verb
ochlomō
Strong’sG3791
I trouble, torment, worry
stem ochl-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.
** ὀχλέω, -ῶ
(< ὄχλος), [in LXX: To 6:7, III Mac 5:41*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3791 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidokh-leh'-o
to mob, i.e. (by implication) to harass
Fromfrom G3793;
King Jamesvex.
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
(ὄχλος) move, disturb, ψηφῖδες ἅπασαι ὀχλεῦνται all the pebbles are rolled or swept away by the water, Refs 8th c.BC+
II generally, trouble, importune, with accusative, Refs 5th c.BC+; disturb citizens by false alarms, Aen. Tact.Refsto be troublesome or irksome, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀ. πρὸς αὐγάς impede the sight, Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.:—passive, to be troubled, ὑπέρ τινος Refs 4th c.BC+; compare ἐνοχλέω: later with infinitive, μὴ ὀχλοῦ δὲ πέμπειν τι ἡμῖν don't trouble to.., Refs 2nd c.AD+
III in passive, to be crowded, ὁδὸς.. ἥτις οὐ πολὺ ὀχλεῖται Refs 1st c.AD+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ochlorōntoinὀχλουμένους | happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative plural masculine | tormented | 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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ochlomō | ochlome | ochlomē | ochlomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ochlosō | ochlose | ochlosē | ochloselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ochlotō | ochlote | ochlotē | ochlotelē |
| we 1st person plural | ochlonō | ochlone | ochlonē | ochlonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ochlovō | ochlove | ochlovē | ochlovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ochlolō | ochlole | ochlolē | ochlolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ochlomeiō | ochlomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ochloseiō | ochloseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ochloteiō | ochloteiē |
| we 1st person plural | ochloneiō | ochloneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ochloveiō | ochloveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ochloleiō | ochloleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ochlosōr | ochlosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ochlotōr | ochlotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ochlovōr | ochlovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ochlolōr | ochlolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ochlomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | ochlosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ochlotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | ochlonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | ochlovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | ochloloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | ochlorō | ochlorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | ochlorōntos1× | ochlorēntos |
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
ochl 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
ochlorōntoin“tormented”happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative plural masculine1×
Acts 5:16… perix polaiu Ierousalēm, ferarōntois asthenoin kai ochlorōntoin hupo pneumeiu akatharteiu, hotinois therapeuole hapantois.… Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of …