Strong G3506νεύω
to motion
- Transliteration
- neuō
- Pronunciation
- nyoo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Apparently a primary verb; to nod that is (by analogy) to signal: - beckon.
Detailed definition
νεύω
[in LXX: Pro.4:5 21:1 *;]
to nod or beckon, as a sign : with dative of person(s) and inf., Jhn.13:24, Act.24:10 (cf. δια-, ἐκ-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, κατα-νεύω).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Pro.4:5 21:1 *;]
to nod or beckon, as a sign : with dative of person(s) and inf., Jhn.13:24, Act.24:10 (cf. δια-, ἐκ-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, κατα-νεύω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3506 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- beckon2
First verses
- John 13:24Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
- Acts 24:10Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
νεύω,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.133, etc.)]: future νεύσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.283, etc.:)]aorist ἔνευσα, Epic dialect νεῦσα (see. below): perfect νένευκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1581, etc. (_future_ _middle_ νεύσομαι only in compounds))]:—incline in any direction:
1 nod, beckon, as a sign, νεύσω μέν τοι ἐγὼ κεφαλῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.283; νεῦσ᾽ Αἴας Φοίνικι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.223, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.330; νεῦσαν ἐς ἀλλήλους “Hymni Homerici” 7.9; ὅρκος βέβαιός ἐστιν ἂν νεύσω μόνον 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 91, compare 178.3)]; beckon with the hand, δεξιᾷ δέ μοι ἔνευσε [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Ezekiel Poeta Judaeus “Exagoge - Mnemosyne” 73)]: with infinitive, beckon to one to do a thing, in token of command, νεανίαις ἔνευσε παρθένον λαβεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 545.)]
2 nod or bow in token of assent, ἐπὶ γλεφάροις ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).50)]; νεῦσον, Κρονίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “P.” 1.71; νεῦσον, τέκνον, πείσθητι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 484, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 883)]: with accusative et infinitive, grant, assure, promise that.., νεῦσε δέ οἱ λαὸν σόον ἔμμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.246)]: with infinitive future, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.67)]: with infinitive aorist, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.244 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus))]: with accusative of things, grant, promise, νεῦσε δέ οἱ κούρην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 445, compare 463; νεύσατε τὰν ἀδόκητον χάριν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 248 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 978 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 generally, nod, bend forward, of warriors, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.133; νεῦον τὸ αἰδοῖον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.48; λόφος καθύπερθεν ἔνευεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.337, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15.3, etc.; στάχυες νεύοιεν ἔραζε 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 473, etc.; ν. κάτω)]stoop, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 839; ν. ἐς τὴν γῆν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1110, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.90: with _accusative_, οὕτω νῦν μνηστῆρες.. νεύοιεν κεφαλὰς δεδμημένοι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.237; ἐς πέδον κάρα νεῦσαι φόβῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 270, compare 441.)]
4 incline, slope, ν. ἀπό τινος εἴς τι incline to wards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.100)]; εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ν. tend to the same point, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 945d)]; πρὸς τὸ λυπῆσαν, πρὸς τοῖς ῥήμασιν, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 1.48, 78)]; of countries, etc., slope, ν. εἰς δύσεις, πρὸς τὸ πέλαγος, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.42.6, 1.73.5, etc.)]; of buildings, etc., look, face, εἰς νότον, etc., [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PLond.” 3.978 (4th c.AD), etc.)]; μηδαμοῦ ν. to be in equilibrium, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.10.7; ταῖς πρῴραις ἔξω νεύοντα τὰ σκάφη [prev. author] 1.26.12)]: Geometry texts, of straight lines, verge, tend to a point (i. e. to pass through it when produced), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Anthologia Graeca” 0.76b9, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra 1.2, etc.)]: metaphorically, to be inclined, ἄλλως ν. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.109)]; ν. εἰς ὀργάν, εἰς ἔλεον, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“APl.” 4.136 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus); ἐπὶ χάριν 3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 78; πρὸς γαστέρα 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.659a; πρὸς θῆλυ “Tragica Adespota” 355.)]
II metaphorically, decline, fall away, ἐκ.. τῶν ποτε λαμπρῶν νεύει βίοτος, νεύει δὲ τύχα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 153)]: in Neo-Platonic philosophy, decline, sink in the scale of Being, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.9.4, etc.)]
