verb
prodōamō
Strong’sG4272
I give before, betray
stem prodō-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.
προ-δίδωμι,
[in LXX: Ez 16:34 A (נתן), IV Mac 4:1, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4272 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
give beforehand, pay in advance, Refs 5th c.BC+; προεδίδου conjecture for προσ- in Refs 2nd c.BC+; προδιδούς, opposed to ἐπιδιδούς, Refs 2nd c.AD+; give first, NT:—passive, Refs 4th c.BC+; of a menu-tablet, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II give up, [κλῆρον] Refs 3rd c.BC+; deliver up, τοὺς ὁμοκωμήτας ἡμῖν Refs 4th c.AD+: most frequently, give up to the enemy, betray, τοὺς λοιποὺς τοῖσι Σαμίοισι Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰς πύλας, φρούριον, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a woman, π. τὸ σῶμα Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, ὃν σὺ προὔδωκας θανεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, προδοθέντες ὑπὸ Σιτάλκεω ἥλωσαν Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 forsake, abandon, οἵ με φίλοι προὔδωκαν Refs 6th c.BC+:—passive, προδεδόμεθα ὑπὸ τῶν συμμάχων Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 absolutely, play false, desert, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὔτοι προδώσει χρησμός will not prove traitor, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἢν προδιδῶσι πρὸς τοὺς κατιόντας treat treasonably with them, Refs 5th c.BC+to be guilty of treachery, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.4 with a thing as subject, betray, fail one, [αἱ κάτω πλίνθοι] π. τὰς ἄνω Refs 5th c.BC+: intransitive,fail, of wine, Refs 6th c.BC+; of a river, run dry, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a barricade that has proved useless, Refs
II.5 with a thing as object, surrender, give up, προδέδοται τὰ κρυπτά Refs 5th c.BC+; χάριν π. to be thankless, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἑτέροισι τὴν νίκηνRefs 4th c.BC+; to be false to, fail to uphold, ὅρκους Refs 5th c.BC+; give up as lost, bid adieu to, ἡδονάς Refs 5th 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| prodōataπροέδωκεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | given | 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
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prodōamō | prodōame | prodōami | prodōama | prodōamē | prodōamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | prodōasō | prodōase | prodōasi | prodōasa | prodōasē | prodōaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prodōatō | prodōate | prodōati | prodōata1×προέδωκεν | prodōatē | prodōatelē |
| we 1st person plural | prodōanō | prodōane | prodōani | prodōana | prodōanē | prodōanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prodōavō | prodōave | prodōavi | prodōava | prodōavē | prodōavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | prodōalō | prodōale | prodōali | prodōala | prodōalē | prodōalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prodōameiō | prodōameia | prodōameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | prodōaseiō | prodōaseia | prodōaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prodōateiō | prodōateia | prodōateiē |
| we 1st person plural | prodōaneiō | prodōaneia | prodōaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prodōaveiō | prodōaveia | prodōaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | prodōaleiō | prodōaleia | prodōaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | prodōasōr | prodōasar | prodōasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prodōatōr | prodōatar | prodōatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | prodōavōr | prodōavar | prodōavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | prodōalōr | prodōalar | prodōalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prodōamoiō | prodōamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | prodōasoiō | prodōasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prodōatoiō | prodōatoia |
| we 1st person plural | prodōanoiō | prodōanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | prodōavoiō | prodōavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | prodōaloiō | prodōaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | prodōarō | prodōari | prodōara | prodōarē |
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 | prodōarōntos | prodōarintos | prodōarantos | prodōarēntos |
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
prodō 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
prodōata“given”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Romans 11:35ē tinos prodōata auto, kai antapodōiti auto?“Who has first given to God, that God should repay …