verb
perispomō
Strong’sG4049
I distract, trouble greatly
stem perisp-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-σπάω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for ענה;]
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -σπάσωRefs 1st c.BC+:—draw off from around, strip off, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ χλαμύδιον αὑτοῦ π. Refs 1st c.BC+:—middle, strip oneself of, τὴν τιάραν Refs 5th c.BC+ (so also in active, π. τὴν πορφύραν Refs 1st c.AD+
2 strip bare, περισπάσας ξίφος (Pierson χερὶ σπάσας) Refs 5th c.BC+
II wheel about, of a general, Refs 2nd c.BC+; intransitive of the troops, Refs; especially wheel twice through a right angle, Refs 1st c.BC+.; of a horse's bit, οὐ πάνυ π. not pulling it violently round, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III draw off or away, divert, εἰς τοὐναντίον [τὴν πολιτείαν] Refs 4th c.BC+; π. τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ draw it away, Refs 1st c.BC+: —passive, π. ὑπό τινων Refs 2nd c.BC+; πάντῃ τὰς ὄψεις περισπώμενος Refs 2nd c.AD+; ἕως τοῦ ἔξω τόπου π. to be drawn away and expanded, opposed to συστέλλεσθαι, Refs 4th c.BC+
III.b detach, Συρίαν τινός Refs 1st c.BC+
III.2 disturb, vex, LXX+4th c.BC+:—passive, ὑπὸ τῶν τελωνῶν Refs 2nd c.BC+
III.3 divert, distract, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be distracted or engaged, π. ταῖς διανοίαις NT+2nd c.BC+
III.4 steal, ἀργυροῦν ἢ χρυσοῦν ἀνάθημα Refs 2nd c.AD+ —passive, ἅπαντα περιέσπασμαι I have been robbed of all, Refs 4th c.BC+
III.5 passive, with infinitive, to be compelled to do a thing, περιησπάσθην (sic) ἀνενεγκεῖν Refs 1st c.AD+
IV Grammars, pronounce a vowel or word with the circumflex, Refs 1st c.AD+; especially on the last syllable, Refs 2nd c.AD+; περισπώμεναι [λέξεις] Refs 1st c.BC+; π. [προσῳδία] Refs 2nd c.BC+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| perispoteπεριεσπᾶτο | was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle or 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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | perispomō | perispome | perispomē | perispomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | perisposō | perispose | perisposē | perisposelē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perispotō | perispote1×περιεσπᾶτο | perispotē | perispotelē |
| we 1st person plural | perisponō | perispone | perisponē | perisponelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | perispovō | perispove | perispovē | perispovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | perispolō | perispole | perispolē | perispolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | perispomeiō | perispomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | perisposeiō | perisposeiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perispoteiō | perispoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | perisponeiō | perisponeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | perispoveiō | perispoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | perispoleiō | perispoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | perisposōr | perisposēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perispotōr | perispotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | perispovōr | perispovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | perispolōr | perispolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | perispomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | perisposoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perispotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | perisponoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | perispovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | perispoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | perisporō | perisporē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | perisporōntos | perisporēntos |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
perispote“distracted”was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
Luke 10:40tas de Marthas perispote peri pollan diakonian; epistēarantas de legata; …But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be …