Greek verb · G4980
σχολάζω
scholazoskhol-ad'-zo
be devoted/empty
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: scholázō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4980is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4980
to take a holiday, i.e. be at leisure for (by implication, devote oneself wholly to); figuratively, to be vacant (of a house)
The King James renders it: empty, give self.
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
scholazo is rendered "be devoted/empty". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 12:44Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.
Matthew 12:44σχολάζοντα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's two uses is in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- being unoccupied1
- you may be devoted1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| σχολή | schole | lecture hall | Uses1 |
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- σχολάζοντα1
- σχολάσητε1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-AAS-2P
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-PAP-ASM
Matthew
one use
Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.
- σχολάζονταscholazontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: being unoccupied
1 Corinthians
one use
Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
- σχολάσητεscholaseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may be devoted
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.