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N1904τῇ τε ἑτέρᾳ κατήχθημεν εἰς Σιδῶνα, φιλανθρώπως τε Ἰούλιος τῷ Παύλῳ χρησάμενος ἐπέτρεψεν πρὸς τοὺς φίλους πορευθέντι ἐπιμελείας τυχεῖν.

BSAOn theho thente next [day]heteros [following, after a night's rest] we landedkatagō [touched, arrived] ateis Sidon,Sidōn [an ancient city in Palestine] Consideratelyphilanthrōpōs [benevolently, humanely] thente <the>ho JuliusIoulios [a Roman centurion] <the>ho PaulPaulos [with kindness and respect] was treatingchraō he allowed [him]epitrepō [giving permission, permitting] topros <the>ho [his] friendsphilos [those who cared for him] may be goingporeuō [go to, meet with] careepimeleia [hospitality, kind attention] to receive.tugchanō [to take, to obtain]

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Acts 27:3quick helps
In a sentencePaul is allowed to visit friends in Sidon during his journey, receiving care from them.
Who is speakingThe narrator describes the interaction between Julius, a Roman centurion, and Paul.
Where we areThe events occur during Paul's sea voyage to Rome, specifically at Sidon.
The hard wordφιλανθρώπως
Take awayJulius shows kindness to Paul, allowing him to connect with others.
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How rare are these words?in the New Testament

2 of 20 occur nowhere else in the New Testament — words chosen on purpose.

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Deep Study — Acts 27:3

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Context — Paul's Journey to Romegenerated

2We boarded an Adramyttian ship about to sail for ports along the coast of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
3The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
4After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
5And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

Acts 27:3 recounts how Paul, during his journey to Rome, was treated with kindness by Julius, a Roman centurion. This moment highlights the humanity and consideration shown by Julius, allowing Paul to visit his friends in Sidon and receive care from them. The context illustrates the challenges and interactions faced by Paul as he traveled, emphasizing the support he received from fellow believers.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
1Acts 12:20Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
2Genesis 10:15And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
3Genesis 49:13Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
4Isaiah 23:2–4Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
5Zechariah 9:2and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 8 references, hung on the phrase they belong to


The Key Word φιλανθρώπως, philanthrōpōsgenerated

The word φιλανθρώπως is an adverb meaning 'humanely' or 'kindly.' It conveys a sense of benevolence, indicating how Julius treated Paul with respect and consideration during his journey.

This term is derived from a combination of words that imply a fondness for humanity. In this context, it describes Julius's courteous treatment of Paul, showcasing a compassionate approach.


How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated

In this verse, the Berean Standard Bible uses the term considerately, which is echoed in the KJV with courteously and in the ASV as kindly. These translations align in conveying the kindness shown by Julius.

Where they differ is in the rendering of κατήχθημεν. The BSB states we landed, while the KJV and others use touched, emphasizing different aspects of the action.


Sentence Structuregenerated

The main verb of the sentence is κατήχθημεν, we landed, which governs the entire clause. It is followed by a participial phrase χρησάμενος, having treated, and a series of phrases that describe the circumstances of the landing and the actions taken.

The structure includes a noun phrase Ἰούλιος, Julius, as the subject, and the object phrases detailing Paul's visit and the care he received, illustrating the relational dynamics in this passage.


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

Σιδών refers to Sidon, an ancient city in Phoenicia, which is rendered from the Hebrew צִידוֹן in the Septuagint. This connection to the Old Testament highlights Sidon's historical significance.

The word ἕτερος is used in the LXX to denote 'another' or 'other', indicating a distinction or sequence, which is relevant in understanding the timing of events in this passage.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

Acts 27:3 describes how Paul, on his journey to Rome, was treated kindly by Julius, a Roman centurion. Julius allowed Paul to visit his friends in Sidon, where he received care and hospitality. This moment illustrates the compassion shown to Paul during his travels.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

What does it mean that Julius treated Paul considerately?

It means Julius showed kindness and respect to Paul, allowing him the freedom to visit friends and receive care during his journey.

Why is Sidon significant in this passage?

Sidon is an ancient city where Paul was allowed to connect with friends, highlighting the support he received during his travels.

What does the word 'care' refer to in this context?

