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verb

Greekπερισπάομαι (perispaomai)
Biblang

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;]

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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
περι-σπάω,
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.

distracted1×

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
perispoteπεριεσπᾶτοwas happening · he/she/itimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singulardistracted1×

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 personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularperispomōperispomeperispomēperispomelē
you 2nd person singularperisposōperisposeperisposēperisposelē
he/she/it 3rd person singularperispotōperispote1×περιεσπᾶτοperispotēperispotelē
we 1st person pluralperisponōperisponeperisponēperisponelē
ye 2nd person pluralperispovōperispoveperispovēperispovelē
they 3rd person pluralperispolōperispoleperispolēperispolelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularperispomeiōperispomeiē
you 2nd person singularperisposeiōperisposeiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularperispoteiōperispoteiē
we 1st person pluralperisponeiōperisponeiē
ye 2nd person pluralperispoveiōperispoveiē
they 3rd person pluralperispoleiōperispoleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularperisposōrperisposēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularperispotōrperispotēr
ye 2nd person pluralperispovōrperispovēr
they 3rd person pluralperispolōrperispolēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularperispomoiō
you 2nd person singularperisposoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularperispotoiō
we 1st person pluralperisponoiō
ye 2nd person pluralperispovoiō
they 3rd person pluralperispoloiō
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceperisporōperisporē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceperisporōntosperisporēntos

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+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen 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

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 …