Strong G4078πήγνυμι

to set up

Transliteration
pēgnumi
Pronunciation
payg'-noo-mee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

A prolonged form of a primary verb (which in its simpler form occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to fix (peg) that is (specifically) to set up (a tent): - pitch.

Detailed definition

πήγνυμι
[in LXX chiefly for נָטָה, also for תָּקַע, etc.;]
to make fast, to fix; of tents, to pitch: Heb.8:2 (cf. προσ-πήγνυμι).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4078 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • pitch1

First verses

  1. Hebrews 8:2
    A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πήγνῡμι,
3rd.pers. plural πηγνύουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.72 (variant), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.6.9, but πηγνῦσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [prev. cited] codices plural, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.60; _optative_ πήγνυτο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 118a)] codices; infinitive πηγνύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.7, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.95)]: imperfect πήγνυον [Refs 4th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 567 (περι-), 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 5.50)]: late form of present πήσσω (which see): future πήξω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.283)]; Doric dialect πάξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.3:)]aorist ἔπηξα, Epic dialect πῆξα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.15, etc.)]; Aeolic dialect participle πάξαις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10 (II). 45:)]perfect πέπηχα, only pluperfect ἐμ-πεπήχεσαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 40.40)]:—middle in transitive sense, πήγνῠμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 809)]: future πήξομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.388)]: aorist ἐπηξάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 455, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12, etc.:)] —passive πήγνῠμαι: future πᾰγήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 437, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.92)]; πήξομαι (as passive) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 8:)]aorist 1 ἐπήχθην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πῆχθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.298)], Doric dialect subjunctive παχθῇ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.31)], participle πηχθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 302: more frequently)]aorist 2 ἐπάγην [ᾰ], Epic dialect πάγην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πάγεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.572)]; participle παγείς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 190, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 395:)]perfect πέπηγμαι (κατα-, συμ-) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.46, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.21.1)]: pluperfect ἐπέπηκτο [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 3.123b)]; but in the best authors, πέπηγα is used as the perfect passive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.135, etc.)]; Aeolic dialect πέπᾱγα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 34; _optative_ πεπαγοίην 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 435)]: pluperfect ἐπεπήγειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.442, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23:)]
I stick or fix in, ἐν δὲ μετώπῳ πῆξε [τὴν αἰχμήν] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.460, etc.; ἔνθα οἱ ἔγχος ἔπηξε 13.570; ἐν γαίῃ π. ἐρετμόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.276 (or γαίῃ 11.129); π. ἐπὶ τύμβῳ ἐρετμόν 11.77 (or τύμβῳ 12.15))]; [γύην] ἐν ἐλύματι π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 430; ἔπαξε διὰ φρενῶν ξίφος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.26)]; fix in the earth, plant, σκῆπτρον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 420, compare “Aj.” 821)]; σκηνήν, σκηνὰς π., pitch a tent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 817c (in _middle_, σκηνὰς πηξάμενοι)] pitching themselves tents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12))]; σταύρωμα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.66; τὰς σχαλίδας π. ὑπτίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.7)]; plant seeds or cuttings, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.6.9, 7.4.10: _intransitive_)]perfect and passive, δόρυ δ᾽ ἐν κραδίῃ ἐπεπήγει the spear stuck fast in his heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.442; [δοῦρα] ἐν χροῒ πήγνυτο 15.315; [ὀϊστοὶ] ἐν χροῒ πῆχθεν 8.298; δοῦρα ἐν σάκεϊ πάγεν 11.572; [ξίφος] πέπηγεν ἐν γῇ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 819; σκηνὴ ἔσκε πεπηγυῖα ἑτοίμη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.119; κυρβασίας ὀρθὰς πεπηγυίας [prev. work] 64, compare 70:)] —middle, ἐν ἀλλήλοις χείλεα πηξάμενοι, of kissing, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.254 (Paul. Sil.).)]