In this context, 'care' refers to the hospitality and kind attention Paul received from his friends in Sidon.

How does this passage illustrate the nature of Paul's journey?

This passage shows that despite the challenges of his journey, Paul experienced kindness and support from others, reflecting the community around him.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. In what ways have I experienced kindness from others during difficult times?
  2. How can I show consideration and kindness to those around me, like Julius did for Paul?
  3. What role does community play in supporting individuals during challenging journeys?
  4. How can I be more open to receiving care and support from friends and family?

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

Early church commentary on this passage highlights the kindness shown to Paul by Julius and the significance of his friends' support during his journey.

John ChrysostomCATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 27.1-3 c. 347–407
Aristarchus accompanies Paul for a while. He is fittingly and usefully present with the intention of reporting everything concerning him in Macedonia.
Early Church Fathers on Acts 27 →
John ChrysostomHomily on Acts 53 c. 347–407
"And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. Julius gave Paul liberty," it says, acting "courteously,
Early Church Fathers on Acts 27 →

Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse

Each of these wrote on Acts 27:3 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.

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

And the next day we touched at Sidon,.... This was a famous city in Phoenicia, upon the northern border of the land of Israel; it was a maritime place, and noted for trade and navigation; Mela (q)

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

), much more readily would it be now, when he had gained the reverence and confidence of all classes with whom he came in contact.

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

Sidon; a city in Phenicia, bordering upon Palestine, mentioned , and . Julius courteously entreated Paul; as Felix had commanded that centurion to whom he committed him, . And gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself; though Paul went with a soldier to guard him, as their manner was, yet it was a great favour that he might converse with his friends, and receive from them such refreshments towards his journey as he stood in need of. Now Paul indeed experienced the truth of God’ s word, , that he was with him: and it is wonderful to consider the presence of God with Paul all along: which things are our examples, that we also may put our trust in God, who hath said he will…

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

3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. Ver. 3. Liberty to go to his friend] A great favour: there is no small comfort in the communion of saints. This heathen persecutors knew, and therefore banished and confined the Christians to isles and mines, where they could not have access one to another. (Cyprian.)

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

(3) And Julius courteously entreated.—The English fairly expresses the meaning of the Greek adverb, which is literally philanthropically. We note, as in other instances, the favourable impression made by St. Paul’s conduct on official persons who came in contact with him. (Comp. Acts 18:14; Acts 19:31; Acts 19:37.) The “friends” of St. Paul at Sidon were probably Christian disciples who had seen him when he passed through Phœnicia, as in Acts 15:3, or in other journeys. To refresh himself.—Literally, to avail himself of their care. The Greek word suggests the thought of a provision of personal comforts, clothing and the like, for the voyage. After two years’ imprisonment we may well believe…

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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 3. Touched at Sidon] For some account of this place, See Clarke on Matthew 11:21; and See Clarke on Acts 12:20. Julius courteously entreated Paul] At the conclusion of the preceding chapter, it has been intimated that the kind treatment which Paul received, both from Julius and at Rome, was owing to the impression made on the minds of Agrippa and Festus, relative to his innocence. It appears that Julius permitted him to go ashore, and visit the Christians which were then at Sidon, without using any extraordinary precautions to prevent his escape. He was probably accompanied with the soldier to whose arm he was chained; and it is reasonable to conclude that this soldier would fare well…

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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

3. Sidon] The well-known seaport on the coast of Phœnicia.courteously entreated Paul] “To entreat” is in modern English only used as “to beseech” “to supplicate.” In the older language it had the same sense as “to treat,” “use” has now. Cp. Shaks. Hen. VI. (pt. 2) ii. 4. 81 “Entreat her not the worse, in that I pray you use her well.” The R. V. has “treated Paul kindly.”to refresh himself] The Greek is literally “to receive attention.” The Apostle no doubt knew some of the residents in Sidon, and at his request the centurion allowed him, while the vessel stayed there, to enjoy their company and kind offices.

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Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the Bible

We touched at Sidon - See the notes on Matthew 11:21. Sidon was about 67 miles north of Caesarea, and the passage could be easily accomplished, under favorable circumstances, in 24 hours.

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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

The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

WEBWorld English Bible2000

The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

NETBNew English Translation2006

The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed.

