verb
peripeiramō
Strong’sG4044
I pierce through
stem peripeir-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.
*† περι-πείρω,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4044 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
put on a spit, π. τι περὶ λόγχην Refs 1st c.AD+: metaphorically, pierce, ἑαυτοὺς π. ὀδύναις NT:—passive, to be spitted or pierced, ξίφεσι καὶ λόγχαις Refs 1st c.BC+: metaphorically, to become entangled, δυσαναπορεύτοις βαράθροις περιπαρέντες Refs 1st c.AD+
II run into, τοὺς ὀδόντας τῇ δειρῇ Refs 4th c.AD+:—passive, ἄγκιστρα περιπαρέντα τοῖς ἰχθύσι Refs 2nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| peripeiralaπεριέπειραν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | pierced | 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 | peripeiramō | peripeirame | peripeirami | peripeirama | peripeiramē | peripeiramelē |
| you 2nd person singular | peripeirasō | peripeirase | peripeirasi | peripeirasa | peripeirasē | peripeiraselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | peripeiratō | peripeirate | peripeirati | peripeirata | peripeiratē | peripeiratelē |
| we 1st person plural | peripeiranō | peripeirane | peripeirani | peripeirana | peripeiranē | peripeiranelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | peripeiravō | peripeirave | peripeiravi | peripeirava | peripeiravē | peripeiravelē |
| they 3rd person plural | peripeiralō | peripeirale | peripeirali | peripeirala1×περιέπειραν | peripeiralē | peripeiralelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | peripeirameiō | peripeirameia | peripeirameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | peripeiraseiō | peripeiraseia | peripeiraseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | peripeirateiō | peripeirateia | peripeirateiē |
| we 1st person plural | peripeiraneiō | peripeiraneia | peripeiraneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | peripeiraveiō | peripeiraveia | peripeiraveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | peripeiraleiō | peripeiraleia | peripeiraleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | peripeirasōr | peripeirasar | peripeirasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | peripeiratōr | peripeiratar | peripeiratēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | peripeiravōr | peripeiravar | peripeiravēr |
| they 3rd person plural | peripeiralōr | peripeiralar | peripeiralēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | peripeiramoiō | peripeiramoia |
| you 2nd person singular | peripeirasoiō | peripeirasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | peripeiratoiō | peripeiratoia |
| we 1st person plural | peripeiranoiō | peripeiranoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | peripeiravoiō | peripeiravoia |
| they 3rd person plural | peripeiraloiō | peripeiraloia |
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 | peripeirarō | peripeirari | peripeirara | peripeirarē |
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 | peripeirarōntos | peripeirarintos | peripeirarantos | peripeirarēntos |
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
peripeir 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
peripeirala“pierced”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
1 Timothy 6:10… apoplanila apo tau pistiau kai heautoin peripeirala odunai pollai.… wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.