verb
paredreuamō
Strong’sG4332
I wait upon, minister to
stem paredreu-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.
παρ-εδρεύω,
[in LXX: Pr 1:21 8:3*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4332 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
sit near, wait or watch beside, πυρᾷ Refs 5th c.BC+; π. τινί to be always at his side, keep watch on him, Refs 4th c.BC+; τοῖς πράγμασι, τοῖς καιροῖς, Refs 2nd c.BC+; [τοῖς ἐφήβοις] προσκαρτερῶν ἐπιμελῶς καὶ -εύων, of a κοσμητής, Refs; π. τῷ θεῷ wait upon God, Refs 1st c.AD+; attend to, τοῖς τῆς Ἀσίας πράγμασιν Refs 1st c.BC+; τῇ θεραπείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ Refs 5th c.BC+; watch the rise of the Nile, Refs 3rd c.AD+; persist in, ταῖς φιλοπονίαις Refs 4th c.BC+; apply oneself, λίαν Refs 4th c.BC+; πρὸς ἴδιον to one's own affairs,Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 besiege, ταῖς Συρακούσαις Refs 2nd c.BC+
3 wait, προσέδρευσα ἐφ᾽ ἡμέρας δύο ἐκδεχόμενός σε Refs 2nd c.AD+; especially attend at a law-court, παρεῖναι καὶ π. τῷ βήματι Refs 3rd c.AD+; attend regularly, serve, as clerk of the court, Refs 3rd c.AD+
4 to be in seruice, serve, πρὸς τῷ διδασκαλείῳ (as a menial), Refs 4th c.BC+; of an apprentice, π. τῷ διδασκάλῳ Refs 2nd c.AD+; of a servant, παραμένειν.. καὶ π. Refs 6th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| paredreuarōntoisπαρεδρεύοντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | serve | 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, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | paredreuamō | paredreuame | paredreuami | paredreuama | paredreuamē | paredreuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | paredreuasō | paredreuase | paredreuasi | paredreuasa | paredreuasē | paredreuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | paredreuatō | paredreuate | paredreuati | paredreuata | paredreuatē | paredreuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | paredreuanō | paredreuane | paredreuani | paredreuana | paredreuanē | paredreuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | paredreuavō | paredreuave | paredreuavi | paredreuava | paredreuavē | paredreuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | paredreualō | paredreuale | paredreuali | paredreuala | paredreualē | paredreualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | paredreuameiō | paredreuameia | paredreuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | paredreuaseiō | paredreuaseia | paredreuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | paredreuateiō | paredreuateia | paredreuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | paredreuaneiō | paredreuaneia | paredreuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | paredreuaveiō | paredreuaveia | paredreuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | paredreualeiō | paredreualeia | paredreualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | paredreuasōr | paredreuasar | paredreuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | paredreuatōr | paredreuatar | paredreuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | paredreuavōr | paredreuavar | paredreuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | paredreualōr | paredreualar | paredreualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | paredreuamoiō | paredreuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | paredreuasoiō | paredreuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | paredreuatoiō | paredreuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | paredreuanoiō | paredreuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | paredreuavoiō | paredreuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | paredreualoiō | paredreualoia |
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 | paredreuarō | paredreuari | paredreuara | paredreuarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | paredreuarōntos1× | paredreuarintos | paredreuarantos | paredreuarēntos |
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
paredreu 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
paredreuarōntois“serve”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
1 Corinthians 9:13… teu hiereu esthialō, tois te thusiastērie paredreuarōntois te thusiastērie summerizolō?… of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its …