verb

protrepemō

Greekπροτρέπομαι (protrepomai)

Strong’sG4389

I encourage, exhort

stem protrep-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

encouraged1×

What it means

** προ-τρέπω,

[in LXX: Wi 14:18, II Mac 11:7, IV Mac 12:7 15:12 16:13*;]

to urge forwards, exhort, persuade. Mid., in same sense (as also in cl.): Ac 18:27.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4389 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidprot-rep'-om-ahee

to turn forward for oneself, i.e. encourage

Frommiddle voice from G4253 and the base of G5157;

King Jamesexhort.

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
protreperatoisπροτρεψάμενοι	happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative plural masculine	encouraged	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	protrepemō	protrepeme	protrepemi	protrepema	protrepemē	protrepemelē
you 2nd person singular	protrepesō	protrepese	protrepesi	protrepesa	protrepesē	protrepeselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	protrepetō	protrepete	protrepeti	protrepeta	protrepetē	protrepetelē
we 1st person plural	protrepenō	protrepene	protrepeni	protrepena	protrepenē	protrepenelē
ye 2nd person plural	protrepevō	protrepeve	protrepevi	protrepeva	protrepevē	protrepevelē
they 3rd person plural	protrepelō	protrepele	protrepeli	protrepela	protrepelē	protrepelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	protrepemeiō	protrepemeia	protrepemeiē
you 2nd person singular	protrepeseiō	protrepeseia	protrepeseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	protrepeteiō	protrepeteia	protrepeteiē
we 1st person plural	protrepeneiō	protrepeneia	protrepeneiē
ye 2nd person plural	protrepeveiō	protrepeveia	protrepeveiē
they 3rd person plural	protrepeleiō	protrepeleia	protrepeleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	protrepesōr	protrepesar	protrepesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	protrepetōr	protrepetar	protrepetēr
ye 2nd person plural	protrepevōr	protrepevar	protrepevēr
they 3rd person plural	protrepelōr	protrepelar	protrepelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	protrepemoiō	protrepemoia
you 2nd person singular	protrepesoiō	protrepesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	protrepetoiō	protrepetoia
we 1st person plural	protrepenoiō	protrepenoia
ye 2nd person plural	protrepevoiō	protrepevoia
they 3rd person plural	protrepeloiō	protrepeloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	protreperō	protreperi	protrepera	protreperē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	protreperōtos	protreperitos	protreperatos1×	protreperētos

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

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

protrep 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

protreperatois“encouraged”happened · subjectaorist middle participle nominative plural masculine1×

Acts 18:27“encouraged”boulerōtou de autou dierchara eis tan Achaian protreperatois tois adelfois grafala toi mathētoi apodechera auton; hos paragineratos sumballeta pollem toi pisteuarētoi dia tau chariau;When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.