verb
pimprēomō
Strong’sG4092
I am inflamed, I swell
stem pimprē-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.
πίμπρημι
(in cl. prose, rare in the simple form), [in LXX: Nu 5:21, 22, 27 (צָבֶה)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4092 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpim'-pray-mee
to fire, i.e. burn (figuratively and passively, become inflamed with fever)
Froma reduplicated and prolonged form of a primary πρέω ; which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses);
King Jamesbe (X should have) swollen.
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
present and imperfect non-thematic; imperative πίμπρη Refs 5th c.BC+; participle nominative plural πιμπράντες Refs 5th c.BC+; infinitive πιμπράναι Refs 5th c.BC+: imperfect ἐν-επίμπρην Refs 5th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. plural ἐνεπίμπρασαν Refs 5th c.BC+ —other tenses formed from πρήθω (which see): future πρήσω Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist ἔπρησα Refs 5th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. singular shortened ἔπρεσε Refs 8th c.BC+perfect πέπρηκα (ὑπο-, ἐμ-, κατα-) Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, Refs 2nd c.BC+aorist ἐπρησάμην (ἐν-) Refs 4th c.AD+:—passive, future πρησθήσομαι LXX; πεπρήσομαι (variant{πρήσομαι} (ἐμ-)) Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐπρήσθην Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect (ἐμ-) πέπρησμαι Refs 5th c.BC+; but πέπρημαι is the Attic dialect form accusative to Refs 5th c.BC+—Collat. present ἐμ-πιπράω (see. ἐμπίμπρημι).—In the compound ἐμπίμπρημι (which see; more frequently in Prose) the second μ is sometimes dropped, as ἐμπίπρημ; but returns with the augment, as ἐνεπίμπρασα; compare πίμπλημι:—burn, burn up, γῆν.. πυρὶ πρῆσαι κατάκρας Refs 8th c.BC+; without πυρί or πυρός, Refs 8th c.BC+ —passive, πίμπραμαι to be burnt, Refs 5th c.BC+; πέπρησο burn with fever, Refs 5th c.BC+; of wounds, to be inflamed, Refs 2nd c.BC+ (but intransitive in active πίμπρησι δὲ χείλη Refs 2nd c.AD+
II= πρήθω Refs, blow up, distend, in passive, NT+5th c.BC+:—active, Refs 4th c.BC+. (Cf. Russ. prèt' 'sweat', 'stew'.)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pimprēorōπίμπρασθαι | happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitive | swell up | 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, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pimprēomō | pimprēome | pimprēomē | pimprēomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | pimprēosō | pimprēose | pimprēosē | pimprēoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pimprēotō | pimprēote | pimprēotē | pimprēotelē |
| we 1st person plural | pimprēonō | pimprēone | pimprēonē | pimprēonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | pimprēovō | pimprēove | pimprēovē | pimprēovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | pimprēolō | pimprēole | pimprēolē | pimprēolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pimprēomeiō | pimprēomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | pimprēoseiō | pimprēoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pimprēoteiō | pimprēoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | pimprēoneiō | pimprēoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | pimprēoveiō | pimprēoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | pimprēoleiō | pimprēoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | pimprēosōr | pimprēosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pimprēotōr | pimprēotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | pimprēovōr | pimprēovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | pimprēolōr | pimprēolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | pimprēomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | pimprēosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | pimprēotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | pimprēonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | pimprēovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | pimprēoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| 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 | pimprēorō1×πίμπρασθαι | pimprēorē |
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 | pimprēorōntos | pimprēorēntos |
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
pimprē 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
pimprēorō“swell up”happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitive1×
Acts 28:6tois de prosdokale auton mellarō pimprēorō ē katapiptarō afnōs nekron. epi pollem …The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after …