verb
psēfizamō
Strong’sG5585
I reckon, compute
stem psēfiz-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
ψηφίζω
(< ψῆφος), [in LXX: III Ki 3:8 8:5 A (ספר ni..) *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5585 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpsay-fid'-zo
to use pebbles in enumeration, i.e. (generally) to compute
Fromfrom G5586;
King Jamescount.
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
future Attic dialect -ιῶ (ἐπι-) Refs 4th c.BC+: aorist ἐψήφισα Refs 5th c.BC+perfect ἐψήφικα (ἐπ-) Refs 5th c.BC+:— middle, see below Refs:—passive, see below Refs:—count, reckon, properly with pebbles (ψῆφοι), Refs 2nd c.BC+; ψ. δακτύλοις Plu. [prev. cited]
2 ἐὰν ψηφίσῃς τὸ ἓν ἐν γράμμασιν, i.e. if you add up the numerical values of the letters in the word ἕν, Refs
II more frequently in middle ψηφίζομαι: future Attic dialect ψηφιοῦμαι Refs 5th c.BC+ is falsa lectio where found, e.g. in Refs 5th c.BC+ in middle sense, Refs 5th c.BC+:—properly, cast one's vote with a pebble:
II.1 absolutely, εἰς ὑδρίαν ψ. Refs 5th c.BC+: generally, vote, ψήφῳ ψηφίζεσθαι μὴ φεύγειν Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῖς νόμοις ψηφίσασθαι vote in support of the laws, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 with accusative, vote for, carry by vote, τὸν πόλεμον Refs 5th c.BC+; ψηφίσασθαί τινι τὸν πλοῦν vote him the voyage, Refs 5th c.BC+; κλῆρόν τινι ψ. to adjudge it to.., Refs 4th c.BC+ vote him a god, Refs 1st c.AD+
II.3 with infinitive, vote, resolve to do something, with infinitive present, ψ. μένειν Refs 5th c.BC+; ψ. τι δρᾶν Refs 4th c.BC+: with infinitive aorist, ψ. νέας ἀποστεῖλαι Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive future, ψ. πάντας ἀποσφάξειν (better ἀποσφάξαι as codex P) Refs 1st c.BC+: with accusative et infinitive, vote that.., ψ. τὰς σπονδὰς λελύσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4 ψ. περί, ὑπέρ τινος, Refs 5th c.BC+
III active is used in signification decide by vote, δίκην κατ᾽ ἄλλου.. ἐψήφισαν Refs 5th c.BC+, and is also found in Refs 2nd c.BC+; ψηφίζομεν is uncertain in Refs 2nd c.AD+ —passive, aorist ψηφισθῆναι be voted, τοῖς στρατηγοῖς εἴ του προσδέοιντο ψηφισθῆναι ἐς τὸν ἔκπλουν Refs 5th c.BC+: future, τὰ ψηφισθησόμενα Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect, ἐψηφισμένοι θανεῖν condemned by vote, Refs 5th c.BC+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| psēfizatōψηφίζει | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | calculate | 1× |
| psēfizatarψηφισάτω | happened · he/she/itaorist active imperative 3rd person singular | calculate | 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 | psēfizamō | psēfizame | psēfizami | psēfizama | psēfizamē | psēfizamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | psēfizasō | psēfizase | psēfizasi | psēfizasa | psēfizasē | psēfizaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psēfizatō1×ψηφίζει | psēfizate | psēfizati | psēfizata | psēfizatē | psēfizatelē |
| we 1st person plural | psēfizanō | psēfizane | psēfizani | psēfizana | psēfizanē | psēfizanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | psēfizavō | psēfizave | psēfizavi | psēfizava | psēfizavē | psēfizavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | psēfizalō | psēfizale | psēfizali | psēfizala | psēfizalē | psēfizalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | psēfizameiō | psēfizameia | psēfizameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | psēfizaseiō | psēfizaseia | psēfizaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psēfizateiō | psēfizateia | psēfizateiē |
| we 1st person plural | psēfizaneiō | psēfizaneia | psēfizaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | psēfizaveiō | psēfizaveia | psēfizaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | psēfizaleiō | psēfizaleia | psēfizaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | psēfizasōr | psēfizasar | psēfizasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psēfizatōr | psēfizatar1×ψηφισάτω | psēfizatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | psēfizavōr | psēfizavar | psēfizavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | psēfizalōr | psēfizalar | psēfizalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | psēfizamoiō | psēfizamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | psēfizasoiō | psēfizasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psēfizatoiō | psēfizatoia |
| we 1st person plural | psēfizanoiō | psēfizanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | psēfizavoiō | psēfizavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | psēfizaloiō | psēfizaloia |
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 | psēfizarō | psēfizari | psēfizara | psēfizarē |
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 | psēfizarōntos | psēfizarintos | psēfizarantos | psēfizarēntos |
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
psēfiz 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
psēfizatō“calculate”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Luke 14:28“calculate”… thelarōntos purgon oikodomara ouchi prōtem kathizarantos psēfizatō tan dapanan, ei echatō eis apartismon?… wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
psēfizatar“calculate”happened · he/she/itaorist active imperative 3rd person singular1×
Revelation 13:18… tas sofias atō; tos echarōntos nouon psēfizatar ton arithmon teu thēreu, arithmos gar …… Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for …