verb
prosōpolēmptamō
Strong’sG4380
I show partiality
stem prosōpolēmpt-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.
*† προσωπολημπτέω (Rec. -ληπτ-), -ῶ
(< -λήμπτης, q.v.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4380 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpros-o-pol-ape-teh'-o
to favor an individual, i.e. show partiality
Fromfrom G4381;
King Jameshave respect to persons.
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
(see. πρόσωπον 1.1) to be a respecter of persons, NT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| prosōpolēmptavōπροσωπολημπτεῖτε | happening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person plural | show partiality | 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 | prosōpolēmptamō | prosōpolēmptame | prosōpolēmptami | prosōpolēmptama | prosōpolēmptamē | prosōpolēmptamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | prosōpolēmptasō | prosōpolēmptase | prosōpolēmptasi | prosōpolēmptasa | prosōpolēmptasē | prosōpolēmptaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prosōpolēmptatō | prosōpolēmptate | prosōpolēmptati | prosōpolēmptata | prosōpolēmptatē | prosōpolēmptatelē |
| we 1st person plural | prosōpolēmptanō | prosōpolēmptane | prosōpolēmptani | prosōpolēmptana | prosōpolēmptanē | prosōpolēmptanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prosōpolēmptavō1×προσωπολημπτεῖτε | prosōpolēmptave | prosōpolēmptavi | prosōpolēmptava | prosōpolēmptavē | prosōpolēmptavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | prosōpolēmptalō | prosōpolēmptale | prosōpolēmptali | prosōpolēmptala | prosōpolēmptalē | prosōpolēmptalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prosōpolēmptameiō | prosōpolēmptameia | prosōpolēmptameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | prosōpolēmptaseiō | prosōpolēmptaseia | prosōpolēmptaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prosōpolēmptateiō | prosōpolēmptateia | prosōpolēmptateiē |
| we 1st person plural | prosōpolēmptaneiō | prosōpolēmptaneia | prosōpolēmptaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prosōpolēmptaveiō | prosōpolēmptaveia | prosōpolēmptaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | prosōpolēmptaleiō | prosōpolēmptaleia | prosōpolēmptaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | prosōpolēmptasōr | prosōpolēmptasar | prosōpolēmptasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prosōpolēmptatōr | prosōpolēmptatar | prosōpolēmptatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | prosōpolēmptavōr | prosōpolēmptavar | prosōpolēmptavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | prosōpolēmptalōr | prosōpolēmptalar | prosōpolēmptalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prosōpolēmptamoiō | prosōpolēmptamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | prosōpolēmptasoiō | prosōpolēmptasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prosōpolēmptatoiō | prosōpolēmptatoia |
| we 1st person plural | prosōpolēmptanoiō | prosōpolēmptanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | prosōpolēmptavoiō | prosōpolēmptavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | prosōpolēmptaloiō | prosōpolēmptaloia |
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 | prosōpolēmptarō | prosōpolēmptari | prosōpolēmptara | prosōpolēmptarē |
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 | prosōpolēmptarōntos | prosōpolēmptarintos | prosōpolēmptarantos | prosōpolēmptarēntos |
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
prosōpolēmpt 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
prosōpolēmptavō“show partiality”happening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person plural1×
James 2:9“show partiality”ei de prosōpolēmptavō, hamartan ergazovō, elenchorōntois hupo tou nomou …But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.