verb

prosēlamō

Greekπροσηλόω (prosēloō)

Strong’sG4338

I nail to

stem prosēl-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

nailing1×

What it means

** προσ-ηλόω, -ῶ,

[in LXX: III Mac 4:9*;]

to nail to: c. acc. et dat., fig., Col 2:14.†

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

Saidpros-ay-lo'-o

to peg to, i.e. spike fast

Fromfrom G4314 and a derivative of G2247;

King Jamesnail to.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
prosēlaratosπροσηλώσας	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	prosēlarōtos	prosēlaritos	prosēlaratos1×προσηλώσας	prosēlarētos

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

prosēlstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

prosēlaratos“nailing”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×

Colossians 2:14“nailing”exaleifaratos tem kata nu cheirografem tei dogmei hem ate hupenantiem ni, kai autem airatē ek teu meseu prosēlaratos autem to stauro;having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!