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

And the next day we touched at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go unto his friends and refresh himself.

RVARevised Version, American1894

And the next day we touched at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go unto his friends and refresh himself.

NWBWebster's Bible1833

And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously treated Paul, and gave him liberty to go to his friends to refresh himself.

GNVGeneva Bible1599

And the next day we arriued at Sidon: and Iulius courteously entreated Paul, and gaue him libertie to go vnto his friends, that they might refresh him.

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

And the next day we arrived at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and suffered him to go to his friends and refresh himself.

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

on the next [day] also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, did permit [him], having gone on unto friends, to receive [their] care.

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

on the next [day] also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, permitted [him], having gone on to friends, to receive [their] care.

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

The next day we landed at the city of Sidon, where Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

And the day following we came to Sidon. And Julius treating Paul courteously, permitted him to go to his friends, and to take care of himself.

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

The next day we had a brief stop at Sidon, and Julius was kind enough to let Paul go ashore and visit his friends so they could provide what he needed.

BBEBible in Basic English1949

And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

Word by word, the decisions they made

ἑτέρᾳheteros next [day] G2087 2 different renderings
nextASV BSB DBY FBV GNV KJV LSV MSB NETB NWB RVA ULB WEB YLT
followingDRA
κατήχθημενkatagō we landed G2609 3 different renderings
touchedASV KJV LSV NWB RVA WEB YLT
we landedBSB MSB ULB
arrivedDBY
ἐπέτρεψενepitrepō he allowed [him] G2010 2 different renderings
permittedDRA LSV
allowedNETB ULB
πορευθέντιporeuō may be going G4198 3 different renderings
go toBBE DBY NETB NWB ULB WEB
having goneLSV YLT
followingDRA
τυχεῖν.tugchanō to receive. G5177 2 different renderings
receiveBSB LSV MSB ULB YLT
to takeDRA

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.

clauseτεthenclausenoun phrase · adverbialτῇTheἑτέρᾳnext [day]verbκατήχθημενwe landedprepositional phrase · adverbialεἰςatΣιδῶναSidonτεthenclausenoun phrase · subject-ἸούλιοςJuliusclause · adverbialadverbialφιλανθρώπωςConsideratelynoun phrase · objectτῷ-ΠαύλῳPaulverbχρησάμενοςhaving treatedverbἐπέτρεψενallowed [him]clause · objectclause · adverbialprepositional phrase · adverbialπρὸςtonoun phraseτοὺςhisφίλουςfriendsverbπορευθέντιhaving goneobjectἐπιμελείαςcareverbτυχεῖνto receive

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

Sequenti autem die devenimus Sidonem. Humane autem tractans Julius Paulum, permisit ad amicos ire, et curam sui agere.

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

ܘܠܝܘܡܐ ܐܚܪܢܐ ܡܛܝܢ ܠܨܝܕܢ ܘܐܬܚܫܚ ܩܢܛܪܘܢܐ ܒܡܪܚܡܢܘܬܐ ܠܘܬ ܦܘܠܘܣ ܘܐܦܣ ܠܗ ܕܢܐܙܠ ܠܘܬ ܪܚܡܘܗܝ ܘܢܬܬܢܝܚ

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

τῇ τε ἑτέρᾳ κατήχθημεν εἰς Σιδῶνα, φιλανθρώπως τε Ἰούλιος τῷ Παύλῳ χρησάμενος ἐπέτρεψεν πρὸς τοὺς φίλους πορευθέντι ἐπιμελείας τυχεῖν.

The standard critical text of the New Testament.

Nestle-Aland 27th edition1993 · Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

τῇ τε ἑτέρᾳ κατήχθημεν εἰς Σιδῶνα, φιλανθρώπως τε Ἰούλιος τῷ Παύλῳ χρησάμενος ἐπέτρεψεν πρὸς τοὺς φίλους πορευθέντι ἐπιμελείας τυχεῖν.

The previous edition, still widely cited.

SBL Greek New Testament2010 · Michael Holmes

τῇ τε ἑτέρᾳ κατήχθημεν εἰς Σιδῶνα, φιλανθρώπως τε Ἰούλιος τῷ Παύλῳ χρησάμενος ἐπέτρεψεν πρὸς τοὺς φίλους πορευθέντι ἐπιμελείας τυχεῖν.

