verb
siniazamō
Strong’sG4617
I sift, prove by trials
stem siniaz-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.
*† σινιάζω
(< σίνιον, a sieve), = σήθω,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4617 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsin-ee-ad'-zo
to riddle (figuratively)
Fromfrom σινίον (a sieve);
King Jamessift.
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
(σινίον) ={σήθω}, sift, winnow, NT+5th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| siniazaraσινιάσαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | sift | 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 | siniazamō | siniazame | siniazami | siniazama | siniazamē | siniazamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | siniazasō | siniazase | siniazasi | siniazasa | siniazasē | siniazaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | siniazatō | siniazate | siniazati | siniazata | siniazatē | siniazatelē |
| we 1st person plural | siniazanō | siniazane | siniazani | siniazana | siniazanē | siniazanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | siniazavō | siniazave | siniazavi | siniazava | siniazavē | siniazavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | siniazalō | siniazale | siniazali | siniazala | siniazalē | siniazalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | siniazameiō | siniazameia | siniazameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | siniazaseiō | siniazaseia | siniazaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | siniazateiō | siniazateia | siniazateiē |
| we 1st person plural | siniazaneiō | siniazaneia | siniazaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | siniazaveiō | siniazaveia | siniazaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | siniazaleiō | siniazaleia | siniazaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | siniazasōr | siniazasar | siniazasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | siniazatōr | siniazatar | siniazatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | siniazavōr | siniazavar | siniazavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | siniazalōr | siniazalar | siniazalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | siniazamoiō | siniazamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | siniazasoiō | siniazasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | siniazatoiō | siniazatoia |
| we 1st person plural | siniazanoiō | siniazanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | siniazavoiō | siniazavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | siniazaloiō | siniazaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | siniazarō | siniazari | siniazara1×σινιάσαι | siniazarē |
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 | siniazarōntos | siniazarintos | siniazarantos | siniazarēntos |
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
siniaz 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
siniazara“sift”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
Luke 22:31… idou tos Satanos exaiteta vin teu siniazara hōs ton siton;Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.