I.2 stick or fix on, κεφαλὴν ἀνὰ σκολόπεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.177; σκόλοψι δέμας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1430; κρᾶτα πήξασ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον θύρσον [prev. author] “Ba.” 1141:)] —passive, ἀμφὶ βουπόροισι πηχθέντας μέλη ὀβελοῖσι having their limbs fixed on spits, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyc.” 302)]; ὑπὸ ῥάχιν παγέντες impaled, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 190.)]
I.3 fix upon an object, κατὰ χθονὸς ὄμματα π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.217)]: intransitive perfect, πρὸς ἀστρονομίαν ὄμματα πέπηγεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 53o d, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator [prev. cited] (_passive_))]; πεπηγυῖα τὰς τῶν ὀμμάτων βολὰς ἐς τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀπόρρητα [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Philostratus Junior Sophista “Imagines” 11: with)]infinitive, ἡ σοφία ἀρέσκειν πέπηγε is bent upon pleasing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 605a: _absolutely_, τὸ πεπηγὸς ὄμμα)] immovable eye, fixed gaze, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.46, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.610.)]
II fasten [different parts] together, fit together, build, νῆας πῆξαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.664)]; ἴκρια π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.163:)] —middle, πήξασθαι ἄμαξαν build oneself a wagon, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 455; νέας πηξάμενοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.83)]:—passive, to be joined or put together, ψυχὴ καὶ σῶμα παγέν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 246c.)]
III make solid or stiff, especially of liquids, freeze, θεὸς.. πήγνυσι πᾶν ῥέεθρον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 496)]; τοὺς ποταμοὺς ἔπηξε (i.e. ὁ θεός) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 139; βορρᾶς πηγνὺς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.3)]; curdle, γάλα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.95:)] —middle, τυροὺς πήγνυσθαι to make oneself cheese (by curdling the milk), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.24)]:—passive and intransitive perfect, become solid, stiffen, γοῦνα πήγνυται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.453; ἄρθρα πέπηγέ μου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1395)] (but also, become firm or set, of limbs, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 2.11; πεπηγυῖα ὑγιεινὴ κατάστασις 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “Θρασύβουλος - Scripta Minora” 7))]; of liquids, freeze, ἡ θάλασσα πήγνυται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.28)]; ἅλες πήγνυνται salt crystallizes, [Refs 7th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 53, compare 6.119; φόνος πέπηγεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 67 (Lyric poetry); πεπάγαισιν ὐδάτων ῤόαι 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 34, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.4.3)]; κρύσταλλος ἐπεπήγει οὐ βέβαιος was not frozen so as to bear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23; ἁνίκα [χιὼν] παχθῇ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.31)]; ὄστρακον [ᾠοῦ] π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 752a35)]; γάλα π. [Refs ([prev. author] “PA” 676a14)]; ὀφθαλμῶν οἱ μὲν ὑγιεῖς, οἱ δὲ πεπηγότες blind, of buds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.12.10)]: metaphorically, to be petrified, struck dumb, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 166.7.)]
IV metaphorically, fix, ὅρους τοῖς βαρβάροις [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 73, compare 4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 9.7)]: Astrology texts, fix, determine a nativity, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Scholia 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 103:)] —middle, ὄφρα ἐν φρασὶ πάξαιθ᾽, ὅπως.. that he might keep it fixed in his heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.62)]; establish, χορούς [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 16.6)]:— passive and intransitive perfect, to be irrevocably fixed, established, εἷς ὅρος ἡμῖν παγήσεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.92)]; πῆγμα (Aurat. for πῆμα) γενναίως παγέν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1198; κακῶς παγέντας ὅρκους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 395; ὀρθὰς παγείσας φρένας 5th c.BC: Carcinus Tragicus 6.2; μὴ γὰρ ὡς θεῷ νομίζετ᾽ ἐκείνῳ τὰ παρόντα πεπηγέναι πράγματα ἀθάνατα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.8; τὰ καλῶς πεπηγότα τῇ φύσει [prev. author] 25.90)]. (Cf. Latin pango.)