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N1904ζητούντων τε αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη συγχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ·

BSAOf them seekingzēteō [seeking, attempting] thende himautos to killapokteinō [destroy, take the life of] there cameanabainō a reportphasis [news, tidings] to theho commanderchiliarchos [military officer, chief captain] of theho cohortspeira [band, cohort] thathoti allholos [the whole, entire] are in an uproarsugcheō [a state of, thrown into, confusion, uproar] Jerusalem;Hierousalēm [the capital of Palestine]

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Acts 21:31quick helps
In a sentenceThe Roman commander received urgent news about the chaos in Jerusalem while a mob sought to kill Paul.
Who is speakingThe narrative is from the perspective of the author of Acts, detailing the events surrounding Paul.
Where we areThis verse takes place amidst a violent uproar in Jerusalem, highlighting the tension between Paul and the crowd.
The hard wordζητούντων
Take awayThe situation in Jerusalem is chaotic, prompting a swift military response.
8 commentators on this verse Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them › clause subjectφάσις verbζητέω The sentence as the grammar sees it Open the tree ›
How rare are these words?in the New Testament

1 of 14 occurs nowhere else in the New Testament — a word chosen on purpose.

Bars are logarithmic — , the commonest word in the Greek New Testament, stands 19,867 times, so a linear scale would leave everything else invisible. Click a row to open that word.

Deep Study — Acts 21:31

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Context — The Arrest of Paulgenerated

30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
31While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
32Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
33The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

Acts 21:31 describes a critical moment when a mob in Jerusalem attempted to kill Paul. The tumult led to a report reaching the Roman commander, who quickly mobilized his troops to restore order. This event illustrates the intense conflict faced by Paul as he preached the gospel and the immediate dangers present in Jerusalem at that time.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
1Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
2Acts 26:9–10So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
3John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
42 Corinthians 11:23–33Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
5Acts 23:17Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 14 references, hung on the phrase they belong to


The Key Word ζητούντων, zēteōgenerated

The word ζητέω is a present active participle meaning 'seeking' or 'attempting'. It indicates an ongoing action by the crowd as they sought to kill Paul, reflecting their determination and hostility.

This term can imply a range of meanings from searching for something to plotting against someone, as seen in various New Testament contexts. Here, it specifically refers to the crowd's violent intent.


How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated

In this study, we compare translations of the verse, starting with the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), which uses the phrase trying to kill. The KJV and ASV use seeking to kill, which aligns closely with the original Greek.

Translations vary particularly in their rendering of φάσις. The BSB uses a report, while the KJV and ASV opt for tidings, showing a difference in how the news is conveyed.


Sentence Structuregenerated

The main verb is ἀνέβη, there came, which introduces the clause about the report. This clause is followed by a participial phrase describing the action of the crowd and an object clause detailing what they were trying to do.

The structure is complex, with multiple clauses that include both the actions of the crowd and the response of the commander, revealing the chaotic situation and the urgency of the military response.


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

The term ζητέω appears in the Septuagint, translating Hebrew words such as בָּקַשׁ (to seek) and דָּרַשׁ (to resort to or seek). This connection emphasizes the continuity of seeking in both the Old and New Testaments.

The word σπεῖρα, meaning cohort, is also present in the Septuagint, where it refers to a group of soldiers, reinforcing its military context in Acts.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

Acts 21:31 tells us that while a mob was trying to kill Paul, the commander of the Roman troops received news that all Jerusalem was in chaos. This shows the serious situation in the city and how quickly the military had to respond.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

What does it mean that the crowd was seeking to kill Paul?

This indicates the intense hostility Paul faced as he preached the gospel, showing the lengths to which some would go to silence him.

Who was the commander mentioned in this verse?

The commander refers to a Roman military officer responsible for maintaining order in Jerusalem, particularly during times of unrest.

What was the significance of the report received by the commander?

The report highlighted the urgency of the situation, prompting the commander to act quickly to prevent further violence against Paul.

How does this event connect to the broader narrative of Acts?

This event is part of the ongoing narrative of Paul’s ministry and the opposition he faced, illustrating the tensions between early Christians and the Jewish authorities.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. What can we learn about the nature of opposition faced by believers from this passage?
  2. How should we respond when we see injustice or violence against others, as the commander did?
  3. In what ways can we seek to bring peace in chaotic situations in our own lives?
  4. How does this account of Paul encourage us to stand firm in our faith despite opposition?

The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it

John Chrysostom comments on this event, illustrating the urgency of the Roman commander's response to the chaos in Jerusalem.

John ChrysostomHomily on Acts 46 c. 347–407
"And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the tribune of the cohort, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the tribune and the soldiers,
Early Church Fathers on Acts 21 →

Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse

Each of these wrote on Acts 21:31 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.

John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as they went about to kill him,.... In the manner as zealots did, without bringing him before any court of judicature, without any charge, trial, and condemnation: tidings came unto the chief

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Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary

And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

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Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The chief captain; the commander-in-chief over all the soldiers there; or one that had the command over a thousand. At the three great feasts there was usually a considerable number of soldiers at Jerusalem; the confluence from all parts being then so great, and the Jews so impatient of any yoke or government, the Romans durst not trust such multitudes without some check upon them. Thus at the passover, when they took and crucified our Saviour, these soldiers were made use of, .

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John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. Ver. 31. And as they went about to kill him] The devil was first a liar and then a murderer. The persecutors ever first belied the Church, and then did their worst against her. Slander is a kind of murder, and makes way for it, Ezekiel 22:9, as in the massacre of Paris. The monks had given out before that the Protestants met for no other purpose but to feast their carcases, and then (the lights being put out) to satisfy their unlawful lusts promiscuously. Thus they prepared and provoked the people to that bloody butchery, and so slew the innocent Huguenots twice; like…

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Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(31) The chief captain of the band.—On the word “band,” and its relation to the Latin “cohort,” see Notes on Acts 10:1; Matthew 27:27. On the word for “chief captain” (literally, chiliarch, or “captain of a thousand men,” the cohort being the sixth part of the legion, which consisted of 6, 000), see Note on Matthew 8:29. They were stationed in the tower known as Antonia, built by Herod the Great, and named in honour of the Triumvir, which stood on the north-west side of the Temple area, on a rock, with a turret at each corner, and two flights of stairs leading to the arcades on the northern and western sides of the Temple. The Roman garrison was obviously stationed there to command the…

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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 31. The chief captain of the band] The Roman tribune, who had a troop of soldiers under him, which lodged in general in the castle of Antonia, which was built at the angle where the northern and western porticoes of the outer court of the temple were joined together. This castle was built by John Hyrcanus, high priest of the Jews: it was at first called Baris, and was the royal residence of the Asmoneans, as long as they reigned in Jerusalem. It was beautified by Herod the Great, and called Antonia, in honour of his friend Mark Antony. By this castle the temple was commanded, as it stood on higher ground. Josephus describes this castle, War, b. v. chap. 5, sec. 8, "as having four…

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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

31. And as they went about (Rev. Ver. “were seeking”) to kill him] The object of the mob was clearly, now that they had the Apostle in their power, to beat him to death in the crowd, and thus avoid a charge of murder against any individual.tidings came unto (Better with Rev. Ver. up to) the chief captain of the band] The chief military officer of the Romans in Jerusalem was stationed in the tower of Antonia, which was situate on the N.W. of the Temple on the hill Acra. It had been built by Herod and was so close to the scene of the tumult that news would be brought at once. The military officer (probably a tribune) is called in the Greek, chiliarch, that is, officer over a thousand men. On…

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Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And as they went about to kill him - Greek: they seeking to kill him. This was evidently done in a popular tumult, as had been done in the case of Stephen, Acts 7: They could not pretend that they had a right to do it by law.

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The verse in English, compared — 16 translations, and where they part company

Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.

Modern formal

BSBBerean Standard Bible2020

While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

WEBWorld English Bible2000

As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

NETBNew English Translation2006

While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

RVARevised Version, American1894

And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

NWBWebster's Bible1833

And as they went about to kill him, tidings came to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

GNVGeneva Bible1599

But as they went about to kill him, tydings came vnto the chiefe captaine of the band, that all Hierusalem was on an vproare.

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarch of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult;

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

and they seeking to kill him, a rumor came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem has been thrown into confusion,

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the chief captain of the guard that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

And as they went about to kill him, it was told the tribune of the band, That all Jerusalem was in confusion.

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

As they tried to kill him, news came to the Roman troop commander that the whole of Jerusalem was in an uproar.

BBEBible in Basic English1949

And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control.

Word by word, the decisions they made

ζητούντωνzēteō Of them seeking G2212 3 different renderings
they were seekingASV DBY RVA
seekingLSV YLT
attemptingBBE
φάσιςphasis a report G5334 3 different renderings
tidingsASV KJV NWB RVA
newsBBE FBV ULB WEB
a reportBSB MSB NETB
χιλιάρχῳchiliarchos commander G5506 2 different renderings
chief captainASV BBE KJV LSV NWB RVA ULB YLT
commanderBSB FBV MSB
σπείρηςspeira cohort G4686 2 different renderings
bandASV BBE DBY DRA GNV KJV LSV NWB RVA YLT
the cohortNETB
ὅληholos all G3650 2 different renderings
allASV BBE BSB DRA GNV KJV LSV MSB NETB NWB RVA ULB WEB YLT
the wholeDBY FBV
συγχύννεταιsugcheō are in an uproar G4797 3 different renderings
in an uproarFBV KJV NWB ULB WEB
confusionASV DRA NETB RVA
thrown intoLSV YLT

Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.


The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the Nestle 1904 treebank

This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.

clauseτεthenclauseverbΖητούντωνOf them seekingclause · objectobjectαὐτὸνhimverbἀποκτεῖναιto killclauseverbἀνέβηthere camesubjectφάσιςa reportnoun phrase · adverbialτῷto thenoun phraseχιλιάρχῳcommandernoun phraseτῆςof theσπείρηςcohortclauseὅτιthatclausenoun phrase · subjectὅληallἹερουσαλήμJerusalemverbσυνχύννεταιwas in an uproarclausesubjectὃςwhoadverbialἐξαυτῆςat onceclause · adverbialverbπαραλαβὼνhaving taken with [him]noun phrase · objectστρατιώταςsoldiersκαὶandἑκατοντάρχαςcenturionsverbκατέδραμενran downprepositional phrase · adverbialἐπ’uponαὐτούςthem

Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.


The earliest translations — Latin and Syriac

Every translation is an argument about meaning made by someone who had to commit to one. These two were made while the Greek was still a living language, and they are the oldest opinions we have about what this verse says.

Latin VulgateAD 382–405

Quærentibus autem eum occidere, nuntiatum est tribuno cohortis quia tota confunditur Jerusalem.

Jerome revised the Old Latin against the Greek from AD 382; the Latin west read this text for a thousand years.

Syriac Peshittaby AD 400

ܘܟܕ ܒܥܐ ܗܘܐ ܟܢܫܐ ܠܡܩܛܠܗ ܐܫܬܡܥܬ ܠܟܠܝܪܟܐ ܕܐܣܦܝܪ ܕܟܠܗ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܐܬܬܙܝܥܬ ܠܗ

The Bible of the Syriac-speaking church, in the language nearest to the Aramaic Jesus spoke.

Shown verse by verse rather than word by word: aligning a Greek word to its Latin or Syriac counterpart automatically would be guesswork, and a wrong alignment is worse than none.


The Greek editions compared — what the manuscripts actually say

Eight printed editions of the Greek New Testament, side by side. Where they agree the wording is settled; where a word is missing from an edition it is marked, so you can see the difference rather than take it on trust.

Nestle-Aland 28th edition2012 · Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

ζητούντων τε αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη συγχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ·

The standard critical text of the New Testament.

Nestle-Aland 27th edition1993 · Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

ζητούντων τε αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη συγχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ·

The previous edition, still widely cited.

SBL Greek New Testament2010 · Michael Holmes

ζητούντων τε αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη συγχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ·

The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.

Westcott–Hort1881 · Westcott and Hort

ζητούντων τε αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη συγχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ·

The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.

Tregelles1857–1879 · Samuel Prideaux Tregelles

ζητούντων τε αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη συγχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ·

An independent critical text built from the oldest witnesses then known.

Tyndale House Greek NT2017 · Tyndale House, Cambridge

ζητούντων τε αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη συγχύννεται Ἰερουσαλήμ·

A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.

Byzantine majority text2018 · Robinson–Pierpont

ζητούντων αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη Ἰερουσαλήμ·

The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.

Textus Receptus1550/1894 lineage

ζητούντων αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀνέβη φάσις τῷ χιλιάρχῳ τῆς σπείρης ὅτι ὅλη Ἰερουσαλήμ·

The printed tradition behind the King James Version.

Every witness on this verse they differ
Critical editions
Nestle-Aland 28th edition2012Nestle-Aland 27th edition1993SBL Greek New Testament2010Westcott–Hort1881Tregelles1857–1879Tyndale House Greek NT2017
Byzantine / Majority
Byzantine majority text2018
Received Text
Textus Receptus1550/1894

A witness that read differently would show its variant word here, marked.

Word by word, across the editions

WordEditions carrying itMissing from
τε thenNA28, NA27, Tyn, SBL, WH, TregTR, Byz
συγχύννεται are in an uproarNA28, NA27, Tyn, SBL, WH, TregTR, Byz

Apparatus — SBL Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0


The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with

This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Greek New Testament — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.

Acts 21:31ζητέωOf them seeOf them seekingζητέωτέthenthenτέαὐτόςhimhimαὐτόςἀποκτείνωto killto killἀποκτείνωἀναβαίνωthere camethere cameἀναβαίνωφάσιςa reporta reportφάσιςto theto theχιλίαρχοςcommandercommanderχιλίαρχοςof theof theσπεῖραcohortcohortσπεῖραὅτιthatthatὅτιὅλοςallallὅλοςσυγχέωare in an uare in an uproaσυγχέωἹεροσόλυμαJerusalem;Jerusalem;ἹεροσόλυμαἀπόPrep. fromPrep. from, awaἀπόἀνάPrep. and,Prep. and, apieἀνάχίλιοιAdj a thouAdj a thousandχίλιοισύνPrep. withPrep. withσύνπυνθάνομαιv. I ask, v. I ask, inquiπυνθάνομαικαίCj. and, eCj. and, even, καίἀήρn.m. airn.m. airἀήρἑαυτοῦRefl.pr. hRefl.pr. himselἑαυτοῦφημίv. I sayv. I sayφημίφαίνωv. I shinev. I shine, appφαίνωαἱρέωv. I choosv. I choose, prαἱρέωὅστιςRel.pr. whRel.pr. whosoevὅστιςἹεροσόλυμαn.f. & n.nn.f. & n.n. JerἹεροσόλυμαἀποκτείνωv. I put tv. I put to deaἀποκτείνωσημεῖονn.n. a sign.n. a sign, miσημεῖονἝλληνn.m. a Heln.m. a Hellene,ἝλληνΣιλᾶςn.m. Silasn.m. SilasΣιλᾶςἐπερωτάωv. I interv. I interrogatἐπερωτάω
meets it a little oftener than chancemeets it far oftener than chancebuilt from the same roottwo words of the verse share ita word of this versea related word

Lexicons — every word in Acts 21:31

One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Greek lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.

Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. Imported from the CrossWire SWORD modules — Abbott-Smith, the full Liddell-Scott-Jones, Strong's, Dodson, the Intermediate LSJ, Robinson and Packard on the Greek, Webster and Cawdrey on the English the translators were using. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.

Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
ζητούντωνzēteō Of them seeking G2212 Verb · present · active · participle · genitive · plural · masculine
117× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Acts as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To seek something means to look for it or try to find it, like when Jesus teaches to seek first God's kingdom in Matthew 7:7. It can also mean to worship or plot against someone.
Amplified meaning
seeking, attempting
Tyndale gloss
to seek
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

ζητέω means to seek or search for something, whether literally or figuratively. It can also imply a desire or striving after something, such as God or knowledge. The New Testament uses it in various contexts, including seeking the life of another (e.g., Mt 2:20) and seeking the kingdom of God (e.g., Mt 6:33). The entries show a range of meanings from inquiry to demand.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ζητέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX chiefly for בּקשׁ pi., also for דּרשׁ, etc.;]

to seek, seek for: Mt 7:7, 8, Lk 11:9, 10; c. acc. pers., Mk 1:37, Lk 2:48, Jo 6:24, al.; id. seq. ἐν, Ac 9:11; c. acc. rei, Mt 13:45, Lk 19:10; seq. ἐν, Lk 13:6, 7; ψυχήν, of plotting against one's life (Ex 4:19, al.), Mt 2:20, Read the full entry →

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

ζητέω, -d; impf. 3 pers. sing. ἐζήτει, plur. ἐζήτουν ; fut. Qyrngw; 1 aor. ἐζήτησα; Pass., pres. ζητοῦμαι: impf. 3 pers. sing. ἐζητεῖτο (Ileb. viii. 7); 1 fut. ζητηθήσομαι (Lk. xii. 48); [fr. Hom. on]; Sept. for w73, and much oftener for wpa; to seek, i. 6. 1. to seek in order to find; a. univ. and absol. : Mt. vii. 7sq.; Lk. xi. 9 sq. (see εὑρίσκω. 1 a.); τινά, Mk. i. 37; Lk. ii. [45 R Lmrg.], 48; [iv. 42 Ree.]; Jn. vi. 24; xviii. 4,7; Acts x. 19, and often; foll. by ἐν νυ. dat. of place, Acts ix. 11; w. ace. of the thing (μαργαρίτας), of buyers, Mt. xiii. 45; something lost, Mt. xvili.12; Lk. xix. 10; τὶ ἔν τινι, as fruit on a tree, Lk. xiii. 6 sq.; ἀνάπαυσιν, a place of rest, Mt. xii. 3; Lk. xi. 24; after the Hebr. (“3 wa3-ns wp3 [ef. W. 33 (32); 187) ψυχήν τινος, to seek, plot against, the life of one, Mt. ii. 20; Ro. xi. 3, (Ex. iv. 19, ete.); univ. τί ζητεῖς; what dost thou seek?…

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Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

ζητέω ἦν ὁ θάνατος τῷ θ(ε)ῷ ἢ ζημία ὅπερ ἀδύνατον, which Harnack (Chron. ii. p. anderes fiir Gott als Strafe, was unmoglich ist,’’ adding in a note that the meaning may be, ‘‘ Ware Gott der, 181) renders, ‘‘so ware der Tod nichts welcher den Tod verhangt, so ware er ein strafender Gott, was unmoglich ist.” The subst. ζημίωμα is found in P Flor II. 1507 (Δ... 267) οὐχ ὀλίγον ζημίωμα εἰς τοῦτο γεινίόϊμενον ἡμῖν, BGU ΤΙ. 41013 (A.D. 276-7) τὰ περιγινόμενα λήμματα καὶ ζημίωμα [π]ρὸς σὲ ἤτω.

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ζητέω (zēteō) — to seek.

ζητ-έω,

Doric dialect participle ζάτεισα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]imperfect ἐζήτουν, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular ζήτει [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐζήτησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἐζήτηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, aorist 1 ἐζητησάμην (ἀν-) [Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—passive, future ζητηθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but ζητήσομαι in passive sense,[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—seek, seek for, ἐμὲ δ᾽ ἔξοχα πάντων ζήτει Il.[same place]; ζ. πημάτων ἀπαλλαγάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ ζητῶν without seeking, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ζητούμενον ἁλωτόν what is sought for may be found, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. mquire for, τὰ πινάκια καὶ τὰ γραμματεῖα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ζητέω

zeteo

of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specially,

(by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against

life):--be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X

will) seek (after, for, means). Compare 4441.

see GREEK for 4441

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ζητέω

v.

I seek, search for, desire

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ζητέω zēteō 117x

to seek, look for, Mt. 18:12; Lk. 2:48, 49; to search after, Mt. 13:45; to be on the watch for, Mt. 26:16; to pursue, endeavor to obtain, Rom. 2:7; 1 Pet. 3:11; to desire, wish, want, Mt. 12:47; to seek, strive for, Mt. 6:33; to endeavor, Mt. 21:46; to require, demand, ask for, Mk. 8:11; Read the full entry →

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ζητέω to seek, seek for, Il., Aesch., etc.; μὴ ζητῶν without seeking, Xen.; τὸ ζητούμενον ἁλωτόν what is sought for may be found, Soph.

to enquire for, Xen.: to ask about a thing, id. Xen.

to search after, search out, Soph., Thuc.

to search or inquire into, investigate, Plat., etc.; ζ. τὰ θεῖα Xen., etc.

to require, demand, παρὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ λόγον ζητοῦντες Dem.

to seek after, desire, ἀμήχανα Eur.

c. inf. to seek to do, Hdt., Aesch., etc.

to have to seek, feel the want of, Lat. desidero, Hdt.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-PAP-GPM — Verb · present · active · participle · genitive · plural · masculine
genitive — of, from, belonging to.
Agrees with anything else marked plural masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-PAP-GPM Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Present Voice: Active Mood: Participle Case: Genitive Number: Plural Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
36%seeking
seeking36% · 43×do seek8% · 10×you seek7% · 8×they were seeking6% · 7×seeks6% · 7×he was seeking4% · 5×seek3% · 4×seek you?3% · 4×other renderings26% · 31×

119 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 33 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
verb100%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 117 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
καίand, even, also, nam
γραμματεύςa scribe, town-cἡμέραa dayδίδωμιI offer, give
τίςIrg
αὐτόςλέγωI say, speakκλαίωI weep, weep for
σύ
δίδωμιI offer, giveλέγωI say, speakτίςIrg
μήNeg
γυνήa woman, wife, mσύἐγώ
Article the
καίand, even, also,γάρforεἰμίI am, exist
ζητέωOf them seeking117×
what comes after →
Article the
ψυχήthe soul, life, δέbut, on the otheἀρχιερεύςhigh priest, chi
αὐτός
κρατέωI lay hold of, oArticle theἐν
ἐγώ
καίand, even, also,οὐNegἀποκτείνωI put to death,
σύ
λαλέωI speak, sayλιθάζωI stone
καίand, even, also, nam
εὑρίσκωI findσημεῖονa sign, miracle,σῴζωI save, heal

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceζητέω · 117× in the New Testament
John Luke Matthew Acts Mark 1 Corinthians Romans 1 Peter 2 Corinthians Galatians 1 Thessalonians 2 Timothy

Every reference is on the Strong's page.

Across the New Testament16 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 132 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus Clement of Rome The Shepherd of Hermas Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 104c. AD 40

πέμπτῃ δ’ ὥριον ἄνδρα γάμου μεμνημένον εἶναι καὶ παίδων ζητεῖν ἐξοπίσω γενεήν·

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.295c. AD 75–95

Ἰάκωβος δὲ πᾶσαν αὐτῷ τὴν αἰτίαν διηγεῖτο λέγων Ἰσάκῳ γενέσθαι παῖδας διδύμους αὐτόν τε καὶ Ἡσαῦν, ὃν ἐπεὶ τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς εὐχῶν διήμαρτε σοφίᾳ τῆς μητρὸς εἰς αὐτὸν γενομένων, ἀποκτεῖναι ζητεῖν αὐτὸν ὡς ἀφῃρημένον τῆς παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ βασιλείας καὶ…

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 2.9c. AD 100

αἰσθάνεσθαι οὖν ὀφείλομεν, μὴ ὄντες ἀσύνετοι, τὴν γνώμην τῆς ἀγαθωσύνης τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν, ὅτ̓ ἡμῖν λέγει, θέλων ἡμᾶς μὴ ὁμοίως πλανωμένους ἐκείνοις ζητεῖν, πῶς προσάγωμεν αὐτῷ.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
6th c. AD 2nd c. AD 7th c. AD 3rd c. AD 4th c. AD
P.Tebt. 2 286Tebtynis (Arsinoites)AD 138

αὐτοψίας ἣν ἐγὼ ἐπεῖδον, ἡ οἰκία τῇ Πτολέμᾳ προσήκει. περὶ γὰρ τῆς νομῆς οὐδὲν ζητεῖν δεόμεθα προσκυνεῖν ὀφείλοντες τὰς ἀναγνωσθείσας τοῦ θεοῦ Τραιανοῦ καὶ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος

P.Bas. 1 2Arsinoites ?AD 190

δὲ πταίσῃ τι ἐξ αὐτῶν κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν, οἴσομεν ὑμῖν τὴν σφραγῖδα καὶ οὐδὲν ζητηθήσεται πρὸς ἡμᾶς. ἔτους λα Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Θώθ κη

PSI 8 930 VoTheadelphia (Arsinoites)AD 251

ἵνα ἀπὸ τῶν καλαμειῶν φέρωσιν κάλαμον εἰς τὸ ἐποίκιον· οἱ γὰρ πωλήσαντες ἡμῖν ἐνοχλοῦσιν ζητοῦντες … ιμελ … ἑαυτῶν τὰς καλαμείας. εὐθὺς οὖν αὐτὰ ἀποπέμψατε ἐκεῖ, ἵνα μὴ δοκῆτε

Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
τεde then G5037 Conjunction
209× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Acts than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
A conjunction meaning and or both, used to connect words or ideas closely. Found in Matthew 28:12 and Acts 2:33, it shows a strong link between things.
Tyndale gloss
and/both
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word τέ (te) is an enclitic copulative particle that functions similarly to the Latin '-que' and is used to denote a closer connection than the more general καί (kai). It appears primarily in the New Testament, especially in the book of Acts, and can mean 'and,' 'both,' or 'also.' Notably, it is used in verses like Matthew 28:12 and Acts 2:33.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

τέ, enclitic copulative particle (= Lat. -que as καί = et, ac, atque), not very freq. in NT, more than two-thirds of the occurrences being in Ac.

τέ solitarium, and, denoting a closer affinity than καί between words and sentences which it connects (Bl., §77, 8): Mt 28:12, Jo 4:42, Ac 2:33, 37, 40 10:22 11:21, al.

Denoting a closer connection than simple καί, τὲ . . . καί, τὲ καί, τὲ . . . τέ (Ac 26:16 Ro 14:8), as well . . . as also, both . . . and: Lk 12:45, Ac 1:1 15:9 21:30, al.; τὲ . . . δέ, and . . . and, Read the full entry →

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

τέ, (as δέ comes fr. δή, μέν fr. μήν, so τέ fr. the adv. TH, prop. as; [al. ally it with καί, ef. Curtius $§ 27, 647; Vaniéek p. 95; Fick Pt. i. 32; Donaldson, New Crat. § 195]), a copulative enclitie particle (on the use of which ef. Hermann ad Vig. p. 833; Klotz ad Devar. II. 2 p. 739 sqq.); in the N. T. it occurs most frequently in the Acts, then in the Ep. to the Heb., somewhat rarely in the other bks. (in Mt. three or four times, in Mk. once, viz. xv. 36 RG; in John’s Gospel three times; nowhere in the Epp. to the Gal., Thess., or Col., nor in the Epistles of John and Peter; twice in text. Rec. of Rev., viz. i. 2; xxi. 12); and, Lat. que, differing from the particle καί in that the latter is conjunctive, τέ adjunctive [W. § 53, 2; ace. to Baéumlein (Griech. Partikeln, p. 145), καί introduces something new under the same aspect yet as an external addition, whereas τέ marks it as…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

τε (te) — and/both.

τε,

enclitic Particle, with two main uses (see. infr. A, B).

__A as a Conjunction,

__A.I τε.. τε, both.. and, joining single words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, the first τε merely pointing forward to the second, ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; the elements joined by τε.. τε are usually short in [Refs 8th c.BC+], longer in later Gr., e.g. ἐπειδὴ πρόξενοί τέ εἰσιν Ἀθηναίων καὶ εὐεργέται.., ἔν τε τῇ στήλῃ γέγραπται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρὴ.. τούς τε πρεσβυτέρους ὁμοιωθῆναι τοῖς πρὶν ἔργοις, τούς τε νεωτέρους.. μὴ αἰσχῦναι κτλ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τά τε γὰρ ληφθέντα πάντ᾽ ἂν σῴζοιτο οἵ τ᾽ ἀδικήσαντες κατ᾽ ἀξίαν λάβοιεν τὰ ἐπιτίμια Aen.[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κλείειν τε τὰ βλέφαρα δεομένων ἐλπιζόντων τε κοιμηθήσεσθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+], compare 495,501; this use is common at all times in οὔτε.. οὔτε, μήτε.. μήτε, εἴτε.. εἴτε (which see); τε may be used three or more times…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

τέ

te

a primary particle (enclitic) of connection or addition; both or also

(properly, as correlation of 2532):--also, and, both, even, then,

whether. Often used in composition, usually as the latter participle.

see GREEK for 2532

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

τέ

Disj.prt.

and, both

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

τε te 215x

enclitic, can function as a conj., serving either as a lightly-appending link, Acts 1:15; and, Acts 2:3; or as an inclusive prefix, Lk. 12:45; both, Lk. 24:20; Acts 26:16

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Conj — Conjunction
conjunction — it joins clauses, and never changes form.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

CONJ CONJunction or conjunctive particle

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
37%then
then37% · 84×both35% · 79×and14% · 32×also11% · 26×other renderings3% · 6×

227 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 9 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
subject20%adverbial19%object13%indirect object3%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 209 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
Article the
ἀνευρίσκωI find by seekinδιαγογγύζωI murmur greatlyφίλος
ἸουδαῖοςJewish
πιστεύωI believe, have κύριοςlord, Lord, mastπᾶςall, the whole,
λέγωI say, speak
καρδίαthe heart, innerφυλακήa watching, guarθεόςGod, a god
πολύςmuch, many, often
σφόδραexceedingly, greἹεροσόλυμαJerusalemαὐτός
ἐν
ἐγώμάρτυςa witnessποιέωI do, make
τέthen209×
what comes after →
καίand, even, also, nam
Ἕλληνa Hellene, a Greγυνήa woman, wife, mArticle the
Article the
ΠαῦλοςPaulχώραregion, land, fiπόλιςa city
αὐτός
ὅτιthat, since, becλέγωI say, speakπεριαστράπτωI flash around l
πρός
αὐτόςArticle theἐγώ
γάρfor
θῆλυςfemaleἐπιθυμίαdesire, eagernesζάωI live

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceτέ · 209× in the New Testament
Acts Hebrews Romans Luke 1 Corinthians John Matthew 2 Corinthians James Ephesians Jude Philippians

Every reference is on the Strong's page.

Across the New Testament13 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
αὐτὸνautos him G846 Personal pronoun · accusative · singular · masculine
5,550× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Acts as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This pronoun refers to a person or thing, like 'he', 'she', or 'it'. It is used in the Bible to emphasize a person or thing, like in John 2:25 where it says 'he himself knew'.
Tyndale gloss
it/s/he
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

αὐτός is a pronoun meaning 'self' or 'the same,' used to emphasize distinction or opposition. It can function as a reflexive pronoun and appears frequently in the New Testament, often in contexts that highlight contrast or identity, such as in Luke 5:37 and John 2:25. The entries indicate that it can also be used in various grammatical constructions, including with articles to denote sameness.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

αὐτός, -ή, -ό,

determinative pron., in late Gk. much more freq. than in cl. (WM, 178 f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399).

Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., v. infr., iii);

self (ipse), expressing opposition, distinction, exclusion, etc., αὐ. ἐκχυθήσεται, Lk 5:37; αὐ. ἐγινώσκεν, Jo 2:25; αὐ. ὑμεῖς, Jo 3:28; καὶ αὐ. ἐγώ, Ro 15:14; αὐ. Ἰησοῦς, Jo 2:24; αὐ. καὶ οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ, Mk 2:25; ὑμεῖς αὐ., Mk 6:31; esp. (as freq in cl.) αὐ. ὁ, Mt 3:4, Mk 6:17, Jo 16:27, I Th 3:11, al.; in late Gk., sometimes…

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Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

αὐτός, -7, -d, pron. (“derived from the particle αὖ with the added force of a demonstrative pronoun. In itself it signifies nothing more than again, applied to what has either been previously mentioned or, when the whole discourse is looked at, must necessarily be .upplied.” Klotz ad Devar. ii. p. 219; [see Vaniéek p. 268]). It is used by the bibl. writ. both of the O. T. and of the N. T. far more frequently than the other pronouns; and in this very frequent and almost inordinate use of it, they deviate greatly from prof. auth.; cf. B. § 127, 9. [On classic usage ef. Hermann, Opusce. i. 308 sqq., of which dissertation a summary is given in his edition of Viger pp- 732-736.] I. self, as used (in all persons, genders, numbers) to distinguish a person or thing from or contrast it with another, or to give him (it) emphatic prominence. ik When used to express Opposition or Distinction, it is…

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Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

αὐτός. The weakening of the old distinction between αὐτὸς 6 and ὁ αὐτός, especially in Luke, is noted in Proleg. p. 91, and paralleled from Hellenistic. We may add (cf. Linleitung p. 145f.) Sy// 8071 (ii/A.D.) αὐταῖς ταῖς ἡμέραις, where Dittenberger remarks ‘‘expectaveris ταῖς αὐταῖς," OG/S 383! (Antiochus of Commagene, i/8.c.) τὴν αὐτήν τε κρίσιν, for which Ditt. desiderates ταύτην τὴν κρίσιν, P Iib I. 30° (B.c. 265) αὐτὸς Ὧρος “the said H.,’’ P Lille I. 238 (B.C, 221) οὗ μ[ισ]θωτὴς Ἡρώδ[ης] ὁ αὐτός “ce méme L.,”’ P Oxy VI. 892% (A.D. 338) τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως, 26. VIII. 1105 (A.D. 254) τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀμφοδογραμματέως “the said a.’’: all these seem to be practically identical, with αὐτός differing little from ἐκεῖνος. The combination αὐτὸ τοῦτο may be illustrated by P Grenf I. 114 (literary, ii/B.c.) “ for this reason ” (Ed.) as in 2 Pet 1°, P Ryl 11. 77°9 (a.p. 192) καὶ αὐτὰ ταῦτα ἀσφαλίσομαι…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

αὐτός (autos) — it/s/he.

αὐτός

(Cretan dialect ἀϝτός [Refs] (also αὐτόν[Refs], reflexive pronoun, self:—in oblique cases used for the personal pronoun, him, her, it:—with Article, ὁ αὐτός, ἡ αὐτή, τὸ αὐτό (also ταὐτόν), etc., the very one, the same.

I. self, myself, thyself, etc., accusative to the person of the Verb: frequently joined with ἐγώ, σύ, etc. (see. below 10),

I.1. one's true self, the soul, not the body, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; reversely, body, not soul, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; oneself, as opposed to others who are less prominent, as king to subject, [Refs]; man to wife and children, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; warrior to horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+], or to weapons, [Refs]; shepherd to herd, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; seamen to ships, [Refs]: generally, whole to parts,[Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, the Master, as in the [Refs 4th c.BC+]…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

αὐτός

autos

from the particle au (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea

of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used

(alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the

proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one,

the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy-

)self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at,

- by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man),

those, together, very, which. Compare 848.

see GREEK for 109

see GREEK for 1438

see GREEK for 848

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό

Pers.pr.

he, she, it, they, them, same

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

αὐτός autos 5x

self, very; alone, Mk. 6:31; 2 Cor. 12:13; of one’s self, of one’s own motion, Jn. 16:27; used also in the oblique cases independently as a personal pron. of the third person; ὁ αὐτός, the same; unchangeable, Heb. 1:12; κατὰ τὸ αὐτό, at the same time, together, Acts 14:1; ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό, in one and the same place, Mt. 22:34; at the same time, together, Acts 3:1

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

αὐτός self, Lat. ipse:— in the oblique cases simply for the personal Pron., him, her, it:— with the Artic. ὁ αὐτός, ἡ αὐτή, τὸ αὐτό (or ταὐτόν), etc., the very one, the same.

self, myself, thyself, etc., acc. to the person of the Verb., Hom., etc.:

oneself, one's true self, the soul, not the body, Od.; or opp. to others, as king to subjects, parent to children, man to wife, etc., Hom.; hence absol. for the master, τίς οὗτος;—Αὐτός, i. e. Socrates, Ar.; similarly in neut. αὐτὸ δείξει the result will shew, Eur.

of oneself, of one's own accord, Lat. sponte, Hom., Soph.

by oneself, alone, αὐτός περ ἐών although alone, Il.; αὐτοί ἐσμεν we are by ourselves, i. e. among friends, Ar.

in Plat., τὸ δίκαιον αὐτό right in itself, the idea of right, etc.; cf. αὐτοάνθρωπος.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Pron-ASM — Personal pronoun · accusative · singular · masculine
accusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked singular masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

P-ASM Part of Speech: Personal pronoun Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
52%him
him52% · 3025×them25% · 1488×it6% · 323×her4% · 250×other renderings10% · 587×other renderings3% · 188×

5,861 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 92 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
object33%adverbial28%indirect object19%subject18%predicate3%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 5,561 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
λέγωI say, speak
καίand, even, also,δέbut, on the otheἸησοῦςJesus
πρός
λέγωI say, speakἔρχομαιI come, goδέbut, on the othe
ἐν
Article theαὐτόςεὑρίσκωI find
δέbut, on the other ha
λέγωI say, speakοὗτοςὁράωI see, look upon
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςσύθεόςGod, a god
αὐτόςhim5550×
what comes after →
Article the
ἸησοῦςJesusμαθητήςa learner, disciθεόςGod, a god
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theλέγωI say, speakαὐτός
λέγωI say, speak
αὐτόςτίςIrgκύριοςlord, Lord, mast
ἐν
Article theαὐτόςὅς
εἰς
Article theδικαιοσύνηjustice, justnesἹεροσόλυμαJerusalem

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceαὐτός · 5,550× in the New Testament
Luke Matthew John Mark Acts Revelation Romans Hebrews 1 John 1 Corinthians Ephesians 2 Corinthians

19 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome The Epistle of Barnabas
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 1c. AD 40

Τῶν ἄλλων νομοθετῶν οἱ μὲν ἀκαλλώπιστα καὶ γυμνὰ τὰ νομισθέντα παρ’ αὐτοῖς εἶναι δίκαια διετάξαντο, οἱ δὲ πολὺν ὄγκον τοῖς νοήμασι προσπεριβαλόντες ἐξετύφωσαν τὰ πλήθη μυθικοῖς πλάσμασι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπικρύψαντες.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.argc. AD 75–95

περὶ τοῦ γένους Ἀδάμου καὶ τῶν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ δέκα γενεῶν τῶν μέχρι τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.4c. AD 100

πεπεισμένος οὖν τοῦτο καὶ συνειδὼς ἐμαυτῷ, ὅτι ἐν ὑμῖν λαλήσας πολλὰ ἐπίσταμαι, ὅτι ἐμοὶ συνώδευσεν ἐν ὁδῷ δικαιοσύνης κύριος, καὶ πάντως ἀναγκάζομαι κἀγὼ εἰς τοῦτο, ἀγαπᾶν ὑμᾶς ὑπὲρ τὴν ψυχήν μου, ὅτι μεγάλη πίστις καὶ ἀγάπη ἐγκατοικεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν ἐπ’…

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P.Stras. 2 89Pathyris100 BC

Πακοίβιος ἱερεὺς Σούχου καὶ Ἀφροδίτης ὡς ἐτῶν μ εὐμεγέθης μελίχρως μακροπρόσωπος εὐθύριν τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν αὐτῷ μερίδα γῆς σιτοφόρου ἐν τῷ περὶ Παθῦρειν πεδίωι σφραγίδων τεσσάρων , ἣν καὶ αὐτὸς

P.Adl. 11Pathyris99 BC

1 ἔτους ιζ Θῶυθ κη ἀπέδοτο Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει Παθύρεως χαλκοῦ Γ. ἐπρίατο Ὧρος

P.Grenf. 2 35Pathyris99 BC

ὡς ἐτῶν νε μέσος ἢ ἐλάσσων μελίχρως μακροπρόσωπος εὐθύριν ὑπόσκνιφος, καὶ Πετεαρσοῆρις Σχώτου τῶν αὐτῶν ἱερέων ὡς ἐτῶν ν μέσος ἢ ἐλασσων μελίχρως μακροπρόσωπος εὐθύριν ὑπόσκνιφος, ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑπάρχοντος

Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinō to kill G615 Verb · aorist · active · infinitive
74× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Acts as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To kill means to destroy or take someone's life, like in Matthew 14:5 where Herod had John the Baptist killed. It can also be used figuratively to describe spiritual destruction.
Amplified meaning
destroy, take the life of
Tyndale gloss
to kill
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἀποκτείνω (i.e., *apokteino*) means 'to kill' or 'to put to death.' It is derived from the prefix ἀπό (meaning 'away') and the root κτείνω (to slay). The term appears in various contexts, including literal killing and metaphorical uses, such as spiritual condemnation (e.g., Romans 7:11). It is noted for its frequent occurrence in the New Testament.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἀπο-κτείνω

(also in late forms -κτέννω, Mt 10:28, a1., LTTr., -κτεννύω, Mk 12:5, WH),

[in LXX for הרג, מוּת;]

to kill: Mt 14:5, al.; seq. instr. ἐν (q.v.), Eph 2:16, Re 2:23, al. Metaph.: Ro 7:11; τ. ἔχθραν, Eph 2:16; τὸ γράμμα ἀποκτείνει, II Co 3:6 (on the perfective force of this verb, v. M, Pr., 114).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

ἀπο-κτείνω, and Aeol. -«τέννω (Mt. x. 28 LT Tr; Mk xii 5G LT Tr; Lk. xii. 4 LT Tr; 2 Co. 1. T Tr; cf. Fritzsche on Mk. p. 507 sq.; [7 Proleg. p. 79]; W. 83 (79); [B.61 (54) ]), ἀποκτένω (Grsb. in Mt. x. 28; Lk. xii. 4), ἀποκταίνω (Lehm. in 2 Co. iii. 6; Rev. xiii. 10), ἀποκτέννυντες (Mk. xii. 5 WH); fut. ἀποκτενῶ; 1 aor. ἀπέκτεινα ; Pass., pres. inf. ἀποκτέννεσθαι (Rev. vi. 11 ΟἿ, Τ Τὰ WH); 1 aor. ἀπεκτάνθην (Bim. Ausf. Spr. ii. 227; W.1.c.; [B. 41 (35 sq.)]); [fr. Hom. down]; 1. prop. to kill in any way whatever, (ἀπό i. e. so as to put out of the way; cf. [Eng. to kill of], Germ. abschlachten): Mt. xvi. 21; xxii. 6; Mk. vi. 19; ix. 31; Jn. v.18; viii. 22; Acts iii. 15; Rev. ii. 18, and very often ; [ἀποκτ. ἐν θανάτῳ, Rev. ii. 23; vi. 8, ef. B. 184 (159); W. 339 (319)]. to destroy (allow to perish): Mk. iii. 4 [yet al. take it here absol., fo kill]. 2. metaph. fo extinguish, abolish…

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ἀποκτείνω. P Magd 45 (iii/B.c.) ἀπέκτειναν, P Par 23° (B.C. 165) ἀποκτῖναι, 72. 11 verso * (B.C. 157) ἀποκτέναι (see Mayser, p- 70). The verb only occurs eleven times in Sy// index. In later papyri we can quote P Oxy VI. 903° (iv/a.p.) ἀποκτίνας αὐτοὺς τῶν πίλ]ηγῶν ‘half killed them with blows” (Edd.), PSI 2774 (v/a.p., Acts of a martyr), P Lips 1. gout? (law report, iv/v A.D.) ἠθέλησεν αὐτὸν ἀποκρῖναι (sic), P Gen I. 497° (iv/a.D.) [w]Anyés ἀπέϊκτ]εινάν pe —as in P Oxy VI. 903, the complainant was obviously not “kilt entoirely” ! P Lond 240 (a p. 346) (ΞΞ 11. p. 278) Part I, > , ἀπολαυσις ἀπέκτινέν μέ τε εἰ μή γ᾽ ἐς φυγὴν ἐχρησάμην, BGU IV. το 4111. 8° (iv/v A.D.) ξίφι ἀπέκζτεινε. For five centuries then we have no trace of this supposed common verb from popular sources : yet in the middle of this period it abounds in the NT texts, developing a whole series of curious forms in the…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἀποκτείνω (apokteinō) — to kill.

ἀποκτείνω

(later -κτέννω (which see): -κταίνω[NT]future -κτενῶ, Ionic dialect -κτενέω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἀπέκτεινα[Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἀπέκτονα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; pluperfect 3rd.pers.plural -εκτόνεσαν[Refs], Ionic dialect 3rd.pers.singular -εκτόνεε[LXX+5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 -έκτᾰνον[Refs 8th c.BC+], poetry 1st pers.plural ἀπέκταμεν[Refs 8th c.BC+], infinitive -κτάμεναι, -κτάμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, late (ἀποθνήσκω being used as the passive by correct writers), present in [Refs 4th c.AD+]: aorist ἀπεκτάνθην[LXX+2nd c.AD+]: aorist 2 infinitive ἀποκτανῆναι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect infinitive ἀπεκτάνθαι[LXX+2nd c.BC+]:—but aorist middle in passive sense ἀπέκτατο[Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle ἀποκτάμενος[Refs]; compare ἀποκτείνυμι:— stronger form of κτείνω, kill, slay, Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, and the prevailing form…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἀποκτείνω

apokteino

from 575 and kteino (to slay); to kill outright; figuratively, to

destroy:--put to death, kill, slay.

see GREEK for 575

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἀποκτείνω

v.

I put to death, kill

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἀποκτείνω apokteinō 74x

also spelled ἀποκτέννω or ἀποκτένω, to kill, Mt. 14:5; to destroy, annihilate, Mt. 10:28; to destroy a hostile principle, Eph. 2:16; met. to kill by spiritual condemnation, Rom. 7:11; 2 Cor. 3:6

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀποκτείνω cf. ἀποκτίννυμι pass. rare, ἀποθνήσκω being used as pass. to kill, slay, Hom., Hdt., attic

of judges, to condemn to death, Plat., Xen., etc.

metaph., like Lat. enecare, to weary to death, Eur.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-AAN — Verb · aorist · active · infinitive
aorist active infinitive — a completed action, viewed as a whole.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-AAN Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Aorist Voice: Active Mood: iNfinitive TVM equivalent: G5658

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
15%kill
kill15% · 11×killed13% · 10×they may kill9% · 7×be killed8% · 6×killing8% · 6×they killed7% · 5×they will kill5% · 4×kill?5% · 4×other renderings29% · 22×

75 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 25 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
verb99%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 74 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
καίand, even, also, nam
γραμματεύςa scribe, town-cαὐτόςἀμπελώνa vineyard
αὐτός
θέλωI will, wish, deἐκτέDisj
Article the
ἀπόἹεροσόλυμαPropμετά
σύ
πατήρfather, Father, θέλωI will, wish, deπροφήτηςa prophet, poet
ζητέωI seek, search for,
ἐγώσύὅς
ἀποκτείνωto kill74×
what comes after →
Article the
σῶμαbody, fleshπροφήτηςa prophet, poetδέbut, on the othe
αὐτός
καίand, even, also,σύδοκέωI think, seem, a
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theμετάσταυρόωI crucify
ἐν
Article theθάνατοςdeathῥομφαίαa sword, piercin
φοβέωI fear, am terrified
δέbut, on the otheArticle the

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceἀποκτείνω · 74× in the New Testament
Revelation Matthew John Luke Mark Acts Romans 1 Thessalonians 2 Corinthians Ephesians
Across the New Testament10 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 100 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria Clement of Rome
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 3.70c. AD 40

οὐ γὰρ νῦν αὐτὸν ἀπέκτεινεν, ἀλλ’ ἐξ ἀρχῆς νεκρὸν τὸ σῶμα ἀπειργάσατο.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.295c. AD 75–95

Ἰάκωβος δὲ πᾶσαν αὐτῷ τὴν αἰτίαν διηγεῖτο λέγων Ἰσάκῳ γενέσθαι παῖδας διδύμους αὐτόν τε καὶ Ἡσαῦν, ὃν ἐπεὶ τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς εὐχῶν διήμαρτε σοφίᾳ τῆς μητρὸς εἰς αὐτὸν γενομένων, ἀποκτεῖναι ζητεῖν αὐτὸν ὡς ἀφῃρημένον τῆς παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ βασιλείας καὶ…

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 4.6c. AD 96

καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, ἀνέστη Κάϊν ἐπὶ Ἄβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτόν.

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P. Lille Gr. 2 4Magdola (Arsinoites)223 BC

χοιρίδια ὀκτώ , καὶ ἔστιν ἡ ὗς … τοῖς χοιριδίοις … μετὰ ταῦτα ἑτέραν ἀπέκτειναν λευκήν, ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσαν, ἣ ἦν ἀξία δραχμῶν … . δέομαι οὖν σου, βασιλεῦ,

ἐκ τῆς σημείας τοῦ Πυ … ρῶτος, ὁ δὲ Φίλιππος, κατʼ ἀπιστίαν ἐπέταξεν αὐτῷ ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν … γυν … τι καὶ σπασάμενος τὴν μάχαιραν κατέτρεχεν αὐτόν. ἡ

P.Amh. 2 66ArsinoitesAD 124

Πανεφρέμμεως … συνηγορουμένῳ καὶ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ Παβοῦτι νυκτὸς ἐπελθόντες … νος ἐβούλετο ἀμφοτέρους ἀποκτεῖναι, διαφυγόντος δὲ τούτου

Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
ἀνέβηanabainō there came G305 Verb · second aorist · active · indicative · third person · singular
81× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Acts than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To ascend or go up, as in Matthew 20:17 and Luke 19:4. It can be physical, like climbing a tree, or metaphorical, like rising to a challenge. Ascending can also refer to spiritual growth or development.
Tyndale gloss
to ascend
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἀναβαίνω (i.e., *anabaino*) means to go up or ascend, applicable to both people and things. It covers a range of uses, such as climbing, embarking on a ship, and even metaphorical rises like thoughts or prayers. The New Testament uses it in contexts like ascending to Jerusalem (Mt 20:17) and rising smoke (Rev 8:4).

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἀναβαίνω,

[in LXX chiefly for עלה;]

to go up, ascend,

of persons: ἐπί συκομωρέαν, Lk 19:4; εἰς τ. πλοῖον, Mk 6:51; εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, Mt 20:17; εἰς τ. ἱερόν, c. inf. (M, Pr., 205), Lk 18:10; with mention of place of departure, Mt 3:16 (ἀπό), Ac 8:39 (ἐκ);

of things, to rise, spring up, come up: a fish, Mt 17:27; smoke, Re 8:4; plants growing, Mt…

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Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

ἀνα-βαίνω ; [impf. ἀνέβαινον Acts iii. 1; fut. ἀναβήσομαι Ro. x. 6, after Deut. xxx. 12]; pf. ἀναβέβηκα; 2 aor. ἀνέβην, ptcp. ἀναβάς, impy. avaBa Rey. iv. 1 (ἀνάβηθι Lehm.), plur. ἀνάβατε (for RG ἀνάβητε) Rev. xi. 12 L TTr[ WH; cf. WH. App. p. 168°]; W. §14, 1h.; [B. 54 (47); fr. Hom. down]; Sept. for 1225 a. to gu up, move to a higher place, ascend: a tree (emi), Lk. xix. 4; upon the roof of a house (ἐπί), Lk. v. 19; into a ship (eis), Mk. vi. 51; [Mt. xv. 39 GTrtxt.; Acts xxi. 6 Tdf.]; εἰς τὸ ὄρος, Mt. v. 1; Lk. ix. 28; MK. iii. 13; εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον, Acts i. 13; εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, Ro. x. 6; Rey. xi. 12; εἰς τὸν οὐρ. is omitted, but to be supplied, in Jn. i. 51 (52) ; vi. 62, and in the phrase ava. πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, Jn. xx. 17. (it is commonly maintained that those persons are fig. said ἀναβεβηκέναι eis τὸν οὐρανόν, who have penetrated the heavenly mysteries: Jn. iii. 13, cf. Deut. xxx. 12…

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ἀναβαίνω. Wilcken (Archiv v. p. 268), commenting on POxy VI. 898% !8 (A.D. 123) eis "Oacw καταβῆναι--ἀναβάντα εἰς τὸν ᾿Οξυρυγχείτην, notes that this may either be literal or refer to Oxyrhynchus as the county town: ἀναβαίνειν εἰς πόλιν, καταβαίνειν εἰς κώμην. P Par 49 (B.c. 164-58) gives us instances of the verb as used in NT for ‘‘ going up” to the Temple : 1. 53 otk ἔχω σχολὴν ἀναβῆναι πρὸς ὑμᾶς (sc. the recluses in the Serapeum), 26. *4 ἐὰν ἀναβῶ κἀγὼ προσκυνῆσαι. So P Par 4719f (c. B.C. 153) 6 στρατηγὸς avaβαίνει αὔριον εἰς τὸ Σαραπιῆν. Witkowski (2 p. 72) remarks

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἀναβαίνω (anabainō) — to ascend.

ἀναβαίνω,

imperfect ἀνέβαινον: future -βήσομαι: (for aorist 1 see infr. B): aorist 2 ἀνέβην, imperative ἀνάβηθι, -βῶ, -βῆναι, -βάς: perfect -βέβηκα:— middle, aorist 1 -εβησάμην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers.singular -εβήσετο, see infr. B:—passive, see below 11.2:— go up, mount, with accusative loci, οὐρανόν, ὑπερώϊα ἀ. go up to heaven, to the upper rooms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φάτις ἀνθρώπους ἀναβαίνει goes up among, [Refs]; more frequently with preposition, ἀ. εἰς ἐλάτην, ἐς δίφρον, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; rarely with ἀνά repeated, ἀν᾽ ὀρσοθύρην ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+] to trample on the dead, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II. Special usages:

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἀναβαίνω

anabaino

from 303 and the base of 939; to go up (literally or

figuratively):--arise, ascend (up), climb (go, grow, rise, spring) up,

come (up).

see GREEK for 303

see GREEK for 939

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἀναβαίνω

v.

I go up, mount, ascend

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἀναβαίνω anabainō 82x

to go up, ascend, Mt. 5:1; to climb, Lk. 19:4; to go on board, Mk. 6:51; to rise, mount upwards, as smoke, Rev. 8:4; to grow or spring up, as plants, Mt. 13:7; to spring up, arise, as thoughts, Lk. 24:38

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀναβαίνω to go up, mount, to go up to, c. acc. loci, Hom.; φάτις ἀνθρώπους ἀναβαίνει a report goes up among men, Od.; with a prep., ἀν. ἐς δίφρον Il.; ἀν. ἐπὶ οὔρεα Hdt.:—c. dat. to trample on, Il.:— c. acc. cogn., ἀν. στόλον to go up on an expedition, Pind.

Special usages:

to mount a ship, go on board, embark, Hom.; ἐς Τροίην ἀν. to embark for Troy, Od., etc.

to mount on horseback, ἀν. ἐφ᾽ ἵππον, ἐφ᾽ ἵππου Xen.; absol., ἀναβεβηκώς mounted, id. Xen.

of land-journeys, to go up from the coast into Central Asia, Hdt., Xen.; cf. ἀνάβασις 1. 2.

of rivers, to rise, Hdt.; ἀν. ἐς τὰς ἀρούρας to overflow the fields, id. Hdt.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-2AAI-3S — Verb · second aorist · active · indicative · third person · singular
second aorist active indicative — a completed action, viewed as a whole.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-2AAI-3S Part of Speech: Verb Tense: second Aorist Voice: Active Mood: Indicative Person: third Number: Singular

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
16%went up
went up16% · 13×he went up7% · 6×going up6% · 5×having gone up6% · 5×i went up4% · 3×do come up4% · 3×ascending4% · 3×we go up4% · 3×other renderings50% · 41×

82 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 41 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
verb96%adverbial3%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 81 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
καίand, even, also, nam
ἸουδαῖοςJewishἄκανθαa thorn-bushΓαλιλαίαGalilee
δέbut, on the other ha
ὅτεwhenμέλλωI am about toὡςas, like as, how
Article the
καίand, even, also,ἐκθηρίονa wild beast, an
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakκαίand, even, also,καπνόςsmoke
ὄχλοςa crowd
Article the
ἀναβαίνωthere came81×
what comes after →
εἰς
Article theἹεροσόλυμαJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαProp
Article the
ἄκανθαa thorn-bushὄχλοςa crowdἀδελφόςa brother
ἐκ
Article the
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐξάνωI cause to increγίνομαιI come into beinκαταβαίνωI go down, come
ἐπί
Article theσυκομορέαa sycamore tree

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceἀναβαίνω · 81× in the New Testament
Acts John Revelation Luke Matthew Mark Ephesians Galatians 1 Corinthians Romans
Across the New Testament10 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 249 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome The Epistle of Barnabas
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 2.91c. AD 40

εἰ δὲ μή, ἀδείας καὶ ἐξουσίας λαβόμενα μέχρι τῆς ψυχικῆς ἀκροπόλεως ἀναβάντα πᾶσαν ἐκπολιορκήσει καὶ λεηλατήσει τυράννου τρόπον τὴν ψυχήν.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.77c. AD 75–95

λάρνακα τετράστεγον κατασκευάσας πηχῶν τὸ μῆκος τριακοσίων πεντήκοντα δὲ τὸ πλάτος καὶ τριάκοντα τὸ βάθος, εἰς ταύτην σὺν τῇ μητρὶ τῶν παίδων καὶ ταῖς τούτων γυναιξὶν ἀνέβη, τά τε ἄλλα ὅσα πρὸς τὰς χρείας ἐπικουρήσειν αὐτοῖς ἔμελλεν ἐνθέμενος, ζῷά…

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 11.11c. AD 100

τοῦτο λέγει ὅτι ἡμεῖς μὲν καταβαίνομεν εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ γέμοντες ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ ῥύπου, καὶ ἀναβαίνομεν καρποφοροῦντες ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τὸν φόβον καὶ τὴν ἐλπίδα εἰς τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐν τῷ πνεύματι ἔχοντες.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 1st c. AD 4th c. AD 3rd c. AD 3rd c. BC

σιτολόγον ἐπιμελῶς, τὴν ἀσφαλὴν φάσιν γνούς, μετένεγκον ἐξαυτῆς τὰ κτήνη εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ ἀναβαίνων ἀνένεγκον σαγὰς τρεῖς καὶ μανδάκας τρεῖς καὶ τὰ σφαιρώματα δύο καὶ τὴν σκάφην καὶ

O.Did. 325DidymoiAD 77–AD 92

μοι ὑπὲρ τοῦ κομονοπλαρίου σου εἰς Διὸς πόλιν καὶ οὐ πεπίστευκά σοι. ἀφ’ οὗ ἀνέβην, μετὰ Λονγίνου συνσκηνῶ. εἰς ἡμᾶς ὁ ἄνθρωπος πολεμεῖ, ὁ κομονοπλάρις σου, ψευδομαρτυρῶν. ἄσπασαι Κλήμην.

O.Did. 388DidymoiAD 110–AD 115

ν περὶ τοῦ κορασίου … φώνησον συ διὰ Διοδώρου … ατη μηνὸς ἀνέβη … λοιπὸν οὖν ὀφείλει πάλι … … ς πάλι πλήρη τὸν … οἶδας καὶ

Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
φάσιςphasis a report G5334 Noun · nominative · singular · feminine
1× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Acts than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
News or tidings refer to information or reports, often about important events. In Acts 21:31, news is used to describe information about a crime. It can also mean a saying or report.
Amplified meaning
news, tidings
Tyndale gloss
news
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

φάσις (phasis) refers to a report or information, particularly in the context of exposing fraud or crime. It appears in Acts 21:31, where it denotes a disclosure of wrongdoing. The term is derived from the verb φαίνω and has been used historically to describe various forms of information, including legal denunciations.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

φάσις, -εως, ἡ

(< φαίνω),

[in LXX: II Es 4:17, Da TH Su :55, IV Mac 15:25 א1* ;]

information, esp. against fraud or other crime: Ac 21:31.†

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

φάσις, -ews, ἡ, (fr. paivw) ; 1. in the Attic orators, the exposure of (informing against) those who have embezzled the property of the state, or violated the laws respecting the importation or exportation of merchandise, or defrauded their wards. 2. univ. a disclosure of secret crime (κοινῶς δὲ φάσεις ἐκαλοῦντο πᾶσαι ai μηνύσεις τῶν λανθανόντων ἀδικημάτων, Pollux 8, 6, 47): Susan. 55 Theod.; of information by report [A. V. tidings], Acts xxi. 31.

Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

φάσις, ‘‘information” (Ac 2131}). The word is common, e.g. P Oxy IV. 805 (B.c. 25) ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἐρχομένοις πλ[ο]ίοις

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

φάσις (phasis) — news.

φάσις [ᾰ], εως,

h(: (φαίνω):—

__A denunciation, information laid, γραφαὶ ἢ φάσεις ἢ ἐνδείξεις ἢ ἀπαγωγαί [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__A.II (φαίνομαι) appearance, of stars, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__A.II.a πρὸς τὸν ὁρίζοντα φ. appearance above the horizon, opposed to ὑπὸ τὸν ὁρίζοντα κρύψις, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

__A.II.b heliacal rising, opposed to κρύψις, φ. ἑῷαι, ἑσπέριαι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__A.II.c including the previous signification and κρύψεις, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__A.II.d plural, phases of the moon, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

__A.II.2 an appearance, trace, τινος [Refs]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

φάσις

phasis

from 5346 (not the same as "phase", which is from 5316); a saying,

i.e. report:--tidings.

see GREEK for 5346

see GREEK for 5316

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

φάσις, εως, ἡ

n.f.

report, tidings

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

φάσις phasis 1x

report, information, Acts 21:31*

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Noun-NSF — Noun · nominative · singular · feminine
nominative — the one doing it — the subject.
Agrees with anything else marked singular feminine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

N-NSF Part of Speech: Noun Case: Nominative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
100%report
report100% · 1×

1 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 1 different way. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

Concordanceφάσις · 1× in the New Testament
Acts
Across the New Testament1 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 1st c. AD 1st c. BC 3rd c. BC 4th c. AD
P.Mich. 10 582 col. 2Philadelphia (Arsinoites)AD 50

Νεκφερῶς ἀδελφός δραχμαὶ νϛ Πετσῖρις Ἡρακλήου νϛ Νετνῆφις Ἡρακλήου νϛ Παποντῶς Ἡλιοδώρου δραχμαὶ νϛ Φᾶσις Ἁρυώτου δραχμαὶ νϛ Διονύσιος Κεφάλωνος δραχμαὶ νϛ Ἀγχορίμφις Πετεσούχου δραχμαὶ νϛ Σοντῶις Ὡρίωνος δραχμαὶ

P.Corn. 24Philadelphia (Arsinoites)AD 56

διώβολον χωματικὸν δραχμαὶ ϛ τετρώβολον Ὀννῶφρις Πνεφερῶτος δραχμαὶ με διώβολον χωματικὸν δραχμαὶ ϛ τετρώβολον Φᾶσις Ἁτρήους δραχμαὶ με διώβολον χωματικὸν δραχμαὶ ϛ τετρώβολον Φᾶσις υἱός δραχμαὶ με διώβολον χωματικὸν

P. Princ. 1 14Philadelphia (Arsinoites)AD 62–AD 63

με διώβολον γίγνονται δραχμαὶ ϙ τετρώβολον καὶ πρὸς κώμην Κεφάλων Κεφάλωνος δραχμαὶ με διώβολον Φᾶσις Πετεαρμώτου δραχμαὶ με διώβολον Ἀφροδίσιος Φαῆτος δραχμαὶ με διώβολον Σατβῶις Κεφάλωνος δραχμαὶ με διώβολον

Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
τῷho to the G3588 Article · dative · singular · masculine
19,783× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Acts as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
The Greek word for 'the' or 'this', used to point out a specific person or thing, like in Acts 17:28. It can also mean 'he', 'she', or 'it'.
Tyndale gloss
the/this/who
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The definite article — the commonest word in the Greek New Testament at 19,867 occurrences. Greek uses it more freely than English does and can drop it deliberately, so its presence and its absence both carry weight for a translator; but no single occurrence carries a message of its own. Here it simply gathers “the things” into one definite bundle.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ὁ, ἡ, τό,

the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article.

As demonstr. pron.

As freq. in Hom., absol., he (she, it), his (etc.): Ac 17:28 (quoted from the poet Aratus).

Distributive, ὁ μὲν . . . ὁ δέ, the one . . . the other: I Co 7:7, Ga 4:22; pl., Ac 14:4, 17:32, Phl 1:16, al.; οἱ μὲν . . . ἄλλοι δέ, Mt 16:14, Jo 7:12; οἱ μεν̀ . . . ὁ δέ, He 7:21, 23.

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Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

ὁ 435 ὁ tives of quantity, ὅλος, πᾶς, πολύς, see each in its own place. d. What has been said concerning adjectives holds true also of all other limitations added to substantives, as ἡ κατ᾽ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις, Ro. ix. 11; ἡ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ διαθήκη, Ro. xi. 27; 6 λόγος 6 τοῦ σταυροῦ, 1 Co. i. 18; ἡ εἰς Χριστὸν πίστις, Col. ii. 5; on the other hand, ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεόν, 1 Th. i. 8; τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους, 2 Co. viii. 4; see many other exx. of each usage in W. 131 (124) sqq.; [B. 91 (80) sqq.]. e. The noun has the article before it when a demonstrative pronoun (υὗτος, ἐκεῖνος) belonging to it either precedes or follows [W. § 18, 4; B. § 127, 29-31]; as, ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος, Jn. ix. 24 [οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρ. 1, Tr mrg. WH); Acts vi. 13; xxii. 26; ὁ λαὸς οὗτος, Mt. xv. 8; 6 vids σου οὗτος, Lk. xv. 30; plur. Lk. xxiv. 17, and numberless other exx.; οὗτος 6 ἄνθρωπος, Lk. xiv. 30; οὗτος ὁ…

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Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

ὃ, ἡ τό. (1) Apart from connexion with μέν or δέ (see below) the demonstrative use of the art. in the NT is confined to a poetical quotation Ac 1778, but it is not uncommon in the papyri, e.g. P Par 45® (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski®, p. 85) τὰ (for ἃ) πράσεις (Δ πράσσεις), P Oxy VIII. 1160! (iii/iv A.D.) Ta (for ἃ) σεσύλληχα (for συνείληχα) δὲ κέρμα {ταν τηρῶ αὐτὰ εἰς τὴν δίκην, “1 am keeping for the trial the money that I have collected” (Ed.). For the distributive Opéev.. - 6 8€, as in 1 Cor7’, cf. P Lond 535 (B.c. 161) (=I. p. 19, U.P.Z. i. p. 239) kal τὰ μὲν ἡμῶν ἐληφότων εἰς τὴν γινομένην ἡμῖν συντάξειν, τὰ δ᾽ ἔτι διὰ τὴν τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων {(.. ... > παρελκομένων. (2) The use of the art. as a relative, of which there is no trace in the NT, may again be illustrated by the following papyrus citations from ¢c. A.D. 346—P Lond 414® (= II. Ῥ. 292) γεινῴσκιν oe θέλω περὶ τοῦ βρεουίου…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ὁ (ho) — the/this/who.

ὁ,

ἡ, τό, is, when thus written,

__A demonstrative Pronoun.

__B in Attic dialect, definite or prepositive Article.

__C in Epic dialect, the so-called postpositive Article, = relative Pronoun, ὅς, ἥ, ὅ.—The nominative masculine and feminine singular and plural, ὁ, ἡ, οἱ, αἱ, have no accent in codices and most printed books, except when used as the relative; but ὁ, ἡ, οἱ, αἱ differ only in writing from ὃ, ἣ, οἳ, α; the nominative forms of the article are said by Hdn.Gr.1.474 to be oxytone, and by [Refs 2nd c.AD+] in Aeolic dialect accusative to [Refs 8th c.BC+] genitive and dative dual τοῖιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]— In Doric dialect and all other dialects except Attic dialect and Ionic dialect the feminine forms preserve the old ᾱ instead of changing it to η, hence Doric dialect etc. ἁ, τάν, τᾶ; the genitive plural τάων contracts in many dialects to τᾶ; the genitive…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ὁ ἡ τό

ho

he hay, and the neuter

to to

in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be

supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one,

he, she, it, etc.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ὁ, ἡ, τό

Article

the

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ὁ ho 19x

the prepositive article, answering, to a considerable extent, to the English definite article; but, for the principle and facts of its usage, consult a grammar; ὁ μὲν ... ὁ δέ, the one ... the other, Phil. 1:16, 17; Heb. 7:5, 6, 20, 21, 23, 24; pl. some ... others, Mt. 13:23; 22:5, 6; ὁ δέ, but he, Mt. 4:4; 12:48; οἱ δέ, but others, Mt. 28:17; used, in a poetic quotation, for a personal pronoun, Acts 17:28

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὁ the, that

ὁ, ἡ, τό, is

demonstr. Pronoun.

the definite Article.

in epic, the relative Pronoun, when it is written with the accent ὅ, ἥ, τό ῀ ὅς, ἥ, ὅ. Besides the common forms, note epic gen. sg. τοῖο for τοῦ; pl. nom. τοί, ταί; gen. fem. τάων [α^], dat. τοῖσι, τῇς and τῇσι; dual gen, and dat. τοῖιν:— in Trag. we find τοὶ μέν . . , τοὶ δέ . . , for οἱ μέν . . , οἱ δέ . . ; dat. pl. also τοῖσι, ταῖσι: the dual has commonly but one gender, τώ for τά, τοῖν for ταῖν.

DEMONSTR. PRONOUN:

joined with a Subst., not as the Art., but like Lat. ille, ὁ Τυδείδης Tydeus's famous son, Il.; Νέστωρ ὁ γέρων Nestor— that aged man, id. Il.; τιμῆς τῆς Πριάμου for honour, namely that of Priam, id. Il.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Art-DSM — Article · dative · singular · masculine
dative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

T-DSM Part of Speech: definite arTicle Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
64%the
the64% · 13160×<the>28% · 5846×those3% · 597×other renderings4% · 788×other renderings1% · 294×

20,685 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 83 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
subject34%adverbial32%object24%predicate5%indirect object4%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 19,783 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςεἰμίI am, existἐγώ
ἐν
καίand, even, also,αὐτόςArticle the
εἰς
αὐτόςεἰσέρχομαιI go in, come inἔρχομαιI come, go
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakδέbut, on the otheπρός
εἰμίI am, exist
οὗτοςσύἐγώ
to the19783×
what comes after →
θεόςGod, a god
Article theκαίand, even, also,ἐγώ
δέbut, on the other ha
λέγωI say, speakἸησοῦςJesusἀποκρίνομαιI answer, reply
ἸησοῦςJesus
λέγωI say, speakκαίand, even, also,Article the
κύριοςlord, Lord, master,
ἐγώἸησοῦςJesusArticle the
πατήρfather, Father, ance
ἐγώσύαὐτός

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordance · 19,783× in the New Testament
Matthew Acts Luke John Revelation Mark Romans 1 Corinthians Hebrews 2 Corinthians Ephesians 1 John

40 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome The Epistle of Barnabas
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 1c. AD 40

Τῶν ἄλλων νομοθετῶν οἱ μὲν ἀκαλλώπιστα καὶ γυμνὰ τὰ νομισθέντα παρ’ αὐτοῖς εἶναι δίκαια διετάξαντο, οἱ δὲ πολὺν ὄγκον τοῖς νοήμασι προσπεριβαλόντες ἐξετύφωσαν τὰ πλήθη μυθικοῖς πλάσμασι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπικρύψαντες.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.argc. AD 75–95

τοῦ κόσμου σύστασις καὶ διάταξις τῶν στοιχείων.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.1c. AD 100

Χαίρετε, υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες, ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς, ἐν εἰρήνῃ.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 1st c. AD 3rd c. BC 6th c. AD
P.Stras. 2 89Pathyris100 BC

r βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν Φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιε, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν

P.Adl. 11Pathyris99 BC

ιζ Θῶυθ κη ἀπέδοτο Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει Παθύρεως χαλκοῦ Γ. ἐπρίατο Ὧρος Νεχούτου.

P.Grenf. 2 35Pathyris99 BC

βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιϛ, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν

Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
χιλιάρχῳchiliarchos commander G5506 Noun · dative · singular · masculine
21× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Acts than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
A military officer is a high-ranking commander, like the ones mentioned in John 18:12 and Acts 21:31-33. They lead a group of a thousand soldiers.
Amplified meaning
military officer, chief captain
Tyndale gloss
military officer
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

χιλίαρχος refers to a military officer, specifically a commander of a thousand soldiers, often identified as a Roman tribune. The term is derived from χίλιοι (thousand) and ἄρχω (to rule). It appears in the New Testament in contexts involving military authority, notably in John 18:12 and Acts 21:31-33, among others.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

χιλίαρχος (in Hdt., al., -ης), -ου, ὁ

(< χίλιοι, ἄρχω)

[in LXX chiefly for אֶלֶף שַׂר ;]

a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand, esp. a Roman military tribune, the commander of a cohort: Jo 18:12, Ac 21:31-33, 37 22:24-29 23:10, 15, 17-19, 22 24:7, 22 25:23; more generally, of officers of similar rank, Mk 6:21, Re 6:15 19:18 (v., DB, i, 352b; DCG, i, 271a, 307a).†

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

χιλίαρχος, -ov, 6, (χίλιοι and dpyw; [on the form of “the word οἵ. reff. s. v. ἑκατοντάρχης, and L. and S. s. v. xudpxns]), the commander of a thousand soldiers, a chiliarch; the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribune): Jn. xviii. 12; Acts xxi. 31-33, 57; xxii. 24, 26-29; xxiii. 10, 15, 17-19, 22; xxiv. 7 Rec., 22; xxv. 23, (Sept. for DDN Sv and Daox WN). any military commander [R.V. high or chief captain, captain]: Mk. vi. 21; Rev. vi. 15; xix. 18. [(Aeschyl., Xen., al.)]

Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

χιλίαρχος, lit. ‘‘ the ruler of a, thousand men,” the Roman ¢rzdunus miliitum. This form (in Herodotus and elsewhere -xqs) prevails in the NT (Jn 1815, α4}, and is found in the inserr., e.g. AZagn 157 (b)!® (i/A.D.) χιλίαρχος λεγιῶνος, Pretsigke 1735 (c. A.D. 200), and OG/S 119° (where see Dittenberger’s note). See also P Oxy III. 653 (a.v. 162-3) and the corr. verb in 2d. 4777 (A.D. 132-3).

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

χιλίαρχος (chiliarchos) — military officer.

χῑλίαρχ-ος, ὁ,

captain over a thousand, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: especially commandant of a garrison, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. ={χιλιάρχης}[Refs 2nd c.BC+]

II.2. title of Persian court official, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; also in Macedonia, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

χιλίαρχος

chiliarchos

from 5507 and 757; the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch";

i.e. colonel:--(chief, high) captain.

see GREEK for 5507

see GREEK for 757

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

χιλίαρχος, ου, ὁ

n.m.

a military tribune

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

χιλίαρχος chiliarchos 21x

commander of a thousand men; hence, genr. a commander, military chief, Mk. 6:21; Rev. 6:15; 19:18; spc. a legionary tribune, Acts 21:31, 32, 33, 37; the prefect of the temple, Jn. 18:12

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

χιλίαρχος χι_λί-αρχος, ὁ, the commander of a thousand men, a chiliarch, Aesch., Xen.

used to translate the Roman tribunus militum, Polyb., etc.;—also of the tribuni militares consulari potestate, Plut.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Noun-DSM — Noun · dative · singular · masculine
dative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

N-DSM Part of Speech: Noun Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
82%commander
commander82% · 18×commanders14% · 3×chief captains5% · 1×

22 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 3 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
subject52%adverbial24%indirect object14%object10%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 21 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
Article the
καίand, even, also,δέbut, on the otheπρός
οὖνtherefore, then
μένDisj
τέDisj
σύν
σάρξflesh, body
καίand, even, also,
χιλίαρχοςcommander21×
what comes after →
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theφημίI sayἀναχωρέωI return, retire
Article the
σπεῖραa cohort
ἐπιλαμβάνομαιI seize, take hold o
αὐτός
εἰCond
ἔξεστι(ν)it is permitted,
εἰσάγωI lead in, bring in
αὐτός

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceχιλίαρχος · 21× in the New Testament
Acts Revelation John Mark
Across the New Testament4 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 20 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria Clement of Rome
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Preliminary Studies 110c. AD 40

ἀφ’ οὗ μοι δοκεῖ καὶ Μωυσῆς μετὰ τὴν χιλιάρχων καὶ ἑκατοντάρχων καὶ πεντηκοντάρχων αἵρεσιν ἐπὶ πᾶσι δεκαδάρχους χειροτονεῖν (Exod.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 6.195c. AD 75–95

καὶ τῆς μὲν πρώτης τάξεως, ἐπεὶ τῷ δέει πλησίον αὐτοῦ καὶ λίαν ἐγγὺς ἐδόκει, ἐποίησε γὰρ αὐτὸν ὁπλοφόρον, μεταστήσας ἀποδείκνυσι χιλίαρχον δοὺς αὐτῷ χώραν ἀμείνονα μὲν ἀσφαλεστέραν δὲ ὡς ἐνόμιζεν αὑτῷ·

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 37.3c. AD 96

οὐ πάντες εἰσὶν ἔπαρχοι οὐδὲ χιλίαρχοι οὐδὲ ἑκατόνταρχαι οὐδὲ πεντηκόνταρχοι οὐδὲ τὸ καθεξῆς, ἀλλ̓ ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ τάγματι τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν ἡγουμένων ἐπιτελεῖ.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. BC 2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 1st c. AD 1st c. BC
P.Haun. 2 30AD 1–AD 100

ς ἀναβ … … … α αὐτω … υγειαθ … … … … χιλίαρχος εῖπέ μοι … οιωθε … ς … α συστήσω. ἐρωτῶ οὖν σε μὴ παραβλε

P.Tebt. 2 488 descr.Tebtynis (Arsinoites)AD 121–AD 122

Ταπιεσιῆς Ὥρου Ἰούλιος Κυαδρᾶτος· ἠξίου πρὸ πόσου χρόνου οἰκοδομῆσαι; Ἱέραξ· πρὸ τριετίας. Ἰούλιος Κυαδρᾶτος χιλίαρχος· ἔδει σε τότε κεκωλυκέναι ὅτε ᾠκοδόμει, ἐπὶ δὲ τοσούτου χρόνου οὐδὲ στρατηγῷ οὐδὲ ἄλλῳ

BGU 1 113AD 140

Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνείνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς. ἃ δὲ παρέθεντο δικαιώματα … ιωνατ … χιλιάρχῳ λεγιῶνος β Τραιανῆς Ἰσχυρᾶς, ἑκάστῳ ὀνόματι παράκειται. μεθʼ ἕτερα σελίδων η

Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
τῆςho of the G3588 Article · genitive · singular · feminine
19,783× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Acts as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
The Greek word for 'the' or 'this', used to point out a specific person or thing, like in Acts 17:28. It can also mean 'he', 'she', or 'it'.
Tyndale gloss
the/this/who
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The definite article — the commonest word in the Greek New Testament at 19,867 occurrences. Greek uses it more freely than English does and can drop it deliberately, so its presence and its absence both carry weight for a translator; but no single occurrence carries a message of its own. Here it simply gathers “the things” into one definite bundle.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ὁ, ἡ, τό,

the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article.

As demonstr. pron.

As freq. in Hom., absol., he (she, it), his (etc.): Ac 17:28 (quoted from the poet Aratus).

Distributive, ὁ μὲν . . . ὁ δέ, the one . . . the other: I Co 7:7, Ga 4:22; pl., Ac 14:4, 17:32, Phl 1:16, al.; οἱ μὲν . . . ἄλλοι δέ, Mt 16:14, Jo 7:12; οἱ μεν̀ . . . ὁ δέ, He 7:21, 23.

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Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

ὁ 435 ὁ tives of quantity, ὅλος, πᾶς, πολύς, see each in its own place. d. What has been said concerning adjectives holds true also of all other limitations added to substantives, as ἡ κατ᾽ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις, Ro. ix. 11; ἡ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ διαθήκη, Ro. xi. 27; 6 λόγος 6 τοῦ σταυροῦ, 1 Co. i. 18; ἡ εἰς Χριστὸν πίστις, Col. ii. 5; on the other hand, ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεόν, 1 Th. i. 8; τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους, 2 Co. viii. 4; see many other exx. of each usage in W. 131 (124) sqq.; [B. 91 (80) sqq.]. e. The noun has the article before it when a demonstrative pronoun (υὗτος, ἐκεῖνος) belonging to it either precedes or follows [W. § 18, 4; B. § 127, 29-31]; as, ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος, Jn. ix. 24 [οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρ. 1, Tr mrg. WH); Acts vi. 13; xxii. 26; ὁ λαὸς οὗτος, Mt. xv. 8; 6 vids σου οὗτος, Lk. xv. 30; plur. Lk. xxiv. 17, and numberless other exx.; οὗτος 6 ἄνθρωπος, Lk. xiv. 30; οὗτος ὁ…

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Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

ὃ, ἡ τό. (1) Apart from connexion with μέν or δέ (see below) the demonstrative use of the art. in the NT is confined to a poetical quotation Ac 1778, but it is not uncommon in the papyri, e.g. P Par 45® (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski®, p. 85) τὰ (for ἃ) πράσεις (Δ πράσσεις), P Oxy VIII. 1160! (iii/iv A.D.) Ta (for ἃ) σεσύλληχα (for συνείληχα) δὲ κέρμα {ταν τηρῶ αὐτὰ εἰς τὴν δίκην, “1 am keeping for the trial the money that I have collected” (Ed.). For the distributive Opéev.. - 6 8€, as in 1 Cor7’, cf. P Lond 535 (B.c. 161) (=I. p. 19, U.P.Z. i. p. 239) kal τὰ μὲν ἡμῶν ἐληφότων εἰς τὴν γινομένην ἡμῖν συντάξειν, τὰ δ᾽ ἔτι διὰ τὴν τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων {(.. ... > παρελκομένων. (2) The use of the art. as a relative, of which there is no trace in the NT, may again be illustrated by the following papyrus citations from ¢c. A.D. 346—P Lond 414® (= II. Ῥ. 292) γεινῴσκιν oe θέλω περὶ τοῦ βρεουίου…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ὁ (ho) — the/this/who.

ὁ,

ἡ, τό, is, when thus written,

__A demonstrative Pronoun.

__B in Attic dialect, definite or prepositive Article.

__C in Epic dialect, the so-called postpositive Article, = relative Pronoun, ὅς, ἥ, ὅ.—The nominative masculine and feminine singular and plural, ὁ, ἡ, οἱ, αἱ, have no accent in codices and most printed books, except when used as the relative; but ὁ, ἡ, οἱ, αἱ differ only in writing from ὃ, ἣ, οἳ, α; the nominative forms of the article are said by Hdn.Gr.1.474 to be oxytone, and by [Refs 2nd c.AD+] in Aeolic dialect accusative to [Refs 8th c.BC+] genitive and dative dual τοῖιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]— In Doric dialect and all other dialects except Attic dialect and Ionic dialect the feminine forms preserve the old ᾱ instead of changing it to η, hence Doric dialect etc. ἁ, τάν, τᾶ; the genitive plural τάων contracts in many dialects to τᾶ; the genitive…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ὁ ἡ τό

ho

he hay, and the neuter

to to

in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be

supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one,

he, she, it, etc.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ὁ, ἡ, τό

Article

the

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ὁ ho 19x

the prepositive article, answering, to a considerable extent, to the English definite article; but, for the principle and facts of its usage, consult a grammar; ὁ μὲν ... ὁ δέ, the one ... the other, Phil. 1:16, 17; Heb. 7:5, 6, 20, 21, 23, 24; pl. some ... others, Mt. 13:23; 22:5, 6; ὁ δέ, but he, Mt. 4:4; 12:48; οἱ δέ, but others, Mt. 28:17; used, in a poetic quotation, for a personal pronoun, Acts 17:28

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὁ the, that

ὁ, ἡ, τό, is

demonstr. Pronoun.

the definite Article.

in epic, the relative Pronoun, when it is written with the accent ὅ, ἥ, τό ῀ ὅς, ἥ, ὅ. Besides the common forms, note epic gen. sg. τοῖο for τοῦ; pl. nom. τοί, ταί; gen. fem. τάων [α^], dat. τοῖσι, τῇς and τῇσι; dual gen, and dat. τοῖιν:— in Trag. we find τοὶ μέν . . , τοὶ δέ . . , for οἱ μέν . . , οἱ δέ . . ; dat. pl. also τοῖσι, ταῖσι: the dual has commonly but one gender, τώ for τά, τοῖν for ταῖν.

DEMONSTR. PRONOUN:

joined with a Subst., not as the Art., but like Lat. ille, ὁ Τυδείδης Tydeus's famous son, Il.; Νέστωρ ὁ γέρων Nestor— that aged man, id. Il.; τιμῆς τῆς Πριάμου for honour, namely that of Priam, id. Il.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Art-GSF — Article · genitive · singular · feminine
genitive — of, from, belonging to.
Agrees with anything else marked singular feminine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

T-GSF Part of Speech: definite arTicle Case: Genitive Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ov:

(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.

English usagewhat the translators’ English meant
Webster's Dictionary (1828), Webster's Unabridged (1913), Webster's Dictionary (1806)

OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]

1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.

I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.

For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.

Lamentations 3:1.

The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.

Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.

That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.

Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
64%the
the64% · 13160×<the>28% · 5846×those3% · 597×other renderings4% · 788×other renderings1% · 294×

20,685 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 83 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
subject34%adverbial32%object24%predicate5%indirect object4%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 19,783 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςεἰμίI am, existἐγώ
ἐν
καίand, even, also,αὐτόςArticle the
εἰς
αὐτόςεἰσέρχομαιI go in, come inἔρχομαιI come, go
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakδέbut, on the otheπρός
εἰμίI am, exist
οὗτοςσύἐγώ
of the19783×
what comes after →
θεόςGod, a god
Article theκαίand, even, also,ἐγώ
δέbut, on the other ha
λέγωI say, speakἸησοῦςJesusἀποκρίνομαιI answer, reply
ἸησοῦςJesus
λέγωI say, speakκαίand, even, also,Article the
κύριοςlord, Lord, master,
ἐγώἸησοῦςJesusArticle the
πατήρfather, Father, ance
ἐγώσύαὐτός

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordance · 19,783× in the New Testament
Matthew Acts Luke John Revelation Mark Romans 1 Corinthians Hebrews 2 Corinthians Ephesians 1 John

40 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome The Epistle of Barnabas
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 1c. AD 40

Τῶν ἄλλων νομοθετῶν οἱ μὲν ἀκαλλώπιστα καὶ γυμνὰ τὰ νομισθέντα παρ’ αὐτοῖς εἶναι δίκαια διετάξαντο, οἱ δὲ πολὺν ὄγκον τοῖς νοήμασι προσπεριβαλόντες ἐξετύφωσαν τὰ πλήθη μυθικοῖς πλάσμασι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπικρύψαντες.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.argc. AD 75–95

τοῦ κόσμου σύστασις καὶ διάταξις τῶν στοιχείων.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.1c. AD 100

Χαίρετε, υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες, ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς, ἐν εἰρήνῃ.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 1st c. AD 3rd c. BC 6th c. AD
P.Stras. 2 89Pathyris100 BC

r βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν Φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιε, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν

P.Adl. 11Pathyris99 BC

ιζ Θῶυθ κη ἀπέδοτο Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει Παθύρεως χαλκοῦ Γ. ἐπρίατο Ὧρος Νεχούτου.

P.Grenf. 2 35Pathyris99 BC

βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιϛ, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν

Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
σπείρηςspeira cohort G4686 Noun · genitive · singular · feminine
7× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Acts than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
A band refers to a group of soldiers, like a Roman military cohort. In the Bible, it appears in Matthew 27:27 and Mark. It can also mean a squad of workers.
Amplified meaning
band, cohort
Tyndale gloss
band
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

σπεῖρα refers to anything coiled or twisted, and in military contexts, it denotes a cohort or band of soldiers, specifically a Roman manipulus or cohort of about 600 men. It appears in several New Testament passages, including Matthew 27:27 and Acts 10:1. The lexicons agree on its military usage, but some detail variations in its broader meanings, such as coils or ropes.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

** σπείρα, -ης

(on this form of gen., v. M, Pr., 38, 48; Bl., § 7, 1; Mayser, 12; Deiss., BS, 186),

[in LXX: Jth 14:11, II Mac 8:23 12:20, 22 * ;]

(= Lat. spira) anything or rolled up, a coil.

As a military term used (by Polyb. and later writers) of a body of soldiers, a maniple (third part of a cohort) or cohort (v. Swete, Mk., 375; Westc., Jo., 251 f.): Mt 27:27, Mk 15:16, Jo 18:3, 12, Ac 10:1 21:31 27:1.†

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

σπεῖρα (on the accent cf. B. 11; Chandler § 161; Ταῦ Proleg. p.102], ἡ, gen. -ys (Acts x. 1; xxi. 31; xxvii. 1; see [Tdf. Proleg. p. 117; WH. App. p. 156; and] paχαιρα, init.), [ecogn. w. σπυρίς (4. v-) J; a. Lat. spira; anything rolled into a circle or ball; anything wound, rolled up, folded together. b. α military cohort (Polyb. 11, 23, 1 τρεῖς σπείρας" τοῦτο δὲ καλεῖται τὸ σύνTaypa τῶν πεζῶν παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις Kodptis), i. 6. the tenth part of a legion [i. 6. about 600 men (i. e. legionaries), or if auxiliaries either 500 or 1000; cf. Marquardt, Romisch. Alterth. IIL ii. p. 371. But surely τοῦτο τὸ σύνταγμα in the quotation comprehends the τρεῖς ow.; hence Polyb. here makes a oz. equal to a maniple, cf. 2, 3,2; 6, 24,5; ef. Zonaras, Lex. p. 1664, o7.+ σύνταγμα διακοσίων ἀνδρῶν. On the other hand, “the later Grk. writ. almost uniformly employ oz. as the representative of cohors” (Smith…

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Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

σπεῖρα, gen. σπείρης (as in the NT and apparently always in the papyri: see Pro/eg. pp. 38, 48). The word meant originally “a coil,” but came to be applied to a ‘‘maniple” or “cohort”? of soldiers. For this, its only meaning in the NT, cf. P Oxy III. 4773 (a.p. 132-3) γενομένῳ ἐπάρχῳ σπείρης πρώτης Δαμασ[κ]ηνῶν, “late praefect of the first cohort of the Damascenes,” and similarly BGU I. 73? (A.D. 135), 13622 (A.D. 135), α΄ See also PSI V. 447%? (A.D. 167) ot ὑπογεγρα(μμένοι) στρατευσάμενοι ἐν εἴλαις. καὶ σπείραις. In P Lond 755 verso® (iv/A.D.) (ΞΞ ΠΠ. p. 223), a list of buildings with measurements, σπί(ε)ῖραι = ‘base mouldings.” In the inscrr. the word is used for θίασος : see Deissmann BS p. 186.

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

σπεῖρα (speira) — band.

σπεῖρα, ἡ,

anything twisted or wound, ποιεῖν τι οἷον σπεῖραν twist it into a ball, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. plural, coils or spires of a serpent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολύπλοκοι σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in singular, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. rope, cord, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπείραισι δικτυοκλώστοις with the net's meshy folds, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ship's cable, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; padded circle used by women carrying weights on their head, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; so by Atlas, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; as a lamp-stand, ἀρτεμισίας σ. ἐπὶ τὸν λύχνον [Refs]; round cushion, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

4. a mode of dressing the hair, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

5. σ. βόειαι thongs or straps of ox-hide to guard and arm a boxer's fist, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

6. knot or curl in wood, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

σπεῖρα

speira

of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of 138 in the

sense of its cognate 1507; a coil (spira, "spire"), i.e.

(figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by

analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors):--band.

see GREEK for 1507

see GREEK for 138

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

σπεῖρα, ης, ἡ

n.f.

a cohort

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

σπεῖρα speira 7x

anything twisted or wreathed, a cord, coil, band, etc.; a band of soldiers, company, troop; used for a Roman cohort, about 600 soldiers, Mt. 27:27; Acts 10:1; the temple guard, Mk. 15:16; Jn. 18:3, 12; Acts 21:31; 27:1*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

σπεῖρα σπεῖρα, ἡ, Lat. spira, anything wound or coiled: in pl. the coils or spires of a serpent, Eur.; also σπείραις δικτυοκλώστοις with the net's meshy folds, Soph.

σπεῖραι βόειαι thongs or straps of ox-hide bound round a boxer's fist, the caestus, Theocr.

a body of men-at-arms, the Roman manipulus, = two centuries, Polyb.:—also a cohort, NTest.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Noun-GSF — Noun · genitive · singular · feminine
genitive — of, from, belonging to.
Agrees with anything else marked singular feminine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

N-GSF Part of Speech: Noun Case: Genitive Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ko'-hort: In the Revised Version, margin of Mt 27:27; Mr 15:16; Joh 18:3,12; Ac 10:1; 21:31; 27:1, the translation of speira (the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), "band"); the tenth part of a legion; ordinarily about 600 men. In Joh 18 the word seems to be used loosely of a smaller body of soldiers, a detachment, detail.

See ARMY; BAND.

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
86%cohort
cohort86% · 6×the cohort14% · 1×

7 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 2 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
object43%subject29%adverbial14%indirect object14%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 7 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
Article the
ὅλοςall, the whole, λαμβάνωI receive, takeχιλίαρχοςa military tribu
οὖνtherefore, then
Article the
ἐκ
ἑκατοντάρχηςa centurion
ἸούλιοςJulius
ὄνομαname, character,
σπεῖραcohort
what comes after →
καίand, even, also, nam
ἐκArticle the
Article the
καλέωI call, invite,
ὅτιthat, since, because
ὅλοςall, the whole,
σεβαστόςaugust, venerated

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceσπεῖρα · 7× in the New Testament
Acts John Matthew Mark
Across the New Testament4 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus
JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 8.79c. AD 75–95

ὑπερήρειστο δὲ κατὰ τὸ μεσαίτατον τοῦ κύτους σπείρᾳ περιαγομένῃ εἰς ἕλικας δέκα·

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 1st c. AD 3rd c. AD 1st c. BC 4th c. AD

πλοίου δημοσίου οὗ ἐπίσημον α … ς, διʼ ἐπιπλόου Λουκίου Οὐκλατίου στρατιώτου λεγεῶνος κβ σπείρης β κεντυρίας Μαξίμου Στολτίου, καὶ Ἑρμίας Πετάλου κυβερνήτης ἑτέρου πλοίου οὗ ἐπίσημον Αἴγυπτος, διʼ

P.Mich. 9 568Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)AD 92

τοῦ Σαραπίωνος ὡς ἐτῶν κε οὐλὴ μετώπωι μέσωι ὑπὸ τρίχα Μάρκωι Ἀνθεστίῳ Γεμέλλῳ στρατιώτῃ σπείρης γ Ἰτουραίων ἑκατονταρχίας Τιτίου ὡς ἐτῶν λε οὐλὴ γενείωι ἐξ ἀριστερῶν ἐπάναγκον τὴν ὁμολογοῦσαν

P. Mich. 9 569Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)AD 92

Σαραπίωνος ὡς ἐτῶν εἴκοσι πέντε οὐλὴ μετώπῳ μέσωι ὑπὸ τρίχα Μάρκωι Ἀνθεστίῳ Γεμέλλωι στρατιώτῃ σπείρης τρίτης Ἰτουραίων ἑκατονταρχίας Τιτίου ὡς ἐτῶν τριάκοντα πέντε οὐλὴ γενείωι ἐξ ἀριστερῶν ἐπάναγκον τὴν

Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
ὅτιhoti that G3754 Conjunction
1,293× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Acts as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This Greek word means 'that' or 'because', used to introduce a reason or explanation. It appears in the New Testament, such as in Matthew 3:9 and Romans 8:38. It helps to show cause and effect in sentences.
Tyndale gloss
that/since: that
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ὅτι (hoti) is a conjunction primarily meaning 'that' or 'because.' It introduces objective clauses, often following verbs of perception or declaration, and can also serve as a causal particle. The New Testament frequently employs it in this way, such as in Matthew 5:4-12. There is some variation in how lexicons describe its usage, particularly regarding its pleonastic function in direct discourse.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ὅτι,

conjc. (prop. neut. of ὅστις).

As conjc, introducing an objective clause, that;

after verbs of seeing, knowing, thinking, saying, feeling: Mt 3:9 6:32 11:25, Mk 3:28, Lk 2:49, Jo 2:22, Ac 4:13, Ro 1:13 8:38 10:9, Phl 4:15, Ja 2:24, al.; elliptically, Jo 6:46, Phl 3:12, al.

After εἶναι (γίνεσθαι): defining a demonstr. or pers. pron., Jo 3:19 16:19, Ro 9:6, I Jo 3:16 al.; c. pron. interrog., Mt 8:27, Mk 4:41,

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ὅτι [properly neut. of ὅστις], a conjunction [fr. Hom. down], (Lat. quod [ef. W. § 53,8 b.; B. § 139, 51; § 149, 87), marking I. the substance or contents (of a statement), that; 1. joined to verbs of saying and declaring (where the ace. and infin. is used in Lat.) : ἀναγγέλλειν, Acts xiv. 27; διηγεῖσθαι, Acts ix. 273; εἰπεῖν, Mt. xvi. 20; xxviii. 7,13; Jn. vii. 42; xvi. 15; 1Co.i.15; λέγειν, Mt. iii. 9; vill. 11; Mk. iii. 28; Lk. xv.7; Jn. xvi. 20; Ro. iv. 9 [T Tr WH om. L br. ὅτι}; ix. 2, and very often; προεἰρηκέναι, 2 Co. vii. 3; before the ὅτι in Acts xiv. 22 supply λέγοντες, contained in the preceding παρακαλοῦντες [ef. B. §151, 11]; ὅτι after γράφειν, 1 Co. ix.10; 1 Jn. 11. 12-14; μαρτυρεῖν, Mt. xxiii. 31; Jn. i. 34; iii. 28; iv. 44; ὁμολογεῖν, Heb. xi. 13; δεικνύειν, Mt. xvi. 21; δηλοῦν, 1 Co. i. 11; διδάσκειν, 1 Co. xi. 14. after ἐμφανίζειν. Heb. xi. 14; δῆλον (ἐστίν), 1 Co.…

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οτι. (1) For ὅτι, ‘‘that,” introducing an objective clause after verbs of knowing, saying, etc., cf. P Tebt II. 4098 (A.D. 5) εἰδὼ[ς ὅ]τι ἐξίι)ουσίαν αὐτῶν ἔχει kal Λυσίμαχος kal σύ, ΚΕ knew that both you and Lysimachus had plenty of them” (Edd.), P Fay 109° (early i/A.D.) νομίσας ὅτι (cf. Mt 517) κιχρᾷς por αὐτούς, ““ consider that you are lending them (sc. staters) to me’’ (Edd.), BGU III. 8464* (ii/a.p.) (= Selections, p. 93) γεινώσκειν σαι θέλω, ὅτι οὐχ [HA] Lov, ὅτι ἀναβένις (1. ἀναβαίνεις) els τὴν μητρόπολιν, “1 wish you to know that I had no hope that you were coming up to the metropolis,” 74.9 αἴγραψά σοι, ὅτι γυμνός εἰμει, “1 wrote you that I am naked,” and P Tebt II. 420+ (iii/A.D.) οἴδατε ὅτι ἀπὸ ζημίας ἠμί, ‘‘ You know that I am blameless.” Ὅτι, however, is frequently omitted, e.g. BGU IIL. 8153(ii/a.p.) γεινόσκιν σε θέλω [τὴ]ν ἐπιστολήν σου ἔλαβε (corrected by another hand…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ὅτι (hoti) — that/since: that.

ὅτῐ,

Epic dialect ὅττῐ (both in [Refs 8th c.BC+]: conjunction, to introduce an objective clause, that, after Verbs of seeing or knowing, thinking or saying; in [Refs 8th c.BC+] —Usage:

I. when ὅτι introduces a statement of fact:

I. a in [Refs 8th c.BC+] always with indicative, the tense following the same rules as in English, ἤγγειλ᾽ ὅττι ῥά οἱ πόσις ἔκτοθι μίμνε πυλάων [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I. b in Attic dialect, ὅτι takes indicative after primary tenses, indicative or optative after secondary tenses, e.g. ἐνδείκνυμαι ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι σοφός [Refs 5th c.BC+] news came that Megara had (literal has) revolted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes optative and indicative are found in the same sentence, ἔλεγον, ὅτι Κῦρος μὲν τέθνηκεν, Ἀριαῖος δὲ πεφευγὼς.. εἴη [Refs 5th c.BC+].. and the accusative with infinitive…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ὅτι

hoti

neuter of 3748 as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes

redundant); causative, because:--as concerning that, as though,

because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.

see GREEK for 3748

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ὅτι

Cj.

that, since, because

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ὅτι hoti 1x

originally was the neuter of ὅστις, that, Mt. 2:16, 22, 23; 6:5, 16; often used pleonastically in reciting another’s words, Mt. 9:18; Lk. 19:42; Acts 5:23; as a causal particle, for that, for, because, Mt. 2:18; 5:3, 4, 5; 13:13; because, seeing that, since, Lk. 23:40; Acts 1:17

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Conj — Conjunction
conjunction — it joins clauses, and never changes form.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

CONJ CONJunction or conjunctive particle

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
64%that
that64% · 856×because19% · 252×for16% · 209×other renderings1% · 12×

1,329 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 8 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
adverbial16%object4%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,293 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
σύ
λέγωI say, speakγάρforδέbut, on the othe
λέγωI say, speak
αὐτόςσύδέbut, on the othe
οἶδαI know, remember
οὐNegκαίand, even, also,ἐγώ
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakμαθητήςa learner, disciπερί
γινώσκωI come to know, lear
οὗτοςκαίand, even, also,αὐτός
ὅτιthat1293×
what comes after →
Article the
θεόςGod, a godκύριοςlord, Lord, mastπατήρfather, Father,
οὐNeg
εἰμίI am, existοἶδαI know, rememberδύναμαιI am powerful, a
ἐγώ
εἰμίI am, existοὐNegArticle the
οὗτος
εἰμίI am, existArticle theποιέωI do, make
πᾶςall, the whole, ever
Article theῥῆμαa thing spokenζητέωI seek, search f

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceὅτι · 1,293× in the New Testament
John Luke Matthew Acts Mark 1 John Revelation 1 Corinthians Romans 2 Corinthians Galatians Philippians

2 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas The Epistle of Barnabas Clement of Rome
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 8c. AD 40

Μωυσῆς δὲ καὶ φιλοσοφίας ἐπ’ αὐτὴν φθάσας ἀκρότητα καὶ χρησμοῖς τὰ πολλὰ καὶ συνεκτικώτατα τῶν τῆς φύσεως ἀναδιδαχθεὶς ἔγνω δή, ὅτι ἀναγκαιότατόν ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς οὖσι τὸ μὲν εἶναι δραστήριον αἴτιον, τὸ δὲ παθητόν, καὶ ὅτι τὸ μὲν δραστήριον ὁ τῶν ὅλων…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.argc. AD 75–95

ὅτι τῶν ἐθνῶν ἕκαστον ἀπὸ τῶν οἰκισάντων προσηγορεύθη.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.3c. AD 100

ὅτι ἀληθῶς βλέπω ἐν ὑμῖν ἐκκεχυμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ πλουσίου τῆς πηγῆς κυρίου πνεῦμα ἐφ̓ ὑμᾶς.

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2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 4th c. AD 3rd c. BC 6th c. AD
C.Erbstreit14Diospolis Magna (Theben)187 BC

καὶ τὴν εἰκοστὴν τοῦ ἐγκυκλίου καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τὰ καθήκοντα. … ται Προῖτος, καθʼ ὅτι πρόκειται … ἑξήκοντα ἓξ τετρωβόλου καὶ τῆς … … τοπογραμματέως τοῦ Παθυρίτου … ἀρουρῶν

P.Grenf. 1 10 p. 24Hermonthis149 BC

ι τοῖς ἐνκαλουμένοις τὸ ἀντίγραφον τῆς ἐντεύξεως λαβεῖν παρ … τ … … πίστιν ὅτι ἀπαντησα … ἐπὶ τὸ ἐν τῆι αὐλῆι κριτήριον ἐν ἡμέραις λ οὐκ ο

P.Bour. 10Pathyris89 BC

δʼ ἐπιχειροῦντας μὴ ὑπακούειν σου … υτέραι στάσει ἐχομένους ἀσφαλισάμενος μέχρι τοῦ καὶ ἡμᾶς ὅτι τάχος ἐπιβαλεῖν πρὸς σέ. ἔρρωσοἔρρωσο ἔτους κϛ Φαμενὼθ ιϛ

Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
ὅληholos all G3650 Adjective · nominative · singular · feminine
108× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Acts as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
The Greek word for 'all' or 'whole', meaning complete in every way, is used in the Bible to describe things that are entire or total, like in Luke 5:5 and Acts 11:26.
Amplified meaning
the whole, entire
Tyndale gloss
all
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ὅλος (i.e., *holos*) means 'whole' or 'entire,' and it can refer to both persons and things. It is used in various contexts in the New Testament, such as in Luke 5:5 and Acts 11:26, to denote completeness or totality. The lexicons indicate that it can function as an adjective, noun, or adverb, and it often appears with or without an article before a noun.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ὅλος, -η, -ον,

[in LXX chiefly for כֹּל;]

of persons and things, whole, entire, complete;

of indefinite ideas, c. subst. anarth.: Lk 5:5, Ac 11:26 28:30, Tit 1:11; ὅλον ἄνθρωπον (an entire man; v. Field, Notes, 93), Jo 7:23; ὅλη Ἰερουσαλήμ (= πᾶσα Ἰ, Mt 2:3; v. Bl., § 47, 9), Ac 21:31.

Definite, c. art.;

preceding subst.: Mt 4:23, 24, Lk 8:39, I Co 12:17, al.;

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ὅλος, -7, -ov, Sept. for 3, [fr. Pind. (Hom.) down], whole, (all): with an anarthrous subst. five [six] times in the N. Τ᾽, viz. ὅλον ἄνθρωπον, Jn. vii. 23; ἐνιαυτὸν ὅλον, Acts Xi. 26; ὅλη ἱΙερουσαλήμ, Xxi. 31; διετίαν ὅλην, XXViii. 30; ὅλους οἴκους, Tit. i. 11; [to which add, δὲ ὅλης νυκτός, Lk. ν. ὅ LT Tr WH]. usually placed before a substantive which has the article: ὅλη ἡ Γαλιλαία, Mt. iv. 23; ὅλη ἡ Συρία, 24; καθ᾽ ὅλην τὴν πόλιν, Lk. viii. 39; ὅλον τὸ σῶμα, Mt. ν. 29 sq.; vi. 22. sq.; Lk. xi. 34; 1 Co. xii. 17; Jas. iii. 2, ete.; [ὅλη ἡ ἐκκλησία, Ro. xvi. 23 LT Tr WH); ὅλην τ. ἡμέραν, Mt. xx. 6; Ro. viii. 36; ὅλος ὁ νόμος, Mt. xxii. 40; Gal. v. 3; Jas. ii. 10; ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ cov, Mt. xxii. 37; ἐξ ὅλης τ. καρδίας σου, Mk. xii 80, and many other exx. it is placed after a substantive which has the article [W. 131 (124) note; B. § 125, 6]: ἡ πόλις ὅλη, Mk. i. 33; Acts xix. 29 [Ree.]…

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ὅλος. P Grenf II. 773° (iti/iv a.D.) (= Selections, p. 121) τῆς ὅλης δα[πά]νης, “the whole outlay,” P Oxy VI. 903* (iv/A.D.) ἐπὶ ὅλας ἑ[πτ]ὰ ἡμέρας, ‘for seven whole days,” and Priéene 112°5 (after B.c. 84) διὰ τοῦ χειμῶνος ὅλου, «ἐ during the whole winter”’ (cf. Lk 5°). See also P Thead 351 (A.D. 299), where, at the end of a deed of sale, the vendor announces—typaa τὰ ὅλα. With the use of ὅλος in Jn 9*4, 131°, we may compare P Fay 1198 (c. A.D. 100) χόρτον σαπρὸν καὶ ὥλον (1. ὅλον) λελυμένον, ‘rotten hay, the whole of it decayed” (Edd.). Other exx. are P Tebt I. 3315 (B.C. 112) (= Selections, p. 31), where the instructions for the entertainment of a Roman visitor are summed up in the words—rd δ᾽ ὅλον ἐπὶ πάν[των] τὴν μεγίστην…

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ὅλος (holos) — all.

ὅλος, η, ον,

Ionic dialect οὖλος, η, ον, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+] (compare ἡμι-ολίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅλως uncertain in [Refs 6th c.BC+]:—whole, entire, complete in all its parts, of persons and things, ἄρτος οὖλος a whole loaf, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μηνὶ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ οὔλῳ in a whole month, [Refs]; οὖλος ὁρᾷ, οὖλος δὲ νοεῖ, οὖλος δέ τ᾽ ἀκούει (i.e. ὁ θεός) [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὅλος ἑσπέρας ὀφθαλμός, i.e. the full moon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ὅ. χρόνος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ὤμοις ὅλην πόλιν φέρων a whole city, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόλεις ὅλαι whole, entire cities, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅλη ἡ πόλις, the city as a whole, [Refs]; ὅλους ποιητὰς ἐκμανθάνειν learn whole poets by heart, [Refs] substantive, τῆς ἡμέρας ὅλης in the course of the whole day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅλην τὴν νύκτα or τὴν νύκτα ὅλην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently between Article and substantive, τὸν ὅ. ἀμφὶ…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ὅλος

holos

a primary word; "whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount,

time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb:--all,

altogether, every whit, + throughout, whole.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ὅλος, η, ον

Adj

all, the whole, entire

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ὅλος holos 109x

all, whole, entire, Mt. 1:22; 4:23, 24

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Adj-NSF — Adjective · nominative · singular · feminine
nominative — the one doing it — the subject.
Agrees with anything else marked singular feminine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

A-NSF Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Nominative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ol: Used in various combinations, and with different meanings.

(1) All along, "Weeping all along as he went" (Jer 41:6), i.e. throughout the whole way he went, feigning equal concern with the men from Shiloh, etc., for the destruction of the Temple, so as to put them off their guard.

(2) All in all, "That God may be all in all" (1Co 15:28, Greek: panta en pasin, "all things in all (persons and) things"). "The universe, with all it comprises, will wholly answer to God's will and reflect His mind" (Dummelow).

(3) All one, "It is all one" (Job 9:22), "it makes no difference whether I live or die."

(4) At all, "If thy father miss me at all" (1Sa 20:6), "in any way," "in the least."

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
80%all
all80% · 92×whole16% · 18×other renderings4% · 5×

115 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 5 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
adverbial57%subject24%object16%predicate3%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 108 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
ἐν
καίand, even, also,οὗτοςπεριάγωI lead about, go
ἐκ
καίand, even, also,σύαὐτός
καίand, even, also, nam
ἐγώἀρχιερεύςhigh priest, chiγραμματεύςa scribe, town-c
εἰς
αὐτόςοὗτοςἀποστέλλωI send forth, se
κατά
ἐξέρχομαιI go out, come oἀπέρχομαιI come or go awaδιδάσκωI teach
ὅλοςall108×
what comes after →
Article the
σῶμαbody, fleshγῆthe earth, soil,οἶκοςa house, househo
καίand, even, also, nam
σύζημιόωI inflict loss uγίνομαιI come into bein
γίνομαιI come into being, a
ἵναin order that, sὡςas, like as, how
συνάγωI gather together
ἐναὐτός
ἐν
ἴδιοςone’s own, privaArticle the

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceὅλος · 108× in the New Testament
Matthew Acts Mark Luke John Revelation 1 Corinthians James Romans 1 John Galatians Hebrews

Every reference is on the Strong's page.

Across the New Testament16 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 98 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 25c. AD 40

εἰ δὲ τὸ μέρος εἰκὼν εἰκόνος [δῆλον ὅτι] καὶ τὸ ὅλον εἶδος, σύμπας οὗτος ὁ αἰσθητὸς κόσμος, εἰ μείζων τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης ἐστίν, μίμημα θείας εἰκόνος, δῆλον ὅτι καὶ ἡ ἀρχέτυπος σφραγίς, ὅν φαμεν νοητὸν εἶναι κόσμον, αὐτὸς ἂν εἴη [τὸ παράδειγμα, ἀρχέτυπος…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.28c. AD 75–95

καὶ γενομένου τούτου κατανοήσας τὴν ὅλην ὕλην διεχώρισε τό τε φῶς καὶ τὸ σκότος καὶ τῷ μὲν ὄνομα ἔθετο νύκτα, τὸ δὲ ἡμέραν ἐκάλεσεν ἑσπέραν τε καὶ ὄρθρον τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ φωτὸς καὶ τὴν ἀνάπαυσιν προσαγορεύσας.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 12.4c. AD 100

καὶ πάλιν ἐν ἑτέρῳ προφήτῃ λέγει: Ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐξεπέτασα τὰς χεῖράς μου πρὸς λαὸν ἀπειθῆ καὶ ἀντιλέγοντα ὁδῷ δικαίᾳ μου.

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2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 1st c. AD 6th c. AD 4th c. AD
BGU 3 1000Pathyris99 BC

σιτοφόρου ἀδιαιρέτου ἐν τῷ ἀπὸ βορρᾶ πεδίωι Παθύρεως τὸ ἐπιβάλλον αὐτῷ μέρος ἕβδομον· γείτονες ὅλης τῆς γῆς· νότου γῆ Πατοῦτος τοῦ Ψεμμώνθου βορρᾶ γῆ Φαμούνιος ἀπηλιώτου κοιλὰς διῶρυξ καλούμενος

P.Amh. 2 92Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)AD 162–AD 163

ἑνὶ ἐν κώμῃ Ἡρακλείᾳ Θεμίστου μερίδος καὶ τελέσειν εἰς τὸν τῆς ὠνῆς λόγον ὑπὲρ ὅλου τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ὀγδοήκοντα ὀβολοὺς ὀγδοήκοντα σύνπαντι λόγῳ, ὧν καὶ τὴν διαγραφὴν ποιήσω

P.Amh. 2 93Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)AD 181

Ἡρακλείᾳ τῆς Θεμίστου μερίδος ἐνεργὸν ἐξηρτισμένον ἅπασι σὺν τοῖς οὖσι χρηστηρίοις πᾶσι, φόρου τοῦ ὅλου ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐλαίου ῥαφανίνου κεραμίων ἑπτὰ θάλλου Εἰσίοις ἡμιχόου καὶ Ἀμεστεσίοις χοὸς ἔτι δὲ καὶ

Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
συγχύννεταιsugcheō are in an uproar G4797 Verb · perfect · passive · indicative · third person · singular
5× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Acts than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To confound or confuse, as seen in Acts 21:27 where a crowd is stirred up into chaos. This word describes a state of disorder or perplexity. It is used to convey a sense of turmoil or disruption.
Amplified meaning
a state of, thrown into, confusion, uproar
Tyndale gloss
to confound
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word συγχέω (lemma: sugcheō) combines the prefix συν- (together) with χέω (to pour). It generally means to pour together or to confound, covering a range of meanings from mixing substances to causing confusion or disorder in a situation. In the New Testament, it appears in contexts of confusion and uproar, particularly in Acts.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

συν-χέω

(Rec. συγ-),

[in LXX for בּלל, רגז, etc. ;]

to pour together, commingle, confuse; metaph., confound, throw into confusion, stir up trouble: Ac 21:27 (cf. συν-χύννω).†

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

συγ-χέω, συγ-χύνω, and συγ-χύννω, [T WH our (cf. σύν, II. fin.)] (see ἐκχέω, init.): impf., 3 pers. sing. cuvexuve (Acts ix. 22 RG Τῷ ΤΥ, τχυννεν T WH), 3 pers. plur. συνέχεον (Acts xxi. 27 RGT Tr WH [but some would make this a 2 aor., see reff. 5. v. éxxew, init.]); 1 aor. 3 pers. plur. συνέχεαν (Acts xxi. 27 L [see ἐκχέω, init.]); Pass., pres. 3 pers. sing. cvy(T WH συν-)χύννεται (Acts xxi. 31 LT Tr WH); pf. 3 pers. sing. συγκέχυται (Acts xxi. 31 RG), ptep. fem. cvy(T WH συν-)κεχυμένη (Acts xix. 32 RGLTTr WH); 1 aor. 3 pers. sing. συνεχύθη (Acts ii. 6 RGLTTr WH); fr. Hom. down; to pour together, commingle: ἦν ἡ ἐκκλησία συγκεχυμένη, Was irregularly assembled [4]. ‘in confusion’], Acts xix. 32; to disturb, τινά, the mind of one, to stir up to tumult or outbreak, Acts xxi. 27, 31; to confound or bewilder, Acts ii 6; ix.…

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Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

συνχέω, lit. ‘‘pour together,” ‘‘ confuse,” is used metaph. in Ac2T20— δὲ 5 ΠΡ ἢ amultituders| chsh eid ΝΣ Σ 38 (|| A.D.) (= II. p. 149) ὃ κόσμος ὅλος συνχυθήσεται, and P Oxy XVI. 18734 (late v/A.D.) ἔχω συνκεχυ[μ]ένος τοὺς λογισμούς, “1 feel my reasoning faculties confused” (Edd.). See also OG/S 66938 (i/A.D.) μηδὲ cvvRead the full entry →

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

συγχέω (sugcheō) — to confound.

συγχέω:

[Refs 8th c.BC+] uses present and imperfect active and 2nd pers. singular aorist σύγχεᾰς [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist συνέχευα, infinitive συγχεῦαι, aorist passive σύγχῠτο:—aorist passive -εχύθην [ῠ], for which -εχέθην is falsa lectio in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—pour together, commingle, confound, συνέχευε ποσὶν καὶ χερσὶν [τὰ ἀθύρματα] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σ. τὰς ψήφους mix them up, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰς ὄψεις, of lightning, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, ἡνία δέ σφι σύγχυτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μεταλλεῖα συγκεχυμένα in confusion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. obliterate, demolish, σ. τοὺς τάφους [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

συγχέω συγχύννω

sugcheo

or sugchuno soong-khoo'-no

from 4862 and cheo (to pour) or its alternate; to commingle

promiscuously, i.e. (figuratively) to throw (an assembly) into

disorder, to perplex (the mind):--confound, confuse, stir up, be in an

uproar.

see GREEK for 4862

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

συγχέω

v.

I bewilder, stir up

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

συγχέω syncheō 5x

to pour together, mingle by pouring together; hence, to confound, perplex, amaze, Acts 2:6; to confound in dispute, Acts 9:22; to throw into confusion, fill with uproar, Acts 19:32; 21:27, 31*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

συγχέω fut. -χεῶ, εῖς, εῖ aor1 -έχεα epic -έχευα inf. -χεῦαι Pass., aor1 -εχύθην epic3 sg. aor2 σύγχυ^το to pour together, commingle, confound, Il., Dem., etc.:—Pass. to be in confusion, Il.

like συγχώννυμι, to make ruinous, destroy, obliterate, demolish, Hdt., Eur.

of the mind, to confound, trouble, Hom., Hdt., etc.:—Pass., Eur.

to confound, make of none effect, frustrate, Il., Hdt., attic

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-RPI-3S — Verb · perfect · passive · indicative · third person · singular
perfect passive indicative — a past action whose result still stands.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-RPI-3S Part of Speech: Verb Tense: peRfect Voice: Passive Mood: Indicative Person: third Number: Singular

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
20%confounded
confounded20% · 1×confounding20% · 1×confused20% · 1×stirring up20% · 1×in an uproar20% · 1×

5 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 5 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
verb100%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 5 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
καίand, even, also, nam
πλῆθοςa multitudeἐνδυναμόωI fill with powe
ἐκκλησίαan assembly, congreg
Article the
ἱερόςa temple
Article the
ὅλοςall, the whole, enti
ὅτιthat, since, bec
συγχέωare in an uproar
what comes after →
ὅτιthat, since, because
ἀκούωI hear, listen
ἸουδαῖοςJewish
Article the
καίand, even, also, nam
Article the
πᾶςall, the whole, ever
Article the
ἹεροσόλυμαProp

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceσυγχέω · 5× in the New Testament
Acts
Across the New Testament1 of 27 books
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The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria
Philo of AlexandriaOn Abraham 174c. AD 40

ἕτερος μὲν οὖν ἃ δρᾶν ἔμελλεν εἰδὼς καὶ τῇ ψυχῇ συσκιάζων ὑπὸ τοῦ λεχθέντος κἂν συνεχύθη καὶ δακρύων πληρωθεὶς ἔμφασιν τοῦ γενησομένου παρέσχεν ἐκ τῆς περιπαθήσεως ἡσυχάζων.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 2.55c. AD 75–95

καὶ καθῆστο μὲν κατηφὴς καὶ συγκεχυμένη τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ διαμαρτεῖν τῆς ἐπιθυμίας λύπην ὡς ἐπὶ πείρᾳ διαφθορᾶς πλασαμένη μετʼ ὀργῆς, ἐλθόντι δὲ τἀνδρὶ καὶ πρὸς τὴν ὄψιν ταραχθέντι καὶ πυνθανομένῳ τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς κατηγορίας τῆς Ἰωσήπου κατήρξατο καί…

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. BC
P.Diosk. 17Herakleopolites152 BC

ἕως οὗ τὰ ἐπιστόλια ἡμῖν ἀπέστειλας. μετελάβομεν τῶι σε ἀηδῶς ἐσχηκέναι καὶ ἀπηλπίσθαι καὶ συνεχύθη ὅλον τὸ φρούριον. ἐπιγνόντες οὖν μετὰ ταῦτα τῷ σὲ καλῶς ἐσχηκέναι τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ καὶ

Of them seeking then him to kill there came a report to the commander of the cohort that all are in an uproar Jerusalem;
Ἰερουσαλήμ·Hierousalēm Jerusalem; G2419 Noun · proper name, indeclinable
76× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Acts than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine, an important city in the Bible. It's mentioned in Matthew 2:3 and many other places, often as a center of worship and faith.
Amplified meaning
the capital of Palestine
Tyndale gloss
Jerusalem
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The word Ἱεροσόλυμα (i.e. Jerusalem) is a proper noun of Hebrew origin, referring to the capital of Palestine. It appears in various forms in the New Testament, with Ἱερουσαλήμ being the indeclinable form used most frequently. The lexicons note its symbolic significance in verses like Galatians 4:25-26 and Hebrews 12:22, where it represents both the earthly city and a heavenly counterpart.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

Ἱερουσαλήμ, v.s. Ἱεροσόλυμα.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

Ἱεροσόλυμα [WH Ἴερ.. see their Intr. § 408], -ων, τά, (the invariable form in Mk. and Jn., almost everywhere in Mt. ana Joseph. [e. Ap. 1, 22, 13, ete.; Philo, leg. ad Gaium ὃ 36; (ef. Polyb. 16, 39, 4); al.]), and Ἱερουσαλήμ [WH.lep. (see ref. u. s.)], 7, indecl., (the invariable form in the Sept. [Josh. x. 1, ete.; Philo de somn. ii. 39 init. ; so Aristot. in Joseph. c. Ap. 1, 22, 7 (where see Miiller)]; in the N. T. where a certain sacred emphasis, so to speak, resides in the very name, as Gal. iv. 25 sq. [see Bp. Lghtft. ad loc.]; Heb. xii. 22; Rev. iii. 12; xxi. 2, 10; thus in direct address: Mt. xxiii. 37; Lk. xiii. 34; both forms are used promiscuously [yet with a marked preference for the indeclinable form] in the O. T. Apocr., and in the writ. of Luke and of Paul; [cf. Tdf Proleg. p- 119; WH. App. p. 160]. Whether there is also a third and unusual form Ἱεροσόλυμα, -ης, ἡ, in…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

Ἱερουσαλήμ (Hierousalēm) — Jerusalem.

Ἱερουσαλήμ, see: Ἱεροσόλυμα - (WH, Ἰερ-, see Intr., § 408), -ων, τά (on πᾶσα Ἱ., Mat.2:3, see WM, 794; M, Pr., 48, 244; Thayer, see word), and Ἱερουσαλήμ (WH, Ἰερ-), ἡ., indecl., as always in LXX exc. some parts of Apocr.. (Heb. יְרוּשָׁלִַם), the former always in FlJ, Mk, Jo EV. and Mt (except. Mat.27:37), and most frequently in Lk, the latter always in He, Re, and by St. Paul (except. Gal.1:17-18 2:1),

Jerusalem: Mat.2:1, Mrk.3:8, Jhn.1:19, al.; its…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

Ἱεροσόλυμα

Hierousalem

of Hebrew origin (3389); Hierusalem (i.e. Jerushalem), the capitol of

Palestine:--Jerusalem. Compare 2414.

see GREEK for 2414

see HEBREW for 03389

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἡ

Prop.n.

Jerusalem

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Ἰερουσαλήμ Ierousalēm 77x

Jerusalem, pr. name, indecl., also spelled Ἱεροσόλυμα   62x in our text. See PhotoGuide.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Noun-PRI — Noun · proper name, indeclinable
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

N-PRI Indeclinable PRoper Noun

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

je-roo'-sa-lem:

I. THE NAME

1. In Cuneiform

2. In Hebrew

3. In Greek and Latin

4. The Meaning of Jerusalem

5. Other Names

II. GEOLOGY, CLIMATE AND SPRINGS

1. Geology

2. Climate and Rainfall

3. The Natural Springs

III. THE NATURAL SITE

1. The Mountains Around

2. The Valleys

3. The Hills

IV. GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY OF JERUSALEM

1. Description of Josephus

2. Summary of the Names of the Five Hills

3. The Akra

4. The Lower City

5. City of David and Zion

V. EXCAVATIONS AND ANTIQUITIES

1. Robinson

2. Wilson, and the Palestine Exploration Fund (1865)

3. Warren and Conder

4. Maudslay

5. Schick

6. Clermont-Ganneau

7. Bliss and Dickie

8. Jerusalem Archaeological Societies

VI. THE CITY'S WALLS AND GATES

1. The Existing Walls

2. Wilson's Theory

3. The Existing Gates

4. Buried Remains of Earlier Walls

5. The Great Dam of the Tyropoeon

6. Ruins of Ancient Gates

7. Josephus' Description of the Walls

8. First Wall

9. Second Wall

10. Third Wall

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jerusalem

Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the dual form, and means “possession of peace,” or “foundation of peace.” The dual form probably refers to the two mountains on which it was built, viz., Zion and Moriah; or, as some suppose, to the two parts of the city, the “upper” and the “lower city.” Jerusalem is a “mountain city enthroned on a mountain fastness” (comp. Ps. 68:15, 16; 87:1; 125:2; 76:1, 2; 122:3). It stands on the edge of one of the highest table-lands in Palestine, and is surrounded on the south-eastern, the southern, and the western sides by deep and precipitous ravines.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(the habitation of peace), Jerusalem stands in latitude 31 degrees 46’ 35" north and longitude 35 degrees 18’ 30" east of Greenwich. It is 32 miles distant from the sea and 18 from the Jordan, 20 from Hebron and 36 from Samaria. "In several respects," says Dean Stanley, "its situation is singular among the cities of Palestine. Its elevation is remarkable; occasioned not from its being on the summit of one of the numerous hills of Judea, like most of the towns and villages, but because it is on the edge of one of the highest table-lands of the country. Hebron indeed is higher still by some hundred feet, and from the south, accordingly (even from Bethlehem), the approach to Jerusalem is by a slight descent. But from any other side the ascent is perpetual; and to the traveller approaching the city from the east or west it must always have presented the appearance beyond any other capital…

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

The chief city of the Holy Land, and to the Christian the most illustrious in the world. It is situated in 31 degrees 46’43" N. lat., and 35 degrees 13’ E. long. on elevated ground south of the center of the country, about thirty-seven miles from the Mediterranean, and about twenty-four from the Jordan. Its site was early hallowed by God’s trial of Abraham’s faith, Ge 22:1-24 2Ch 3:1. It was on the border of the tribes of Benjamin and Judah, mostly within the limits of the former, but reckoned as belonging to the latter, because conquered by it, Jos 15:8 18:16,28 Jud 1:18. The most ancient name of the city was Salem, Ge…

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The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 367 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria Clement of Rome
Philo of AlexandriaOn Dreams 2.250c. AD 40

ἡ δὲ θεοῦ πόλις ὑπὸ Ἑβραίων Ἱερουσαλὴμ καλεῖται, ἧς μεταληφθὲν τοὔνομα ὅρασίς ἐστιν εἰρήνης.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.180c. AD 75–95

τὴν μέντοι Σολυμᾶ ὕστερον ἐκάλεσεν Ἱεροσόλυμα.

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 41.2c. AD 96

οὐ πανταχοῦ, ἀδελφοί, προσφέρονται θυσίαι ἐνδελεχισμοῦ ἢ εὐχῶν ἢ περὶ ἁμαρτίας καὶ πλημμελείας, ἀλλ̓ ἢ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ μόνῃ: κἀκεῖ δὲ οὐκ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ προσφέρεται, ἀλλ̓ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ναοῦ πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον, μωμοσκοπηθὲν τὸ προσφερόμενον διὰ τοῦ…

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 8th c. AD
P. Murabba'ât 2 114MurabaatAD 70–AD 132

Τίτου Στατιλίου Σεουήρου πρὸ η εἰδῶν Ἰουλίων Πανέμου ὀγδόῃ καὶ δεκάτῃ … ἐν Ἱεροσολύμᾳ … αυουαια … Ὀρεινῆς προς … λεγεῶνος δεκάτης Φρετηνσίας ἑκατονταρχίας … νιου Σατορνείνου

P.Ross.Georg. 4 4Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)AD 710

δυναμένους ἀνθέξεσθαι τῷ ἔργῳ ἀπόστειλον διʼ ἀποκρισιαρίου σου ὅπως ἐξέλθωσιν διὰ στράτας εἰς αὐτὰ Ἱεροσόλυμα παρασκευάζων πληρωθῆναι αὐτοὺς τοὺς μισθοὺς καὶ τὴν ἀποτροφὴν αὐτῶν ἀποστέλλων τὸ χρυσίον τῆς δαπάνης

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