verb
psōchamō
Strong’sG5597
I rub, rub to pieces
stem psōch-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.
† ψώχω
(< ψώω, collat. form of ψάω, to rub)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5597 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpso'-kho
to triturate, i.e. (by analogy) to rub out (kernels from husks with the fingers or hand)
Fromprolongation from the same base as G5567;
King Jamesrub.
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
(ψώω) rub small, ψ. τοὺς στάχυας ταῖς χερσί NT+1st c.AD+:—middle, Refs 2nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| psōcharōntoisψώχοντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | rubbing | 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 | psōchamō | psōchame | psōchami | psōchama | psōchamē | psōchamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | psōchasō | psōchase | psōchasi | psōchasa | psōchasē | psōchaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psōchatō | psōchate | psōchati | psōchata | psōchatē | psōchatelē |
| we 1st person plural | psōchanō | psōchane | psōchani | psōchana | psōchanē | psōchanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | psōchavō | psōchave | psōchavi | psōchava | psōchavē | psōchavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | psōchalō | psōchale | psōchali | psōchala | psōchalē | psōchalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | psōchameiō | psōchameia | psōchameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | psōchaseiō | psōchaseia | psōchaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psōchateiō | psōchateia | psōchateiē |
| we 1st person plural | psōchaneiō | psōchaneia | psōchaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | psōchaveiō | psōchaveia | psōchaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | psōchaleiō | psōchaleia | psōchaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | psōchasōr | psōchasar | psōchasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psōchatōr | psōchatar | psōchatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | psōchavōr | psōchavar | psōchavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | psōchalōr | psōchalar | psōchalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | psōchamoiō | psōchamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | psōchasoiō | psōchasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | psōchatoiō | psōchatoia |
| we 1st person plural | psōchanoiō | psōchanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | psōchavoiō | psōchavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | psōchaloiō | psōchaloia |
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 | psōcharō | psōchari | psōchara | psōcharē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | psōcharōntos1× | psōcharintos | psōcharantos | psōcharēntos |
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
psōch 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
psōcharōntois“rubbing”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Luke 6:1“rubbing”… mathētois autou kai esthiale toin stachuoin psōcharōntois tai cheirai.… grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.