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Greek verb · G1690

ἐμβριμάομαι

embrimaomaiem-brim-ah'-om-ahee

be agitated

5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: embrimáomai

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1690is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 3 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 5
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G1690

to have indignation on, i.e. (transitively) to blame, (intransitively) to sigh with chagrin, (specially) to sternly enjoin

The King James renders it: straitly charge, groan, murmur against.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

embrimaomai is rendered "be agitated". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.

  • Two of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 9:30And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”
  • The Greek text spells it five different ways.

The first use

And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”

Matthew 9:30ἐνεβριμήθη

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Two of the word's five uses are in Mark.

The other 24 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • being deeply moved1
  • having sternly warned1
  • he strictly instructed1
  • He was deeply moved1
  • they were grumbling1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 5, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

5 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ἐμβριμησάμενος1
  • ἐμβριμώμενος1
  • ἐνεβριμήθη1
  • ἐνεβριμήσατο1
  • ἐνεβριμῶντο1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-ADI-3S
  • verb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-ADP-NSM
  • verb · aorist passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AOI-3S
  • verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-INI-3P
  • verb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PNP-NSM

Matthew

one use
  • And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”

    Matthew 9:30

    • ἐνεβριμήθηenebrimetheverb · aorist passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he strictly instructed

Mark

two uses
  • Jesus promptly sent him away with a stern warning:

    Mark 1:43

    • ἐμβριμησάμενοςembrimesamenosverb · aorist middle form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sternly warned
  • It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.

    Mark 14:5

    • ἐνεβριμῶντοenebrimontoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were grumbling

John

two uses
  • When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

    John 11:33

    • ἐνεβριμήσατοenebrimesatoverb · aorist middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was deeply moved
  • Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

    John 11:38

    • ἐμβριμώμενοςembrimomenosverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being deeply moved

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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