verb
stilbamō
Strong’sG4744
I shine, glisten, flash
stem stilb-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.
στίλβω
[in LXX: Na 3:3 (לַהַב), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4744 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidstil'-bo
to gleam, i.e. flash intensely
Fromapparently a primary verb;
King Jamesshining.
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
chiefly present and imperfect: aorist ἔστιλψα Refs 2nd c.AD+:—glitter, gleam, of polished or bright surfaces, χιτῶνας.. ἦκα στίλβοντας ἐλαίῳ Refs 8th c.BC+; λαμπραὶ δ᾽ ἀκτῖνες ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ αἰγλῆεν στίλβουσι beam from him, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. ὅπλοις Refs 5th c.BC+; ἰδὼν στίλβοντα τὰ λάβδα, i.e. the λ upon the Spartan shields, NT+5th c.BC+; of sleek horses, σ. ὥστε κύκνου πτερόν Refs 5th c.BC+; of brilliant complexion, Refs 3rd c.BC+; of water in motion, Refs 4th c.BC+; of the white gleam on the eye, Refs 4th c.BC+; of fixed stars, opposed to planets (exc. Mercury, see at {στίλβων}), twinkle, Refs 4th c.BC+ flash lightning, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, shine, be bright, Refs 5th c.BC+
II transitive,= στιλπνόω, στίλβει πρόσωπον Refs 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| stilbarōnteimστίλβοντα | happening now · subjectpresent active participle direct plural neuter | radiant | 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 | stilbamō | stilbame | stilbami | stilbama | stilbamē | stilbamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | stilbasō | stilbase | stilbasi | stilbasa | stilbasē | stilbaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | stilbatō | stilbate | stilbati | stilbata | stilbatē | stilbatelē |
| we 1st person plural | stilbanō | stilbane | stilbani | stilbana | stilbanē | stilbanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | stilbavō | stilbave | stilbavi | stilbava | stilbavē | stilbavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | stilbalō | stilbale | stilbali | stilbala | stilbalē | stilbalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | stilbameiō | stilbameia | stilbameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | stilbaseiō | stilbaseia | stilbaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | stilbateiō | stilbateia | stilbateiē |
| we 1st person plural | stilbaneiō | stilbaneia | stilbaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | stilbaveiō | stilbaveia | stilbaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | stilbaleiō | stilbaleia | stilbaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | stilbasōr | stilbasar | stilbasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | stilbatōr | stilbatar | stilbatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | stilbavōr | stilbavar | stilbavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | stilbalōr | stilbalar | stilbalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | stilbamoiō | stilbamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | stilbasoiō | stilbasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | stilbatoiō | stilbatoia |
| we 1st person plural | stilbanoiō | stilbanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | stilbavoiō | stilbavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | stilbaloiō | stilbaloia |
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 | stilbarō | stilbari | stilbara | stilbarē |
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 | stilbarōntos1× | stilbarintos | stilbarantos | stilbarēntos |
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
stilb 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
stilbarōnteim“radiant”happening now · subjectpresent active participle direct plural neuter1×
Mark 9:3“radiant”kai teim himatieim autou geneta stilbarōnteim leukeim liōs hoieim gnafevos epi tau …His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could …