verb
sulagōgamō
Strong’sG4812
I plunder
stem sulagōg-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.
*† συλαγωγέω, -ῶ
(< σύλη, booty + ἄγω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4812 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(σῦλον) carry off as booty, lead captive, τινα NT+3rd c.AD+
II rob, despoil, τὸν οἶκον Refs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sulagōgarōntosσυλαγωγῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | takes … captive | 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 | sulagōgamō | sulagōgame | sulagōgami | sulagōgama | sulagōgamē | sulagōgamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sulagōgasō | sulagōgase | sulagōgasi | sulagōgasa | sulagōgasē | sulagōgaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sulagōgatō | sulagōgate | sulagōgati | sulagōgata | sulagōgatē | sulagōgatelē |
| we 1st person plural | sulagōganō | sulagōgane | sulagōgani | sulagōgana | sulagōganē | sulagōganelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sulagōgavō | sulagōgave | sulagōgavi | sulagōgava | sulagōgavē | sulagōgavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sulagōgalō | sulagōgale | sulagōgali | sulagōgala | sulagōgalē | sulagōgalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sulagōgameiō | sulagōgameia | sulagōgameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sulagōgaseiō | sulagōgaseia | sulagōgaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sulagōgateiō | sulagōgateia | sulagōgateiē |
| we 1st person plural | sulagōganeiō | sulagōganeia | sulagōganeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sulagōgaveiō | sulagōgaveia | sulagōgaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sulagōgaleiō | sulagōgaleia | sulagōgaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sulagōgasōr | sulagōgasar | sulagōgasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sulagōgatōr | sulagōgatar | sulagōgatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sulagōgavōr | sulagōgavar | sulagōgavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sulagōgalōr | sulagōgalar | sulagōgalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sulagōgamoiō | sulagōgamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | sulagōgasoiō | sulagōgasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sulagōgatoiō | sulagōgatoia |
| we 1st person plural | sulagōganoiō | sulagōganoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sulagōgavoiō | sulagōgavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | sulagōgaloiō | sulagōgaloia |
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 | sulagōgarō | sulagōgari | sulagōgara | sulagōgarē |
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 | sulagōgarōntos1×συλαγωγῶν | sulagōgarintos | sulagōgarantos | sulagōgarēntos |
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
sulagōg 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
sulagōgarōntos“takes … captive”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Colossians 2:8Blepavōr mē tinos vin eti tos sulagōgarōntos dia tau filosofiau kai kenau apatau …See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which …