verb
thumiamō
Strong’sG2370
I burn incense
stem thumi-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.
θυμιάω, -ῶ
(< θύω), [in LXX (with -άζω) chiefly for קטר pi., hi.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2370 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidthoo-mee-ah'-o
to fumigate, i.e. offer aromatic fumes
Fromfrom a derivative of G2380 (in the sense of smoking);
King Jamesburn incense.
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
Ionic dialectaorist ἐθυμίησα Refs 6th c.BC+:—middle, Ionic dialectfuture -ήσομαιRefs 5th c.BC+aorist ἐθυμιησάμηνRefs:—passive, future -ᾱθήσομαιRefs 1st c.AD+aorist ἐθυμιάθηνRefs:—burn so as to produce smoke, θ. τὴν στύρακα Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, burn incense, LXX+5th c.BC+; τινι in honour of any one, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—middle, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, to be burnt, [τὸ σπέρμα τῆς καννάβιος] θυμιᾶται (variant{-ῆται}) Refs 5th c.BC+; pass off in fumes, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 smoke, fumigate, τί τινι Refs:—middle, Hp.[same places]:—passive, θυμιώμεναι μέλισσαι Refs 4th c.BC+
II intransitive, smoke, ἄνθρακες θυμιῶντες Refs 4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| thumiaraθυμιᾶσαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | burn incense | 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 | thumiamō | thumiame | thumiami | thumiama | thumiamē | thumiamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | thumiasō | thumiase | thumiasi | thumiasa | thumiasē | thumiaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thumiatō | thumiate | thumiati | thumiata | thumiatē | thumiatelē |
| we 1st person plural | thumianō | thumiane | thumiani | thumiana | thumianē | thumianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | thumiavō | thumiave | thumiavi | thumiava | thumiavē | thumiavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | thumialō | thumiale | thumiali | thumiala | thumialē | thumialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | thumiameiō | thumiameia | thumiameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | thumiaseiō | thumiaseia | thumiaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thumiateiō | thumiateia | thumiateiē |
| we 1st person plural | thumianeiō | thumianeia | thumianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | thumiaveiō | thumiaveia | thumiaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | thumialeiō | thumialeia | thumialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | thumiasōr | thumiasar | thumiasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thumiatōr | thumiatar | thumiatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | thumiavōr | thumiavar | thumiavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | thumialōr | thumialar | thumialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | thumiamoiō | thumiamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | thumiasoiō | thumiasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thumiatoiō | thumiatoia |
| we 1st person plural | thumianoiō | thumianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | thumiavoiō | thumiavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | thumialoiō | thumialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | thumiarō | thumiari | thumiara1×θυμιᾶσαι | thumiarē |
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 | thumiarōntos | thumiarintos | thumiarantos | thumiarēntos |
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
thumi 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
thumiara“burn incense”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
Luke 1:9… tem ethem tau hierateiau lanchanata teu thumiara eisercharantos eis ton naon tou kuriou,… the temple of the Lord and burn incense.