What does ἀπαλγέω (apalgéō) mean in the Bible?
ἀπαλγέω (apalgéō) is a Greek word meaning "to become callous".
Greek · G524
ἀπαλγέω
To become callous
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ἀπαλγέωG524
Pronunciationapalgéō
What does ἀπαλγέω (apalgéō) mean in the Bible?
ἀπαλγέω (apalgéō) is a Greek word meaning "to become callous".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G524?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include Having lost all sense of shame (1).
Where does ἀπαλγέω (apalgéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 4:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (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 ItHaving lost all sense of shame1×Ephesians 4:19
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Usage map
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First aligned rowEphesians 4:19
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Ephesians1
Source forms
ἀπηλγηκότες1xapēlgēkotesEphesians 4:19
Parsing patterns
Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural1xEphesians 4:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to become callous
Strong'sG524
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to become callous
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
1prop., to cease to feel pain for (Thuc., ii, 61).
2In late Gk.
ato despair (Polyb., i, 35, 5);
bto become callous, reckless (Polyb., xvi, 12, 7; MM, VGT, see word): Eph.4:19.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 4:19Verb Perfect Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀπηλγηκότεςaphlghkotev
I am past feeling, cease to care, become callous
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.
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Tenses
Voices
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality1×
Perfect ActiveEph 4:191×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect1
Voice
active1
Mood
participle1
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
ἀπαλγέω is built from this root: