verb

perispimō

Greekπερισπάομαι (perispaomai)

Strong’sG4049

I distract, trouble greatly

stem perisp-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

distracted1×

What it means

περι-σπάω, -ῶ,

[in LXX chiefly for ענה;]

to draw around, draw off or away. Metaph., to distract: pass., Lk 10:40.†

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

Strong’s G4049 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidper-ee-spah'-o

to drag all around, i.e. (figuratively) to distract (with care)

Fromfrom G4012 and G4685;

King Jamescumber.

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
perispiteπεριεσπᾶτο	was happening · he/she/itimperfect passive indicative 3rd person singular	distracted	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	perispimō	perispime	perispimi	perispima	perispimē	perispimelē
you 2nd person singular	perispisō	perispise	perispisi	perispisa	perispisē	perispiselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	perispitō	perispite1×περιεσπᾶτο	perispiti	perispita	perispitē	perispitelē
we 1st person plural	perispinō	perispine	perispini	perispina	perispinē	perispinelē
ye 2nd person plural	perispivō	perispive	perispivi	perispiva	perispivē	perispivelē
they 3rd person plural	perispilō	perispile	perispili	perispila	perispilē	perispilelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	perispimeiō	perispimeia	perispimeiē
you 2nd person singular	perispiseiō	perispiseia	perispiseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	perispiteiō	perispiteia	perispiteiē
we 1st person plural	perispineiō	perispineia	perispineiē
ye 2nd person plural	perispiveiō	perispiveia	perispiveiē
they 3rd person plural	perispileiō	perispileia	perispileiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	perispisōr	perispisar	perispisēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	perispitōr	perispitar	perispitēr
ye 2nd person plural	perispivōr	perispivar	perispivēr
they 3rd person plural	perispilōr	perispilar	perispilēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	perispimoiō	perispimoia
you 2nd person singular	perispisoiō	perispisoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	perispitoiō	perispitoia
we 1st person plural	perispinoiō	perispinoia
ye 2nd person plural	perispivoiō	perispivoia
they 3rd person plural	perispiloiō	perispiloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acted on passive voice	perispirō	perispiri	perispira	perispirē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acted on passive voice	perispirōtos	perispiritos	perispiratos	perispirētos

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

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

perisp 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

perispite“distracted”was happening · he/she/itimperfect passive indicative 3rd person singular1×

Luke 10:40“distracted”tas de Marthas perispite peri pollan diakonian; efistanaratas de legata; Kurior, ouk meleiatō si hoti tas adelfas mu monan min kataleipate diakonarō? legasar oun auta hina mi sunantilambeteia.But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”