III νεύει· ἐπανέρχεται ἢ μᾶλλον φεύγει, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
IV passive, only perfect participle νενευμένος inclined, Teucerin [Refs (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 7.202)]. (Cf. Sanskrit návate 'turn round', Latin nuo.)
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.133, etc.)]: future νεύσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.283, etc.:)]aorist ἔνευσα, Epic dialect νεῦσα (see. below): perfect νένευκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1581, etc. (_future_ _middle_ νεύσομαι only in compounds))]:—incline in any direction:
1 nod, beckon, as a sign, νεύσω μέν τοι ἐγὼ κεφαλῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.283; νεῦσ᾽ Αἴας Φοίνικι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.223, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.330; νεῦσαν ἐς ἀλλήλους “Hymni Homerici” 7.9; ὅρκος βέβαιός ἐστιν ἂν νεύσω μόνον 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 91, compare 178.3)]; beckon with the hand, δεξιᾷ δέ μοι ἔνευσε [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Ezekiel Poeta Judaeus “Exagoge - Mnemosyne” 73)]: with infinitive, beckon to one to do a thing, in token of command, νεανίαις ἔνευσε παρθένον λαβεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 545.)]
2 nod or bow in token of assent, ἐπὶ γλεφάροις ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).50)]; νεῦσον, Κρονίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “P.” 1.71; νεῦσον, τέκνον, πείσθητι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 484, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 883)]: with accusative et infinitive, grant, assure, promise that.., νεῦσε δέ οἱ λαὸν σόον ἔμμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.246)]: with infinitive future, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.67)]: with infinitive aorist, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.244 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus))]: with accusative of things, grant, promise, νεῦσε δέ οἱ κούρην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 445, compare 463; νεύσατε τὰν ἀδόκητον χάριν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 248 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 978 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 generally, nod, bend forward, of warriors, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.133; νεῦον τὸ αἰδοῖον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.48; λόφος καθύπερθεν ἔνευεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.337, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15.3, etc.; στάχυες νεύοιεν ἔραζε 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 473, etc.; ν. κάτω)]stoop, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 839; ν. ἐς τὴν γῆν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1110, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.90: with _accusative_, οὕτω νῦν μνηστῆρες.. νεύοιεν κεφαλὰς δεδμημένοι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.237; ἐς πέδον κάρα νεῦσαι φόβῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 270, compare 441.)]
4 incline, slope, ν. ἀπό τινος εἴς τι incline to wards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.100)]; εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ν. tend to the same point, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 945d)]; πρὸς τὸ λυπῆσαν, πρὸς τοῖς ῥήμασιν, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 1.48, 78)]; of countries, etc., slope, ν. εἰς δύσεις, πρὸς τὸ πέλαγος, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.42.6, 1.73.5, etc.)]; of buildings, etc., look, face, εἰς νότον, etc., [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PLond.” 3.978 (4th c.AD), etc.)]; μηδαμοῦ ν. to be in equilibrium, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.10.7; ταῖς πρῴραις ἔξω νεύοντα τὰ σκάφη [prev. author] 1.26.12)]: Geometry texts, of straight lines, verge, tend to a point (i. e. to pass through it when produced), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Anthologia Graeca” 0.76b9, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra 1.2, etc.)]: metaphorically, to be inclined, ἄλλως ν. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.109)]; ν. εἰς ὀργάν, εἰς ἔλεον, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“APl.” 4.136 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus); ἐπὶ χάριν 3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 78; πρὸς γαστέρα 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.659a; πρὸς θῆλυ “Tragica Adespota” 355.)]
II metaphorically, decline, fall away, ἐκ.. τῶν ποτε λαμπρῶν νεύει βίοτος, νεύει δὲ τύχα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 153)]: in Neo-Platonic philosophy, decline, sink in the scale of Being, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.9.4, etc.)]
III νεύει· ἐπανέρχεται ἢ μᾶλλον φεύγει, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
IV passive, only perfect participle νενευμένος inclined, Teucerin [Refs (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 7.202)]. (Cf. Sanskrit návate 'turn round', Latin nuo.)