verb
prosēlamō
Strong’sG4338
I nail to
stem prosēl-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.
** προσ-ηλόω, -ῶ,
[in LXX: III Mac 4:9*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4338 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
nail, rivet, fix to, [Ἰξίονα] τῷ τροχῷ Refs; σταυρῷ τινα Refs 5th c.BC+: with accusative person, crucify, Refs 1st c.AD+:—passive, to be fastened by nails, Refs; of persons, ={προσπασσαλεύω}, LXX+4th c.BC+; of the soul, π. φθαρτικαῖς ὕλαις Refs 1st c.AD+
II nail up, τὰ παρασκήνια Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive, τὸ ἐργαστήριον σανιδίοις προσηλοῦσθαι to be boarded up, Refs 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| prosēlarantosπροσηλώσας | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine | nailing | 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 | prosēlamō | prosēlame | prosēlami | prosēlama | prosēlamē | prosēlamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | prosēlasō | prosēlase | prosēlasi | prosēlasa | prosēlasē | prosēlaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prosēlatō | prosēlate | prosēlati | prosēlata | prosēlatē | prosēlatelē |
| we 1st person plural | prosēlanō | prosēlane | prosēlani | prosēlana | prosēlanē | prosēlanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prosēlavō | prosēlave | prosēlavi | prosēlava | prosēlavē | prosēlavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | prosēlalō | prosēlale | prosēlali | prosēlala | prosēlalē | prosēlalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prosēlameiō | prosēlameia | prosēlameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | prosēlaseiō | prosēlaseia | prosēlaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prosēlateiō | prosēlateia | prosēlateiē |
| we 1st person plural | prosēlaneiō | prosēlaneia | prosēlaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prosēlaveiō | prosēlaveia | prosēlaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | prosēlaleiō | prosēlaleia | prosēlaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | prosēlasōr | prosēlasar | prosēlasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prosēlatōr | prosēlatar | prosēlatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | prosēlavōr | prosēlavar | prosēlavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | prosēlalōr | prosēlalar | prosēlalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prosēlamoiō | prosēlamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | prosēlasoiō | prosēlasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prosēlatoiō | prosēlatoia |
| we 1st person plural | prosēlanoiō | prosēlanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | prosēlavoiō | prosēlavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | prosēlaloiō | prosēlaloia |
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 | prosēlarō | prosēlari | prosēlara | prosēlarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | prosēlarōntos | prosēlarintos | prosēlarantos1×προσηλώσας | prosēlarēntos |
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
prosēl 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
prosēlarantos“nailing”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Colossians 2:14… kai autem airatē ek teu meseu prosēlarantos autem to stauro;… against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!