verb
scholazamō
Strong’sG4980
I have leisure, stand empty
stem scholaz-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.
σχολάζω
(< σχολή), [in LXX: Ex 5:8, 17, Ps 45 (46):10 (רפה ni., hi.) *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4980 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidskhol-ad'-zo
to take a holiday, i.e. be at leisure for (by implication, devote oneself wholly to); figuratively, to be vacant (of a house)
Fromfrom G4981;
King Jamesempty, give self.
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
Boeotian dialect σχολ-άδδω Refs:— to have leisure or spare time, to be at leisure, have nothing to do, σὺ δ᾽ ἢν σχολάσῃς Refs 5th c.BC+; διὰ τὸ μὴ σχολάζειν ὑπὸ πολέμων because they have no leisure left by the wars, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. καλῶς spend one's leisure well, Refs: with infinitive, have leisure or time to do a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 loiter, linger, Refs 5th c.BC+
II σ. ἀπό τινος have rest or respite from a thing, cease from doing, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρώμνου were set free from the operations at K., Refs 1st c.AD+
III with dative, have leisure, time, or opportunity for a thing, devote one's time to a thing, πάντα τὸν βίον ἐσχόλακεν [ἐν] τούτῳ Refs 4th c.BC+; σ. φιλοσοφίᾳ, μουσικῇ, etc., Refs 2nd c.AD+; τῇ γῇ, i.e. agriculture, Refs 3rd c.AD+; so πρὸς ταῦτα Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 with dative person, devote oneself to.. , τοῖς φίλοις Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ στρατηγὸς.. τοῖς διαφέρουσιν ἐσχόλασεν Wilcken Refs 3rd c.AD+; especially of students, study, attend lectures, ἐπὶ Παλλαδίῳ Refs 1st c.BC+; σ. τινί devote oneself to a master, attend his lectures, σ. Καρνεάδῃ, Ἰσοκράτει,Refs 2nd c.BC+; μετ᾽ Ἐπικούρου Refs 3rd c.BC+
III.3 absolutely, devote oneself to learning: hence, give lectures Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ περὶ τοῦ τέλους σχολασθέντα lectures upon.., Refs 2nd c.AD+; of a gladiator, to be master of a school (ludus), εἰς Ἔφεσον Refs
IV of a place, to be vacant, unoccupied, Refs 1st c.AD+: with dative, to be reserved for, τὸ ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ κορυφῆς μέχρι σελήνης θεοῖς καὶ ἄστροις.. σχολάζει Refs 2nd c.AD+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| scholazaveiaσχολάσητε | happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural | devote | 1× |
| scholazarōntonσχολάζοντα | happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative singular masculine | empty | 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 | scholazamō | scholazame | scholazami | scholazama | scholazamē | scholazamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | scholazasō | scholazase | scholazasi | scholazasa | scholazasē | scholazaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | scholazatō | scholazate | scholazati | scholazata | scholazatē | scholazatelē |
| we 1st person plural | scholazanō | scholazane | scholazani | scholazana | scholazanē | scholazanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | scholazavō | scholazave | scholazavi | scholazava | scholazavē | scholazavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | scholazalō | scholazale | scholazali | scholazala | scholazalē | scholazalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | scholazameiō | scholazameia | scholazameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | scholazaseiō | scholazaseia | scholazaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | scholazateiō | scholazateia | scholazateiē |
| we 1st person plural | scholazaneiō | scholazaneia | scholazaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | scholazaveiō | scholazaveia1×σχολάσητε | scholazaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | scholazaleiō | scholazaleia | scholazaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | scholazasōr | scholazasar | scholazasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | scholazatōr | scholazatar | scholazatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | scholazavōr | scholazavar | scholazavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | scholazalōr | scholazalar | scholazalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | scholazamoiō | scholazamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | scholazasoiō | scholazasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | scholazatoiō | scholazatoia |
| we 1st person plural | scholazanoiō | scholazanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | scholazavoiō | scholazavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | scholazaloiō | scholazaloia |
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 | scholazarō | scholazari | scholazara | scholazarē |
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 | scholazarōntos1× | scholazarintos | scholazarantos | scholazarēntos |
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
scholaz 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
scholazaveia“devote”happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural1×
1 Corinthians 7:5… an ek sumfōneu pros kairon hina scholazaveia ta proseucha kai palin epi tem …… for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together …
scholazarōnton“empty”happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative singular masculine1×
Matthew 12:44“empty”… epistrefami hothen exerchama; kai ercharantem heuriskatō scholazarōnton sarorēnton kai kosmorēnton.… On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.