verb
perpereuomō
Strong’sG4068
I boast
stem perpereu-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.
*† περπερεύομαι
(< περπερος, vainglorious),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4068 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidper-per-yoo'-om-ahee
perhaps by reduplication of the base of G4008); to boast
Frommiddle voice from πέρπερος (braggart;
King Jamesvaunt itself.
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
boast, brag, NT+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| perpereuotōπερπερεύεται | happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular | boast | 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 | perpereuomō | perpereuome | perpereuomē | perpereuomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | perpereuosō | perpereuose | perpereuosē | perpereuoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perpereuotō1×περπερεύεται | perpereuote | perpereuotē | perpereuotelē |
| we 1st person plural | perpereuonō | perpereuone | perpereuonē | perpereuonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | perpereuovō | perpereuove | perpereuovē | perpereuovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | perpereuolō | perpereuole | perpereuolē | perpereuolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | perpereuomeiō | perpereuomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | perpereuoseiō | perpereuoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perpereuoteiō | perpereuoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | perpereuoneiō | perpereuoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | perpereuoveiō | perpereuoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | perpereuoleiō | perpereuoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | perpereuosōr | perpereuosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perpereuotōr | perpereuotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | perpereuovōr | perpereuovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | perpereuolōr | perpereuolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | perpereuomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | perpereuosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | perpereuotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | perpereuonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | perpereuovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | perpereuoloiō |
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 | perpereuorō | perpereuorē |
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 | perpereuorōntos | perpereuorēntos |
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
perpereu 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
perpereuotō“boast”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
1 Corinthians 13:4… agapas, ouk zēlatō tas agapas, ouk perpereuotō, ouk fusiotō,… does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.