verb
sustenazamō
Strong’sG4959
I groan together
stem sustenaz-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.
* συν-στενάζω (Rec. συσ-),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4959 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
lament with, φίλοις NT+5th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sustenazatōσυστενάζει | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | groaning | 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 | sustenazamō | sustenazame | sustenazami | sustenazama | sustenazamē | sustenazamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sustenazasō | sustenazase | sustenazasi | sustenazasa | sustenazasē | sustenazaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sustenazatō1×συστενάζει | sustenazate | sustenazati | sustenazata | sustenazatē | sustenazatelē |
| we 1st person plural | sustenazanō | sustenazane | sustenazani | sustenazana | sustenazanē | sustenazanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sustenazavō | sustenazave | sustenazavi | sustenazava | sustenazavē | sustenazavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sustenazalō | sustenazale | sustenazali | sustenazala | sustenazalē | sustenazalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sustenazameiō | sustenazameia | sustenazameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sustenazaseiō | sustenazaseia | sustenazaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sustenazateiō | sustenazateia | sustenazateiē |
| we 1st person plural | sustenazaneiō | sustenazaneia | sustenazaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sustenazaveiō | sustenazaveia | sustenazaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sustenazaleiō | sustenazaleia | sustenazaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sustenazasōr | sustenazasar | sustenazasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sustenazatōr | sustenazatar | sustenazatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sustenazavōr | sustenazavar | sustenazavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sustenazalōr | sustenazalar | sustenazalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sustenazamoiō | sustenazamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | sustenazasoiō | sustenazasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sustenazatoiō | sustenazatoia |
| we 1st person plural | sustenazanoiō | sustenazanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sustenazavoiō | sustenazavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | sustenazaloiō | sustenazaloia |
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 | sustenazarō | sustenazari | sustenazara | sustenazarē |
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 | sustenazarōntos | sustenazarintos | sustenazarantos | sustenazarēntos |
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
sustenaz 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
sustenazatō“groaning”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Romans 8:22oidanē gar hoti pantas tas ktisias sustenazatō kai sunōdinatō achri tou nun;… that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth …