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verb

Greekπήγνυμι (pēgnumi)
Biblang

pēgamō

Strong’sG4078

I pitch a tent

stem pēg-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.

πήγνυμι,

[in LXX chiefly for נטה, also for תּקע, etc.;]

to make fast, to fix; of tents, to pitch: He 8:2 (cf. προσ-πήγνυμι).†

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

Strong’s G4078 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpayg'-noo-mee

to fix ("peg"), i.e. (specially) to set up (a tent)

Froma prolonged form of a primary verb (which in its simpler form occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses);

King Jamespitch.

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
πήγνῡμι,
3rd.pers. plural πηγνύουσι Refs 5th c.BC+ codices; infinitive πηγνύειν Refs 5th c.BC+: imperfect πήγνυον Refs 4th c.AD+: late form of present πήσσω (which see): future πήξω Refs 8th c.BC+; Doric dialect πάξω Refs 5th c.BC+aorist ἔπηξα, Epic dialect πῆξα Refs 8th c.BC+; Aeolic dialect participle πάξαις Refs 5th c.BC+perfect πέπηχα, only pluperfect ἐμ-πεπήχεσαν Refs 2nd c.AD+:—middle in transitive sense, πήγνῠμαι Refs 8th c.BC+: future πήξομαι Refs 2nd c.AD+: aorist ἐπηξάμην Refs 8th c.BC+ —passive πήγνῠμαι: future πᾰγήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; πήξομαι (as passive) Refs 5th c.BC+aorist 1 ἐπήχθην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πῆχθεν Refs 8th c.BC+, Doric dialect subjunctive παχθῇ Refs 3rd c.BC+, participle πηχθείς Refs 5th c.BC+aorist 2 ἐπάγην [ᾰ], Epic dialect πάγην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πάγεν Refs 8th c.BC+; participle παγείς Refs 5th c.BC+perfect πέπηγμαι (κατα-, συμ-) Refs 1st c.BC+: pluperfect ἐπέπηκτο Refs 4th c.AD+; but in the best authors, πέπηγα is used as the perfect passive, Refs 8th c.BC+; Aeolic dialect πέπᾱγα Refs 7th c.BC+: pluperfect ἐπεπήγειν Refs 8th c.BC+
I stick or fix in, ἐν δὲ μετώπῳ πῆξε [τὴν αἰχμήν] Refs 8th c.BC+; [γύην] ἐν ἐλύματι π. Refs 8th c.BC+; fix in the earth, plant, σκῆπτρον Refs 5th c.BC+; σκηνήν, σκηνὰς π., pitch a tent, Refs 5th c.BC+ pitching themselves tents, Refs 5th c.BC+; σταύρωμα π. Refs 5th c.BC+; plant seeds or cuttings, Refs 4th c.BC+perfect and passive, δόρυ δ᾽ ἐν κραδίῃ ἐπεπήγει the spear stuck fast in his heart, Refs 8th c.BC+ —middle, ἐν ἀλλήλοις χείλεα πηξάμενοι, of kissing, Refs
I.2 stick or fix on, κεφαλὴν ἀνὰ σκολόπεσσι Refs 8th c.BC+ —passive, ἀμφὶ βουπόροισι πηχθέντας μέλη ὀβελοῖσι having their limbs fixed on spits, Refs; ὑπὸ ῥάχιν παγέντες impaled, Refs 4th c.BC+
I.3 fix upon an object, κατὰ χθονὸς ὄμματα π. Refs 8th c.BC+: intransitive perfect, πρὸς ἀστρονομίαν ὄμματα πέπηγεν Refs 5th c.BC+; πεπηγυῖα τὰς τῶν ὀμμάτων βολὰς ἐς τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀπόρρητα Refs 3rd c.AD+infinitive, ἡ σοφία ἀρέσκειν πέπηγε is bent upon pleasing, Refs 5th c.BC+ immovable eye, fixed gaze, Refs 5th c.BC+
II fasten [different parts] together, fit together, build, νῆας πῆξαι Refs 8th c.BC+; ἴκρια π. Refs 8th c.BC+ —middle, πήξασθαι ἄμαξαν build oneself a wagon, Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, to be joined or put together, ψυχὴ καὶ σῶμα παγέν Refs 5th c.BC+
III make solid or stiff, especially of liquids, freeze, θεὸς.. πήγνυσι πᾶν ῥέεθρον Refs 4th c.BC+; τοὺς ποταμοὺς ἔπηξε (i.e. ὁ θεός) Refs 5th c.BC+; curdle, γάλα Refs 1st c.AD+ —middle, τυροὺς πήγνυσθαι to make oneself cheese (by curdling the milk), Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive and intransitive perfect, become solid, stiffen, γοῦνα πήγνυται Refs 8th c.BC+ (but also, become firm or set, of limbs, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of liquids, freeze, ἡ θάλασσα πήγνυται Refs 5th c.BC+; ἅλες πήγνυνται salt crystallizes, Refs 7th c.BC+; κρύσταλλος ἐπεπήγει οὐ βέβαιος was not frozen so as to bear, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὄστρακον [ᾠοῦ] π. Refs 4th c.BC+; γάλα π. Refs; ὀφθαλμῶν οἱ μὲν ὑγιεῖς, οἱ δὲ πεπηγότες blind, of buds, Refs 4th c.BC+: metaphorically, to be petrified, struck dumb, Refs 4th c.BC+
IV metaphorically, fix, ὅρους τοῖς βαρβάροις Refs 4th c.BC+: Astrology texts, fix, determine a nativity, Refs 2nd c.AD+ —middle, ὄφρα ἐν φρασὶ πάξαιθ᾽, ὅπως.. that he might keep it fixed in his heart, Refs 5th c.BC+; establish, χορούς Refs 4th c.AD+:— passive and intransitive perfect, to be irrevocably fixed, established, εἷς ὅρος ἡμῖν παγήσεται Refs 5th c.BC+; πῆγμα (Aurat. for πῆμα) γενναίως παγέν Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Latin pango.)

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.

set up1×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
pēgataἔπηξενhappened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singularset up1×

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 personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularpēgamōpēgamepēgamipēgamapēgamēpēgamelē
you 2nd person singularpēgasōpēgasepēgasipēgasapēgasēpēgaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularpēgatōpēgatepēgatipēgata1×ἔπηξενpēgatēpēgatelē
we 1st person pluralpēganōpēganepēganipēganapēganēpēganelē
ye 2nd person pluralpēgavōpēgavepēgavipēgavapēgavēpēgavelē
they 3rd person pluralpēgalōpēgalepēgalipēgalapēgalēpēgalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularpēgameiōpēgameiapēgameiē
you 2nd person singularpēgaseiōpēgaseiapēgaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularpēgateiōpēgateiapēgateiē
we 1st person pluralpēganeiōpēganeiapēganeiē
ye 2nd person pluralpēgaveiōpēgaveiapēgaveiē
they 3rd person pluralpēgaleiōpēgaleiapēgaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularpēgasōrpēgasarpēgasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularpēgatōrpēgatarpēgatēr
ye 2nd person pluralpēgavōrpēgavarpēgavēr
they 3rd person pluralpēgalōrpēgalarpēgalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularpēgamoiōpēgamoia
you 2nd person singularpēgasoiōpēgasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularpēgatoiōpēgatoia
we 1st person pluralpēganoiōpēganoia
ye 2nd person pluralpēgavoiōpēgavoia
they 3rd person pluralpēgaloiōpēgaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicepēgarōpēgaripēgarapēgarē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicepēgarōntospēgarintospēgarantospēgarēntos

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

pēg 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

pēgata“set up”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Hebrews 8:2… kai tau skēnau tau alēthinau, han pēgata tos kurios, ouk anthrōpos.… in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.