verb

paralegemō

Greekπαραλέγομαι (paralegomai)

Strong’sG3881

I coast along, sail along

stem paraleg-2 times in the New Testament2 forms occur

Translated as

sailed1×sailing past1×

What it means

* παρα-λέγω,

to lay beside; mid.,

(a) to lie beside (Hom.);

(b) later, of sailors, to sail past: c. acc., Ac 27:8, 13.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3881 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-al-eg'-om-ahee

(specially), to lay one's course near, i.e. sail past

Fromfrom G3844 and the middle voice of G3004 (in its original sense);

King Jamespass, sail by.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
paralegeleπαρελέγοντο	was happening · theyimperfect middle indicative 3rd person plural	sailed	1×
paralegerōtoisπαραλεγόμενοι	happening now · subjectpresent middle participle nominative plural masculine	sailing past	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	paralegemō	paralegeme	paralegemi	paralegema	paralegemē	paralegemelē
you 2nd person singular	paralegesō	paralegese	paralegesi	paralegesa	paralegesē	paralegeselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paralegetō	paralegete	paralegeti	paralegeta	paralegetē	paralegetelē
we 1st person plural	paralegenō	paralegene	paralegeni	paralegena	paralegenē	paralegenelē
ye 2nd person plural	paralegevō	paralegeve	paralegevi	paralegeva	paralegevē	paralegevelē
they 3rd person plural	paralegelō	paralegele1×παρελέγοντο	paralegeli	paralegela	paralegelē	paralegelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	paralegemeiō	paralegemeia	paralegemeiē
you 2nd person singular	paralegeseiō	paralegeseia	paralegeseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paralegeteiō	paralegeteia	paralegeteiē
we 1st person plural	paralegeneiō	paralegeneia	paralegeneiē
ye 2nd person plural	paralegeveiō	paralegeveia	paralegeveiē
they 3rd person plural	paralegeleiō	paralegeleia	paralegeleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	paralegesōr	paralegesar	paralegesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paralegetōr	paralegetar	paralegetēr
ye 2nd person plural	paralegevōr	paralegevar	paralegevēr
they 3rd person plural	paralegelōr	paralegelar	paralegelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	paralegemoiō	paralegemoia
you 2nd person singular	paralegesoiō	paralegesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paralegetoiō	paralegetoia
we 1st person plural	paralegenoiō	paralegenoia
ye 2nd person plural	paralegevoiō	paralegevoia
they 3rd person plural	paralegeloiō	paralegeloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	paralegerō	paralegeri	paralegera	paralegerē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	paralegerōtos1×	paralegeritos	paralegeratos	paralegerētos

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

paralegstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

paraleg 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

paralegele“sailed”was happening · theyimperfect middle indicative 3rd person plural1×

Acts 27:13“sailed”Hupopnaratou de notou dokaratois tau prothesiau kratarē airaratois asson paralegele tan Krētan.When a gentle south wind began to blow, they thought they had their opportunity. So they weighed anchor and sailed along, hugging the coast of Crete.

paralegerōtois“sailing past”happening now · subjectpresent middle participle nominative plural masculine1×

Acts 27:8“sailing past”molis tē paralegerōtois autan erchana eis topon tinon kalirōton Kaloin Limēnoin ho engus ate politas Lasaias.After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.