What does γονυπετέω (gonypetéō) mean in the Bible?
γονυπετέω (gonypetéō): Kneeling posture expressing submission, deference, or urgent supplication before another person.
Greek · G1120
γονυπετέω
To fall on the knee
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γονυπετέω G1120
Pronunciation gonypetéō
What does γονυπετέω (gonypetéō) mean in the Bible?
γονυπετέω (gonypetéō): Kneeling posture expressing submission, deference, or urgent supplication before another person.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1120?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] knelt before (1), knelt before (1), knelt down (1), on his knees (1).
Where does γονυπετέω (gonypetéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 17:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (2), Matthew (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [and] knelt before 1× Matthew 17:14
knelt before 1× Mark 10:17
knelt down 1× Matthew 27:29
on his knees 1× Mark 1:40
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 17:14 γονυπετῶν to [and] knelt before Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 27:29 γονυπετήσαντες to knelt down Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 1:40 γονυπετῶν to on his knees Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 10:17 γονυπετήσας to knelt before Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 17:14
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Matthew 2 Mark 2
Source forms
γονυπετῶν 2x gonypetōn Matthew 17:14, Mark 1:40
γονυπετήσαντες 1x gonypetēsantes Matthew 27:29
γονυπετήσας 1x gonypetēsas Mark 10:17
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 17:14, Mark 1:40
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 27:29
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 10:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Kneeling posture expressing submission, deference, or urgent supplication before another person.
Strong's G1120
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 1 form 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to fall on the knee
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 17:14 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
γονυπετῶν gonupetwn
I fall on my knees before, supplicate, entreat
Read verse Matthew 27:29 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
γονυπετήσαντες gonupethsantev
I fall on my knees before, supplicate, entreat
Read verse Mark 1:40 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
γονυπετῶν gonupetwn
I fall on my knees before, supplicate, entreat
Read verse Mark 10:17 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
γονυπετήσας gonupethsav
I fall on my knees before, supplicate, entreat
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Present, Aorist Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 4×
Present Active Matt 17:14 · Mark 1:40 2×
Aorist Active Matt 27:29 · Mark 10:17 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2 aorist 2
Voice
active 4
Mood
participle 4
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
γονυπετέω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain