verb
rōnnuomō
Strong’sG4517
I strengthen, farewell
stem rōnnu-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.
ῥώννυμι
[in LXX: II Mac 9:20 11:21, 28, 33; III Mac6 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4517 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhrone'-noo-mee
probably akin to G4506); to strengthen, i.e. (impersonal passive) have health (as a parting exclamation, good-bye)
Fromprolongation from ῥώομαι (to dart;
King Jamesfarewell.
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+; ῥωννύω, Refs 5th c.BC+future ῥώσω (ἐπιρ-) Refs 1st c.AD+: aorist ἔρρωσα Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, ῥώννῠμαι Refs 1st c.AD+: future ῥωσθήσομαι Refs 2nd c.AD+: aorist ἐρρώσθην Refs 5th c.BC+perfect ἔρρωμαι (see. below):—strengthen, τροφὴ ῥώννυσι Refs 5th c.BC+; ῥ. τὰν ψυχὰν ποτ᾽ (πρὸς) ἀλκάν Refs 5th c.BC+
II mostly in perfect passive (with present sense) ἔρρωμαι, and pluperfect ἐρρώμην (as imperfect):—have strength or might, γέροντές ἐσμεν κοὐδαμῶς ἐρρώμεθα Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 to be eager, enthusiastic, glossed by προθυμεῖσθαι, Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, to be eager to do, ἔρρωτο πᾶς ξυνεπιλαμβάνειν Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 to be in good health, Refs 5th c.BC+, farewell, the usual way of ending a letter, as in Refs 5th c.BC+, and at the close of Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰ ἔρρωσθε εὖ ἂν ἔχοι Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.4 frequently in participle ἐρρωμένος (which see).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| rōnnuovērἔρρωσθε | has happened · yeperfect middle or passive imperative 2nd person plural | farewell | 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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | rōnnuomō | rōnnuome | rōnnuomē | rōnnuomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | rōnnuosō | rōnnuose | rōnnuosē | rōnnuoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | rōnnuotō | rōnnuote | rōnnuotē | rōnnuotelē |
| we 1st person plural | rōnnuonō | rōnnuone | rōnnuonē | rōnnuonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | rōnnuovō | rōnnuove | rōnnuovē | rōnnuovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | rōnnuolō | rōnnuole | rōnnuolē | rōnnuolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | rōnnuomeiō | rōnnuomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | rōnnuoseiō | rōnnuoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | rōnnuoteiō | rōnnuoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | rōnnuoneiō | rōnnuoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | rōnnuoveiō | rōnnuoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | rōnnuoleiō | rōnnuoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | rōnnuosōr | rōnnuosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | rōnnuotōr | rōnnuotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | rōnnuovōr | rōnnuovēr1×ἔρρωσθε |
| they 3rd person plural | rōnnuolōr | rōnnuolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | rōnnuomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | rōnnuosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | rōnnuotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | rōnnuonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | rōnnuovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | rōnnuoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | rōnnuorō | rōnnuorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | rōnnuorōntos | rōnnuorēntos |
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
rōnnu 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
rōnnuovēr“farewell”has happened · yeperfect middle or passive imperative 2nd person plural1×
Acts 15:29… ek heiu diatērarōntois heautoin euōs prassavi. rōnnuovēr.… do well to avoid these things. Farewell.