verb
spatalamō
Strong’sG4684
I live extravagantly
stem spatal-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.
† σπαταλάω, -ῶ
(< σπατάλη, wantonness, luxury, Si 27:13 *), [in LXX: Ez 16:49 (שׁקט hi.), Si 21:15 *;]
SYN.: στρηνιάω, τρυφάω (v. Tr., Syn., § liv)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4684 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidspat-al-ah'-o
to be voluptuous
Fromfrom σπατάλη (luxury);
King Jameslive in pleasure, be wanton.
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
live softly or in excessive comfort or indulgence, NT+2nd c.BC+; τὰ σπαταλῶντα τῶν παιδίων spoilt children, Refs 4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| spatalavaἐσπαταλήσατε | happened · yeaorist active indicative 2nd person plural | in pleasure | 1× |
| spatalarōntasσπαταλῶσα | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular feminine | lives for pleasure | 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, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | spatalamō | spatalame | spatalami | spatalama | spatalamē | spatalamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | spatalasō | spatalase | spatalasi | spatalasa | spatalasē | spatalaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | spatalatō | spatalate | spatalati | spatalata | spatalatē | spatalatelē |
| we 1st person plural | spatalanō | spatalane | spatalani | spatalana | spatalanē | spatalanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | spatalavō | spatalave | spatalavi | spatalava1×ἐσπαταλήσατε | spatalavē | spatalavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | spatalalō | spatalale | spatalali | spatalala | spatalalē | spatalalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | spatalameiō | spatalameia | spatalameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | spatalaseiō | spatalaseia | spatalaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | spatalateiō | spatalateia | spatalateiē |
| we 1st person plural | spatalaneiō | spatalaneia | spatalaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | spatalaveiō | spatalaveia | spatalaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | spatalaleiō | spatalaleia | spatalaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | spatalasōr | spatalasar | spatalasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | spatalatōr | spatalatar | spatalatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | spatalavōr | spatalavar | spatalavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | spatalalōr | spatalalar | spatalalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | spatalamoiō | spatalamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | spatalasoiō | spatalasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | spatalatoiō | spatalatoia |
| we 1st person plural | spatalanoiō | spatalanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | spatalavoiō | spatalavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | spatalaloiō | spatalaloia |
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 | spatalarō | spatalari | spatalara | spatalarē |
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 | spatalarōntos1× | spatalarintos | spatalarantos | spatalarēntos |
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
spatal 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
spatalava“in pleasure”happened · yeaorist active indicative 2nd person plural1×
James 5:5“in pleasure”trufava epi tau gēau kai spatalava, trefava tain kardiain vu en hēmera …You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
spatalarōntas“lives for pleasure”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular feminine1×
1 Timothy 5:6tas de spatalarōntas zōarōntas thnēskatē.But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is …