The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.

Westcott–Hort1881 · Westcott and Hort

τῇ τε ἑτέρᾳ κατήχθημεν εἰς Σιδῶνα, φιλανθρώπως τε Ἰούλιος τῷ Παύλῳ χρησάμενος ἐπέτρεψεν πρὸς τοὺς φίλους πορευθέντι ἐπιμελείας τυχεῖν.

The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.

Tregelles1857–1879 · Samuel Prideaux Tregelles

τῇ τε ἑτέρᾳ κατήχθημεν εἰς Σιδῶνα, φιλανθρώπως τε Ἰούλιος τῷ Παύλῳ χρησάμενος ἐπέτρεψεν πρὸς τοὺς φίλους πορευθέντι ἐπιμελείας τυχεῖν.

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

Tyndale House Greek NT2017 · Tyndale House, Cambridge

τῇ τε ἑτέρᾳ κατήχθημεν εἰς Σιδῶνα, φιλανθρώπως τε Ἰούλιος τῷ Παύλῳ χρησάμενος ἐπέτρεψεν πρὸς τοὺς φίλους πορευθέντι ἐπιμελείας τυχεῖν.

A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.

Byzantine majority text2018 · Robinson–Pierpont

τῇ τε ἑτέρᾳ κατήχθημεν εἰς Σιδῶνα, φιλανθρώπως τε Ἰούλιος τῷ Παύλῳ χρησάμενος ἐπέτρεψεν πρὸς τοὺς φίλους ἐπιμελείας τυχεῖν.

The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.

Textus Receptus1550/1894 lineage

τῇ τε ἑτέρᾳ κατήχθημεν εἰς Σιδῶνα, φιλανθρώπως τε Ἰούλιος τῷ Παύλῳ χρησάμενος ἐπέτρεψεν πρὸς φίλους ἐπιμελείας τυχεῖν.

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
τοὺς <the>NA28, NA27, Tyn, SBL, WH, Treg, ByzTR
πορευθέντι may be goingNA28, 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 27:3On theOn theτέthenthenτέἕτεροςnext [day]next [day]ἕτεροςκατάγωwe landedwe landedκατάγωεἰςatatεἰςΣιδώνSidon,Sidon,ΣιδώνφιλανθρώπωςConsiderateConsideratelyφιλανθρώπωςτέthenthenτέ<the><the>ἸούλιοςJuliusJuliusἸούλιος<the><the>ΠαῦλοςPaulPaulΠαῦλοςχράομαιwas treatinwas treatingχράομαιἐπιτρέπωhe allowed he allowed [himἐπιτρέπωπρόςtotoπρός<the><the>φίλος[his] frien[his] friendsφίλοςπορεύομαιmay be goinmay be goingπορεύομαιἐπιμέλειαcarecareἐπιμέλειατυγχάνωto receive.to receive.τυγχάνωκαίCj. and, eCj. and, even, καίκατάPrep. downPrep. down fromκατάἐπίPrep. on, Prep. on, to, aἐπίἐπιμελέομαιv. I take v. I take care ἐπιμελέομαιφίλοςAdj. & n.fAdj. & n.f. & nφίλοςἄνθρωποςn.m. a mann.m. a man, oneἄνθρωποςπαύωv. I causev. I cause to cπαύωχείρn.f. a hann.f. a handχείρκίχρημιv. I lendv. I lendκίχρημιπρόPrep. befoPrep. beforeπρόπεῖραn.f. a trin.f. a trial, eπεῖρατύπτωv. I beat,v. I beat, striτύπτωτίκτωv. I bear,v. I bear, brinτίκτωΣιλᾶςn.m. Silasn.m. SilasΣιλᾶςἝλληνn.m. a Heln.m. a Hellene,ἝλληνΠαῦλοςn.m. Pauln.m. PaulΠαῦλοςπαραλαμβάνωv. I take,v. I take, receπαραλαμβάνωεὐαγγελίζωv. I bringv. I bring goodεὐαγγελίζω
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 27:3

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.

