber.
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
future -άξω LXX: aorist ἐνύσταξα LXX+4th c.BC+:— mostly present, to be half asleep, doze, νυστάζοντα οὐδένα ἂν ἴδοις Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐχὶ νυστάζειν ἔτι ὥρα ’στίν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔν τινι in a thing, Refs 1st c.AD+
2 hang the head, ἐδάκρυσεν καὶ ἐνύστασε Refs.with (Cf. Lithuanian snústi (stem snúd-) 'grow drowsy'.)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nustazatōνυστάζει | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | asleep | 1× |
| nustazalaἐνύσταξαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | became drowsy | 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 | nustazamō | nustazame | nustazami | nustazama | nustazamē | nustazamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | nustazasō | nustazase | nustazasi | nustazasa | nustazasē | nustazaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nustazatō1×νυστάζει | nustazate | nustazati | nustazata | nustazatē | nustazatelē |
| we 1st person plural | nustazanō | nustazane | nustazani | nustazana | nustazanē | nustazanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nustazavō | nustazave | nustazavi | nustazava | nustazavē | nustazavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | nustazalō | nustazale | nustazali | nustazala1×ἐνύσταξαν | nustazalē | nustazalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nustazameiō | nustazameia | nustazameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | nustazaseiō | nustazaseia | nustazaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nustazateiō | nustazateia | nustazateiē |
| we 1st person plural | nustazaneiō | nustazaneia | nustazaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | nustazaveiō | nustazaveia | nustazaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | nustazaleiō | nustazaleia | nustazaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | nustazasōr | nustazasar | nustazasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nustazatōr | nustazatar | nustazatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | nustazavōr | nustazavar | nustazavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | nustazalōr | nustazalar | nustazalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | nustazamoiō | nustazamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | nustazasoiō | nustazasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | nustazatoiō | nustazatoia |
| we 1st person plural | nustazanoiō | nustazanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | nustazavoiō | nustazavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | nustazaloiō | nustazaloia |
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 | nustazarō | nustazari | nustazara | nustazarē |
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 | nustazarōntos | nustazarintos | nustazarantos | nustazarēntos |
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
nustaz 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
nustazatō“asleep”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
2 Peter 2:3“asleep”… argatō, kai tas apōleias autoiu ouk nustazatō.… in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
nustazala“became drowsy”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Matthew 25:5chronizarōntou de tou numfiou nustazala pantais kai katheudale.… the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.