Greek verb · G69
ἀγρυπνέω
agrypneoag-roop-neh'-o
be watchful
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: agrypnéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G69is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G69
to be sleepless, i.e. keep awake
The King James renders it: watch.
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
agrypneo is rendered "be watchful". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 13:33Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
Mark 13:33ἀγρυπνεῖτε
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's four uses is in Mark.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- do watch2
- watch1
- watching1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀγρυπνία | agrypnia | sleeplessness | Uses2 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- ἀγρυπνεῖτε2
- ἀγρυπνοῦντες1
- ἀγρυπνοῦσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural2V-PAM-2P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
Mark
one use
Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
- ἀγρυπνεῖτεagrupneiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do watch
Luke
one use
So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- ἀγρυπνεῖτεagrupneiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do watch
Ephesians
one use
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
- ἀγρυπνοῦντεςagrupnountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: watching
Hebrews
one use
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
- ἀγρυπνοῦσινagrupnousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: watch
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.