verb
suramō
Strong’sG4951
I draw, drag
stem sur-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 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.
σύρω
[in LXX: IV Ki 17:13 (סחב), IV Mac 6:1, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4951 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoo'-ro
to trail
Fromprobably akin to G138;
King Jamesdrag, draw, hale.
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
Refs: future σῠρῶ LXXaorist ἔσῡρα (κατ-) Refs 5th c.BC+perfect σέσυρκα (δια-) Refs 4th c.BC+ —middle, aorist ἐσῡράμην (περι-) Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, aorist ἐσύρην [ῠ] Refs 2nd c.AD+: perfect σέσυρμαι Refs 2nd c.BC+:—draw, drag, trail along, χιτῶνα Refs 3rd c.BC+; μέχρι τῶν σφυρῶν τὴν ἐσθῆτα σ. Refs 2nd c.AD+; βλαύτας σύρων trailing his torn slippers, Refs 4th c.BC+; drag a net, NT+1st c.AD+; σ. πηκτίδα, see at {πηκτίς} 1.2; of oxen, ἵνα σύρῃ τὰ ξύλα Refs 3rd c.AD+; drag about, τι Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, hang trailing, trail along, οὐρή, νηδύς, Refs 1st c.AD+; of a person, crawl, σύρεσθαι γαστέριRefs 6th c.AD+:—also intransitive in active, of a column of ships compared to a serpent, Refs 3rd c.BC+; crawl, συρόντων ἐπὶ γῆν LXX
2 drag by force, hale, αἰχμάλωτον Refs 3rd c.BC+; ἄνδρας καὶ γυναῖκας NT; of waves or rivers, sweep, sweep away, κλύδων ἐπὶ χέρσον ἔσυρεν δελφῖνα Refs 1st c.AD+; πόλεμος χειμάρρου δίκην πάντα σ. Refs 1st c.AD+. the dough has a cleft made in it, Refs 4th c.BC+:— passive, σύρεσθαι κατὰ ῥοῦν Refs 1st c.AD+; χρυσὸς οὐ μεταλλεύεται μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ σύρεται, of gold-dust (compare συρτός), Refs 1st c.BC+: absolutely in passive, of a stream, flow or run down, Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 metaphorically in passive, to be dragged, drawn, εἰς οὐκ ἀναγκαῖα πράγματα Refs 2nd c.AD+
4 passive, of taxes, to be attached to land, perfect participle σεσυρομένης (sic) Refs 6th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| suratōσύρει | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | swept away | 1× |
| suraleἔσυρον | was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural | dragged | 2× |
| surarōntosσύρων | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | dragged off | 1× |
| surarōntoisσύροντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | dragging | 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, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | suramō | surame | surami | surama | suramē | suramelē |
| you 2nd person singular | surasō | surase | surasi | surasa | surasē | suraselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | suratō1×σύρει | surate | surati | surata | suratē | suratelē |
| we 1st person plural | suranō | surane | surani | surana | suranē | suranelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | suravō | surave | suravi | surava | suravē | suravelē |
| they 3rd person plural | suralō | surale2×ἔσυρον | surali | surala | suralē | suralelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | surameiō | surameia | surameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | suraseiō | suraseia | suraseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | surateiō | surateia | surateiē |
| we 1st person plural | suraneiō | suraneia | suraneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | suraveiō | suraveia | suraveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | suraleiō | suraleia | suraleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | surasōr | surasar | surasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | suratōr | suratar | suratēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | suravōr | suravar | suravēr |
| they 3rd person plural | suralōr | suralar | suralēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | suramoiō | suramoia |
| you 2nd person singular | surasoiō | surasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | suratoiō | suratoia |
| we 1st person plural | suranoiō | suranoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | suravoiō | suravoia |
| they 3rd person plural | suraloiō | suraloia |
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 | surarō | surari | surara | surarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | surarōntos2×σύρων | surarintos | surarantos | surarēntos |
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
sur 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
suratō“swept away”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Revelation 12:4“swept away”kai tas ouras autou suratō tem tritem toiu asteroiu tou ouranou, …His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood …
surale“dragged”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural2×
Acts 14:19… toin ochloin kai lithazarantois ton Paulon surale exō tau polau, nomizarōntois auton thnēskarē.… the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he …
Acts 17:6mē heuriskarantois de autoin surale Iasōnon kai tinoin adelfoin epi toin …… they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before …
surarōntos“dragged off”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Acts 8:3… tan ekklēsan kata toin oikoin eisporeuorōntos, surarōntos tē androin kai gunaikain paradōate eis …… Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them …
surarōntois“dragging”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
John 21:8“dragging”… gēau alla hōs apo pēchoiu diakosioi, surarōntois tem diktuem toiu ichthoiu.… in the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred …