verb
prizomō
Strong’sG4249
I saw, saw through
stem priz-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.
πρίζω = πρίω,
[in LXX: Am 1:3, Da TH Su 59*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4249 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidprid'-zo
to saw in two
Froma strengthened form of a primary prio (to saw);
King Jamessaw asunder.
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
={πρίω}, saw, Refs 5th c.BC+: imperfect ἔπριζον LXX
II file, ῥίνῃ πρίζειν Refs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| prizilaἐπρίσθησαν | happened · theyaorist passive indicative 3rd person plural | sawn in two | 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, 1 occurrence
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prizomō | prizome | prizomē | prizomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | prizosō | prizose | prizosē | prizoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prizotō | prizote | prizotē | prizotelē |
| we 1st person plural | prizonō | prizone | prizonē | prizonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prizovō | prizove | prizovē | prizovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | prizolō | prizole | prizolē | prizolelē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prizimi | prizima |
| you 2nd person singular | prizisi | prizisa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | priziti | prizita |
| we 1st person plural | prizini | prizina |
| ye 2nd person plural | prizivi | priziva |
| they 3rd person plural | prizili | prizila1×ἐπρίσθησαν |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prizomeiō | prizomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | prizoseiō | prizoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prizoteiō | prizoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | prizoneiō | prizoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prizoveiō | prizoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | prizoleiō | prizoleiē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prizimeia |
| you 2nd person singular | priziseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | priziteia |
| we 1st person plural | prizineia |
| ye 2nd person plural | priziveia |
| they 3rd person plural | prizileia |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | prizosōr | prizosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prizotōr | prizotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | prizovōr | prizovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | prizolōr | prizolēr |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | prizisar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prizitar |
| ye 2nd person plural | prizivar |
| they 3rd person plural | prizilar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prizomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | prizosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prizotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | prizonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | prizovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | prizoloiō |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prizimoia |
| you 2nd person singular | prizisoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prizitoia |
| we 1st person plural | prizinoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | prizivoia |
| they 3rd person plural | priziloia |
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 | prizorō | prizorē | ||
| acted on passive voice | priziri | prizira |
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 | prizorōntos | prizorēntos | ||
| acted on passive voice | prizirintos | prizirantos |
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
priz 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
prizila“sawn in two”happened · theyaorist passive indicative 3rd person plural1×
Hebrews 11:37“sawn in two”lithazila, prizila, en fono machairau apothnēskala, perierchala en …They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and …