verb
tremamō
Strong’sG5141
I tremble, am afraid
stem trem-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 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.
τρέμω
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5141 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtrem'-o
to "tremble" or fear
Fromstrengthened from a primary τρέω (to "dread", "terrify");
King Jamesbe afraid, trembling.
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
only present and imperfect, except perfect τετρέμηκα Refs:— tremble, quake, quiver, τρέμε δ᾽ οὔρεα μακρὰ καὶ ὕλη ποσσὶν ὑπ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι Refs 8th c.BC+; ὠλένας τρέμων ἄκρας quivering in.., Refs 5th c.BC+; of persons, τρέμειν τὴν φωνήνRefs; shiver, in the cold stage of malaria, Refs 5th c.BC+
II especially tremble with fear, ὑπὸ δ᾽ ἔτρεμε γυῖα Refs 8th c.BC+; φόβῳ, φρίκῃ τ., Refs 5th c.BC+: then simply, tremble, be afraid, δεδιὼς καὶ τ. Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 with infinitive, tremble or fear to do, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 with accusative, tremble at, fear, Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Latin tremo, Lithuanian trimù, triìmti 'shiver'.)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| tremalōτρέμουσιν | happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural | tremble | 1× |
| tremarōntasτρέμουσα | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular feminine | trembling | 2× |
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 | tremamō | tremame | tremami | tremama | tremamē | tremamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | tremasō | tremase | tremasi | tremasa | tremasē | tremaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | trematō | tremate | tremati | tremata | trematē | trematelē |
| we 1st person plural | tremanō | tremane | tremani | tremana | tremanē | tremanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | tremavō | tremave | tremavi | tremava | tremavē | tremavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | tremalō1×τρέμουσιν | tremale | tremali | tremala | tremalē | tremalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | tremameiō | tremameia | tremameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | tremaseiō | tremaseia | tremaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | tremateiō | tremateia | tremateiē |
| we 1st person plural | tremaneiō | tremaneia | tremaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | tremaveiō | tremaveia | tremaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | tremaleiō | tremaleia | tremaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | tremasōr | tremasar | tremasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | trematōr | trematar | trematēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | tremavōr | tremavar | tremavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | tremalōr | tremalar | tremalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | tremamoiō | tremamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | tremasoiō | tremasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | trematoiō | trematoia |
| we 1st person plural | tremanoiō | tremanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | tremavoiō | tremavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | tremaloiō | tremaloia |
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 | tremarō | tremari | tremara | tremarē |
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 | tremarōntos2× | tremarintos | tremarantos | tremarēntos |
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
trem 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
tremalō“tremble”happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural1×
2 Peter 2:10“tremble”… kuriotau katafronarōntoin. Tolmētois, authadois, doxain ouk tremalō, blasfēmarōntois,… flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
tremarōntas“trembling”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular feminine2×
Mark 5:33tas de gunaikas fobirantas kai tremarōntas, oidarēntas hem genatē auta, erchata kai …… came and fell down before Him trembling in fear, and she told Him …
Luke 8:47… de tas gunaikas hoti ouk lathata tremarōntas erchata kai prospiptarantas auto dia han …… she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In …