What does ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi) mean in the Bible?
ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi): Surrender or entrust property to another, especially leasing land to tenants for cultivation and profit.
Greek · G1554
ἐκδίδωμι
To lease
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ἐκδίδωμι G1554
Pronunciation ekdídōmi
What does ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi) mean in the Bible?
ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi): Surrender or entrust property to another, especially leasing land to tenants for cultivation and profit.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1554?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include he rented it out (2), rented (1), will rent out (1).
Where does ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 21:33. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), Luke (1), Mark (1).
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 he rented it out 2× Matthew 21:33, Mark 12:1
rented 1× Luke 20:9
will rent out 1× Matthew 21:41
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 21:33 ἐξέδετο to he rented it out Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Matthew 21:41 ἐκδώσεται to will rent out Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Mark 12:1 ἐξέδετο to he rented it out Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Luke 20:9 ἐξέδετο to rented Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 21:33
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Matthew 2 Mark 1 Luke 1
Source forms
ἐξέδετο 3x exedeto Matthew 21:33, Mark 12:1, Luke 20:9
ἐκδώσεται 1x ekdōsetai Matthew 21:41
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 3x Matthew 21:33, Mark 12:1, Luke 20:9
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 1x Matthew 21:41
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Surrender or entrust property to another, especially leasing land to tenants for cultivation and profit.
Strong's G1554
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 1 form 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to lease
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Surrender or entrust property to another, especially leasing land to tenants for cultivation and profit.
1to surrender, give up, give out.
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 21:33 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Middle Indicative
ἐξέδοτο exedoto
I give out, let, let out for my own advantage
Read verse Matthew 21:41 Verb Third Person Singular Future Middle Deponent Indicative
ἐκδόσεται ekdosetai
I give out, let, let out for my own advantage
Read verse Mark 12:1 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Middle Indicative
ἐξέδοτο exedoto
I give out, let, let out for my own advantage
Read verse Luke 20:9 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Middle Indicative
ἐξέδοτο exedoto
I give out, let, let out for my own advantage
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 Aorist, Future Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Aorist Middle Matt 21:33 · Mark 12:1 · Luke 20:9 3×
Future Middle Matt 21:41 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 3 future 1
Voice
middle 4
Mood
indicative 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
ἐκδίδωμι 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