verb
ozamō
Strong’sG3605
I stink, am offensive
stem oz-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.
ὄζω,
[in LXX: Ex 8:14 (10) (בּאשׁ)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3605 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidod'-zo
to scent (usually an ill "odor")
Froma primary verb (in a strengthened form);
King Jamesstink.
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
Doric dialect ὄσδω Refs 3rd c.BC+: imperfect ὦζε Refs 5th c.BC+: future ὀζήσω Refs 5th c.BC+; Ionic dialect ὀζέσω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ὤζησα Refs 5th c.BC+; Ionic dialect ὤζεσα LXX+5th c.BC+: perfect ὤζηκα Refs 9th c.AD+; but perfect with present sense ὄδωδα Refs 3rd c.BC+: pluperfect as imperfect ὠδώδειν Refs 1st c.AD+; Epic dialect ὀδώδειν (see. below):—smell, whether smell sweet or stink, Refs 8th c.BC+ only in 3rd.pers. singular pluperfect with sense of imperfect, ὀδμὴ κέδρου.. ἀνὰ νῆσον ὀδώδει Refs 8th c.BC+: later with genitive of things, frequently with neuter adjective or adverb added, smell of a thing, τόδ᾽ ὄζει θυμάτων Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, smell or savour of a thing, Κρονίων ὄζων smelling of musty antiquity, Refs 5th c.BC+; that from which the smell comes is also in genitive, ὄζων κακὸν τῶν μασχαλῶν Refs 5th c.BC+
II frequently impersonal, ὄζει ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς ὡσεὶ ἴων there is a smell from it as of violets, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὄζει ἡδὺ τῆς χρόας there is a sweet smell from the skin, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὄζειν ἐδόκει τοῦ ἄρτου καὶ τῆς μάζης κάκιστον there seemed to be a most foul smell from.., Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐκ ὄζει αὐτῶν (i.e. τῶν λαγῶν) no scent of the hares remains, Refs 5th c.BC+ there will be an odour of cleverness from your clothes, Refs 5th c.BC+
III middle, κακὸν ὀζόμενος, for ὄζων, Refs 6th c.BC+. (Cf. Latin odor, Lithuanian uodžiu 'I smell'.)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ozatōὄζει | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | is a stench | 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 | ozamō | ozame | ozami | ozama | ozamē | ozamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ozasō | ozase | ozasi | ozasa | ozasē | ozaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ozatō1×ὄζει | ozate | ozati | ozata | ozatē | ozatelē |
| we 1st person plural | ozanō | ozane | ozani | ozana | ozanē | ozanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ozavō | ozave | ozavi | ozava | ozavē | ozavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ozalō | ozale | ozali | ozala | ozalē | ozalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ozameiō | ozameia | ozameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ozaseiō | ozaseia | ozaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ozateiō | ozateia | ozateiē |
| we 1st person plural | ozaneiō | ozaneia | ozaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ozaveiō | ozaveia | ozaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ozaleiō | ozaleia | ozaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ozasōr | ozasar | ozasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ozatōr | ozatar | ozatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ozavōr | ozavar | ozavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ozalōr | ozalar | ozalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ozamoiō | ozamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | ozasoiō | ozasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ozatoiō | ozatoia |
| we 1st person plural | ozanoiō | ozanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | ozavoiō | ozavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | ozaloiō | ozaloia |
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 | ozarō | ozari | ozara | ozarē |
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 | ozarōntos | ozarintos | ozarantos | ozarēntos |
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
oz 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
ozatō“is a stench”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
John 11:39“is a stench”… adelfas tou teleutarēntou Marthas; Kurior, ēdē ozatō, tetartaios gar atō.… Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”