verb
puressamō
Strong’sG4445
I am sick with a fever
stem puress-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.
* πυρέσσω
(< πῦρ),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4445 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpoo-res'-so
to be on fire, i.e. (specially), to have a fever
Fromfrom G4443;
King Jamesbe sick of a fever.
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
Refs 5th c.BC+; Attic dialect πυρέττω Refs 5th c.BC+: future πυρέξω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐπύρεξα Refs 4th c.BC+: perfect πεπύρεχα Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, perfect πεπύρεγμαι Refs 2nd c.AD+: (πυρετός):—to be feverish, fall ill of a fever, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| puressarōntasπυρέσσουσα | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular feminine | fever | 1× |
| puressarōntanπυρέσσουσαν | happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative singular feminine | fever | 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 | puressamō | puressame | puressami | puressama | puressamē | puressamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | puressasō | puressase | puressasi | puressasa | puressasē | puressaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | puressatō | puressate | puressati | puressata | puressatē | puressatelē |
| we 1st person plural | puressanō | puressane | puressani | puressana | puressanē | puressanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | puressavō | puressave | puressavi | puressava | puressavē | puressavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | puressalō | puressale | puressali | puressala | puressalē | puressalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | puressameiō | puressameia | puressameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | puressaseiō | puressaseia | puressaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | puressateiō | puressateia | puressateiē |
| we 1st person plural | puressaneiō | puressaneia | puressaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | puressaveiō | puressaveia | puressaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | puressaleiō | puressaleia | puressaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | puressasōr | puressasar | puressasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | puressatōr | puressatar | puressatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | puressavōr | puressavar | puressavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | puressalōr | puressalar | puressalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | puressamoiō | puressamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | puressasoiō | puressasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | puressatoiō | puressatoia |
| we 1st person plural | puressanoiō | puressanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | puressavoiō | puressavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | puressaloiō | puressaloia |
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 | puressarō | puressari | puressara | puressarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | puressarōntos2× | puressarintos | puressarantos | puressarēntos |
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
puress 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
puressarōntas“fever”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular feminine1×
Mark 1:30tas de pentheras Simōnou katakeiote puressarōntas, kai euthuos legalō auto peri autau.… was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about …
puressarōntan“fever”happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative singular feminine1×
Matthew 8:14… horata tan pentheran autou balorēntan kai puressarōntan;… mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.