verb
proteinamō
Strong’sG4385
I stretch out, tie up
stem protein-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-τείνω, [in LXX: II Mac7, III Mac 2:1*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4385 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidprot-i'-no
to protend, i.e. tie prostrate (for scourging)
Fromfrom G4253 and τείνω (to stretch);
King Jamesbind.
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
stretch out before, hold before, τὸν χαλινόν Refs 5th c.BC+; [ὁ ναυτίλος] π. τὰς πλεκτάνας Refs 4th c.BC+
2 expose to danger, ψυχὴν.. προτείνων Refs 5th c.BC+
3 metaphorically, hold out as a pretext or excuse, π. πρόφασιν Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, π. τὴν ἡλικίαν Refs 5th c.BC+
II stretch forth, hold out, χεῖρα, as a suppliant, Refs 7th c.BC+; also προτείνει χεὶρ ἐκ χερὸς ὀρέγματα Refs 4th c.BC+; π. ἑαυτόν leaning forward, Refs 5th c.BC+: hence intransitive, stretch forward, προτείνουσα εἰς τὸ πέλαγος [ἄκρα] Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.2 π. χεῖρα δεξιάν offer, tender it as a pledge, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 hold out, offer, μεγάλα π. ἐπ᾽ οἷσι ὁμολογέειν ἐθέλουσι Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, π. τινὶ λαβεῖν ὅ τι χρῄζει Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, δυοῖν προτεινομένοιν ἀγαθοῖν Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4 put forward, propose, π. ζητήματα, ἐρωτήματα, Refs 1st c.AD+:—middle, offer or put forward as instances, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.5 Med.. μισθὸν προτείνασθαι stipulate for as a reward, Refs 5th c.BC+
III put forward as a proposition (πρότασις Refs 4th c.BC+ —middle Refs:—passive 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| proteinalaπροέτειναν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | stretched … out | 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 | proteinamō | proteiname | proteinami | proteinama | proteinamē | proteinamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | proteinasō | proteinase | proteinasi | proteinasa | proteinasē | proteinaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proteinatō | proteinate | proteinati | proteinata | proteinatē | proteinatelē |
| we 1st person plural | proteinanō | proteinane | proteinani | proteinana | proteinanē | proteinanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | proteinavō | proteinave | proteinavi | proteinava | proteinavē | proteinavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | proteinalō | proteinale | proteinali | proteinala1×προέτειναν | proteinalē | proteinalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | proteinameiō | proteinameia | proteinameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | proteinaseiō | proteinaseia | proteinaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proteinateiō | proteinateia | proteinateiē |
| we 1st person plural | proteinaneiō | proteinaneia | proteinaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | proteinaveiō | proteinaveia | proteinaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | proteinaleiō | proteinaleia | proteinaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | proteinasōr | proteinasar | proteinasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proteinatōr | proteinatar | proteinatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | proteinavōr | proteinavar | proteinavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | proteinalōr | proteinalar | proteinalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | proteinamoiō | proteinamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | proteinasoiō | proteinasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | proteinatoiō | proteinatoia |
| we 1st person plural | proteinanoiō | proteinanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | proteinavoiō | proteinavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | proteinaloiō | proteinaloia |
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 | proteinarō | proteinari | proteinara | proteinarē |
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 | proteinarōntos | proteinarintos | proteinarantos | proteinarēntos |
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
protein 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
proteinala“stretched … out”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Acts 22:25hōs de proteinala auton toi himantoi legata pros ton …But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said …