verb
sthenamō
Strong’sG4599
I strengthen
stem sthen-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.
*† σθενόω, -ῶ
(< σθένος, strength),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4599 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsthen-o'-o
probably akin to the base of G2476); to strengthen, i.e. (figuratively) confirm (in spiritual knowledge and power)
Fromfrom σθένος (bodily vigor;
King Jamesstrengthen.
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
strengthen, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sthenatiσθενώσει | will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular | strengthen | 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 | sthenamō | sthename | sthenami | sthenama | sthenamē | sthenamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sthenasō | sthenase | sthenasi | sthenasa | sthenasē | sthenaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sthenatō | sthenate | sthenati1×σθενώσει | sthenata | sthenatē | sthenatelē |
| we 1st person plural | sthenanō | sthenane | sthenani | sthenana | sthenanē | sthenanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sthenavō | sthenave | sthenavi | sthenava | sthenavē | sthenavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sthenalō | sthenale | sthenali | sthenala | sthenalē | sthenalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sthenameiō | sthenameia | sthenameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sthenaseiō | sthenaseia | sthenaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sthenateiō | sthenateia | sthenateiē |
| we 1st person plural | sthenaneiō | sthenaneia | sthenaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sthenaveiō | sthenaveia | sthenaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sthenaleiō | sthenaleia | sthenaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sthenasōr | sthenasar | sthenasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sthenatōr | sthenatar | sthenatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sthenavōr | sthenavar | sthenavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sthenalōr | sthenalar | sthenalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sthenamoiō | sthenamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | sthenasoiō | sthenasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sthenatoiō | sthenatoia |
| we 1st person plural | sthenanoiō | sthenanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sthenavoiō | sthenavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | sthenaloiō | sthenaloia |
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 | sthenarō | sthenari | sthenara | sthenarē |
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 | sthenarōntos | sthenarintos | sthenarantos | sthenarēntos |
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
sthen 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
sthenati“strengthen”will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular1×
1 Peter 5:10… Christo, oligem pascharantoin autos katartizati, stērizati, sthenati, themeliati.… will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.