verb
prokuromō
Strong’sG4300
I establish before
stem prokur-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-κυρόω, -ῶ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4300 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
passive, to be ratified or confirmed before, ἐν τῷ -κεκυρωμένῳ ψαφίσματι Refs 2nd c.BC+; διαθήκη -κεκυρωμένη ὑπὸ τοῦ εοῦ NT:—middle, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| prokurorēntanπροκεκυρωμένην | has happened · objectperfect middle or passive participle accusative singular feminine | previously ratified | 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 | prokuromō | prokurome | prokuromē | prokuromelē |
| you 2nd person singular | prokurosō | prokurose | prokurosē | prokuroselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prokurotō | prokurote | prokurotē | prokurotelē |
| we 1st person plural | prokuronō | prokurone | prokuronē | prokuronelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prokurovō | prokurove | prokurovē | prokurovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | prokurolō | prokurole | prokurolē | prokurolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prokuromeiō | prokuromeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | prokuroseiō | prokuroseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prokuroteiō | prokuroteiē |
| we 1st person plural | prokuroneiō | prokuroneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prokuroveiō | prokuroveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | prokuroleiō | prokuroleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | prokurosōr | prokurosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prokurotōr | prokurotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | prokurovōr | prokurovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | prokurolōr | prokurolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prokuromoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | prokurosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prokurotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | prokuronoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | prokurovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | prokuroloiō |
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 | prokurorō | prokurorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 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 | prokurorōntos | prokurorēntos1× |
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
prokur 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
prokurorēntan“previously ratified”has happened · objectperfect middle or passive participle accusative singular feminine1×
Galatians 3:17“previously ratified”houtem de legamō; diathēkan prokurorēntan hupo tou theou tos meta tetrakosioi …… mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as …