verb
pezeuamō
Strong’sG3978
I travel on foot
stem pezeu-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.
* πεζεύω
(< πεζός),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3978 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidped-zyoo'-o
to foot a journey, i.e. travel by land
Fromfrom the same as G3979;
King Jamesgo afoot.
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
go or travel on foot, walk, ἐπὶ γαίας πόδα πεζεύων (where πόδα is pleonastic) Refs 5th c.BC+; π. περὶ τὴν τροφήν, of certain birds, Refs
2 go or travel by land, opposed to going by sea, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ πεζεύοντες land-forces, Refs 4th c.BC+; π.διὰ τῆς θαλάσσης, of Xerxes passing by his bridge over the Hellespont, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. τὴν θάλασσαν pass it like dry land, Refs 2nd c.AD+; simply, march, pass through, ἀνοδίας Refs 1st c.AD+:— passive, ὁ Ἄθως πλείσθω καὶ ὁ Ἑλλήσποντος πεζευέσθω Refs 2nd c.AD+; ἡ ἐκ Βρεντεσίου πεζευομένη ὁδός by land, Refs 1st c.BC+; πεζεύεται impersonal, ταῖς ἁρμαμάξαις Refs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pezeuarōπεζεύειν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | go by land | 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, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pezeuamō | pezeuame | pezeuami | pezeuama | pezeuamē | pezeuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | pezeuasō | pezeuase | pezeuasi | pezeuasa | pezeuasē | pezeuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pezeuatō | pezeuate | pezeuati | pezeuata | pezeuatē | pezeuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | pezeuanō | pezeuane | pezeuani | pezeuana | pezeuanē | pezeuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | pezeuavō | pezeuave | pezeuavi | pezeuava | pezeuavē | pezeuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | pezeualō | pezeuale | pezeuali | pezeuala | pezeualē | pezeualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pezeuameiō | pezeuameia | pezeuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | pezeuaseiō | pezeuaseia | pezeuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pezeuateiō | pezeuateia | pezeuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | pezeuaneiō | pezeuaneia | pezeuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | pezeuaveiō | pezeuaveia | pezeuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | pezeualeiō | pezeualeia | pezeualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | pezeuasōr | pezeuasar | pezeuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pezeuatōr | pezeuatar | pezeuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | pezeuavōr | pezeuavar | pezeuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | pezeualōr | pezeualar | pezeualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pezeuamoiō | pezeuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | pezeuasoiō | pezeuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pezeuatoiō | pezeuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | pezeuanoiō | pezeuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | pezeuavoiō | pezeuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | pezeualoiō | pezeualoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | pezeuarō1×πεζεύειν | pezeuari | pezeuara | pezeuarē |
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 | pezeuarōntos | pezeuarintos | pezeuarantos | pezeuarēntos |
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
pezeu 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
pezeuarō“go by land”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Acts 20:13“go by land”… houtōs gar diatassorēntos ate mellarōntos autos pezeuarō.… aboard. He had arranged this because …