What does ἀριθμέω (arithméō) mean in the Bible?
ἀριθμέω (arithméō): Counting with purpose toward a specific end, especially enumeration for assessment or accountability.
Greek · G705
ἀριθμέω
To enumerate or count
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ἀριθμέω G705
Pronunciation arithméō
What does ἀριθμέω (arithméō) mean in the Bible?
ἀριθμέω (arithméō): Counting with purpose toward a specific end, especially enumeration for assessment or accountability.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G705?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include are all numbered (1), numbered (1), to count (1).
Where does ἀριθμέω (arithméō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Matthew (1), Revelation (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 are all numbered 1× Luke 12:7
numbered 1× Matthew 10:30
to count 1× Revelation 7:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 10:30
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
ἀριθμῆσαι 1x arithmēsai Revelation 7:9
ἠριθμημέναι 1x ērithmēmenai Matthew 10:30
ἠρίθμηνται 1x ērithmēntai Luke 12:7
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 1x Revelation 7:9
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural 1x Luke 12:7
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Plural 1x Matthew 10:30
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Counting with purpose toward a specific end, especially enumeration for assessment or accountability.
Strong's G705
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to enumerate or count
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 10:30 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Plural Feminine
ἠριθμημέναι hriqmhmenai
I number, count
Read verse Luke 12:7 Verb Third Person Plural Perfect Passive Indicative
ἠρίθμηνται. hriqmhntai
I number, count
Read verse Revelation 7:9 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
ἀριθμῆσαι ariqmhsai
I number, count
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 3 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Perfect, Aorist Voices Passive, Active
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Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Perfect Passive Matt 10:30 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Perfect Passive Luke 12:7 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Active Rev 7:9 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 1 aorist 1
Voice
passive 1 active 1
Mood
indicative 1 infinitive 1
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)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 12:4–7 ἠριθμημέναι arithméō
Having been numbered
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀριθμέω 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