verb
prospsauamō
Strong’sG4379
I touch lightly
stem prospsau-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-ψαύω,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4379 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpros-psow'-o
to impinge, i.e. lay a finger on (in order to relieve)
Fromfrom G4314 and ψαύω (to touch);
King Jamestouch.
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
Doric dialect and poetry ποτι-, touch upon, touch, τιμαῖς Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| prospsauavōπροσψαύετε | happening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person plural | touch | 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 | prospsauamō | prospsauame | prospsauami | prospsauama | prospsauamē | prospsauamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | prospsauasō | prospsauase | prospsauasi | prospsauasa | prospsauasē | prospsauaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prospsauatō | prospsauate | prospsauati | prospsauata | prospsauatē | prospsauatelē |
| we 1st person plural | prospsauanō | prospsauane | prospsauani | prospsauana | prospsauanē | prospsauanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prospsauavō1×προσψαύετε | prospsauave | prospsauavi | prospsauava | prospsauavē | prospsauavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | prospsaualō | prospsauale | prospsauali | prospsauala | prospsaualē | prospsaualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prospsauameiō | prospsauameia | prospsauameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | prospsauaseiō | prospsauaseia | prospsauaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prospsauateiō | prospsauateia | prospsauateiē |
| we 1st person plural | prospsauaneiō | prospsauaneia | prospsauaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | prospsauaveiō | prospsauaveia | prospsauaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | prospsaualeiō | prospsaualeia | prospsaualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | prospsauasōr | prospsauasar | prospsauasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prospsauatōr | prospsauatar | prospsauatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | prospsauavōr | prospsauavar | prospsauavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | prospsaualōr | prospsaualar | prospsaualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | prospsauamoiō | prospsauamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | prospsauasoiō | prospsauasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | prospsauatoiō | prospsauatoia |
| we 1st person plural | prospsauanoiō | prospsauanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | prospsauavoiō | prospsauavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | prospsaualoiō | prospsaualoia |
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 | prospsauarō | prospsauari | prospsauara | prospsauarē |
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 | prospsauarōntos | prospsauarintos | prospsauarantos | prospsauarēntos |
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
prospsau 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
prospsauavō“touch”happening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person plural1×
Luke 11:46“touch”… autois heno toiu daktuloiu vu ouk prospsauavō tei fortiei.… experts in the law!” He replied. “For you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a …