What does θριαμβεύω (thriambeúō) mean in the Bible?
θριαμβεύω (thriambeúō): To lead captive in public triumph; God displays believers or enemies conspicuously through Christ.
Greek · G2358
θριαμβεύω
To triumph
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θριαμβεύω G2358
Pronunciation thriambeúō
What does θριαμβεύω (thriambeúō) mean in the Bible?
θριαμβεύω (thriambeúō): To lead captive in public triumph; God displays believers or enemies conspicuously through Christ.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2358?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include leads us triumphantly as captives (1), triumphing (1).
Where does θριαμβεύω (thriambeúō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 2:14. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Colossians (1).
Are there verse guides for θριαμβεύω (thriambeúō)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
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 leads us triumphantly as captives 1× 2 Corinthians 2:14
triumphing 1× Colossians 2:15
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Corinthians 2:14
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
2 Corinthians 1 Colossians 1
Source forms
θριαμβεύοντι 1x thriambeuonti 2 Corinthians 2:14
θριαμβεύσας 1x thriambeusas Colossians 2:15
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Colossians 2:15
Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular 1x 2 Corinthians 2:14
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To lead captive in public triumph; God displays believers or enemies conspicuously through Christ.
Source Gloss
to triumph
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To lead captive in public triumph; God displays believers or enemies conspicuously through Christ.
(θρίαμβος, 1. a festal hymn to Bacchus. 2. The Roman triumphus),
1to triumph (and rarely, with accusative, to triumph over; so perh. Col.2:15, but see infr.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 2:14 Verb Present Active Participle Dative Singular Masculine
θριαμβεύοντι qriambeuonti
I lead around, make a spectacle of
Read verse qriambeusav
I lead around, make a spectacle of
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 2 Tenses Present, Aorist Voices Active
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Present Active 2 Cor 2:14 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1 aorist 1
Voice
active 2
Mood
participle 2
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
θριαμβεύω is built from this root:
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