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
τῇho On the G3588 Article · dative · 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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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-DSF — Article · dative · singular · feminine
dative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular feminine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

T-DSF Part of Speech: definite arTicle Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
Easton's Bible Dictionary

On

Light; the sun, (Gen. 41:45, 50), the great seat of sun-worship, called also Bethshemesh (Jer. 43:13) and Aven (Ezek. 30:17), stood on the east bank of the Nile, a few miles north of Memphis, and near Cairo, in the north-east. The Vulgate and the LXX. Versions have “Heliopolis” (“city of the sun”) instead of On in Genesis and of Aven in Ezekiel. The “city of destruction” Isaiah speaks of (19:18, marg. “of Heres;” Heb. ‘Ir-ha-heres, which some MSS. read Ir-ha-heres, i.e., “city of the sun”) may be the name given to On, the prophecy being that the time will come when that city which was known as the “city of the sun-god” shall become the “city of destruction” of the sun-god, i.e., when idolatry shall cease, and the worship…

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(abode or city of the sun), a town of lower Egypt, called BETH-SHEMESH in (Jeremiah 43:13) On is better known under its Greek name Heliopolis. It was situated on the east side of the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, just below the point of the Delta, and about twenty miles northeast of Memphis. The chief object of worship at Heliopolis was the sun, whose temple, described by Strabo, is now only represented by the single beautiful obelisk, of red granite so feet 2 inches high above the pedestal which has stood for more than 4000 years, having been erected by Usirtesen, the second king of the twelfth dynasty. Heliopolis was anciently famous for its learning, and Eudoxus and Plato studied under its priests. The first mention of this place in the Bible is in the history of Joseph, to whom we read Pharaoh gave "to wife Asenath the daughter…

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

See HELIOPOLIS.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

pain; force; iniquity

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
On 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

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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

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
τεte then G5037 Particle
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
Particle — Particle
particle — a small word colouring the clause; it does not decline.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

PRT PaRTicle, disjunctive 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

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

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Across the New Testament13 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
ἑτέρᾳheteros next [day] G2087 Adjective · dative · singular · feminine
97× 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 word means something or someone that is different or other, like in Luke 5:7 where it talks about another boat. It's used to distinguish one thing from another.
Amplified meaning
following, after a night's rest
Tyndale gloss
other
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

ἕτερος is an adjective meaning 'other' or 'another,' primarily used in the context of pairs or duality. It can refer to the second of two items or people, as well as to others in a broader sense. In the New Testament, it appears in various contexts, such as in Matthew and Luke, often contrasting with 'the first' or 'one.' Notably, it can also imply difference in kind or quality.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἕτερος, -α, -ον,

[in LXX chiefly for אַחֵר ;]

distributive pron., prop. dual (Bl., §13, 5; 51, 6), denoting the second of a pair, but in late Gk. encroaching on ἄλλος (M, Pr., 79 f.);

of number, other; c. art., the other;

of two, Lk 5:7 9:56, al.; opp. to ὁ πρῶτος, Mt 21:30; ὁ εἷς, Mt 6:24, Lk 7:41, Ac 23:6, al.; ἕ. μὲν . . . ἕ. δέ, the one . . . the other: I Co 15:40; the next: Lk 6:6 9:56 (sc. ἡμέρα, Xen.), Ac 20:15 27:3; = ὁ πλησίον, one's…

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

ἕτερος, -έρα, -epov, the other; another, other; [fr. Hom. wy ετι on]; Sept. chiefly ἴου Ἴπβ. Itrefers 1. tonumber. as opp. to some former pers. or thing; a. without the article, other: joined to a noun (which noun denotes some number or class within which others are distinguished from the one), Mt. xii. 45 and Lk. xi. 26, ἑπτὰ ἕτερα πνεύματα, i. 6. from the number of the πνεύματα or demons seven others, to be distinguished from the one already mentioned; add, Mk. xvi. 12; Lk. vi. 6; ix. 56, ete. ; Jn. xix. 37; Acts ii. 40; iv. 12, ete. ; Ro. vii. 8; viii. 39; xiii. 9; ἕτεραι yeveal, other than the present, i. e. past generations, Eph. iii. 5; as in class. Grk. ἄλλος, so sometimes also ἕτερος is elegantly joiaed toa noun that is in apposition: twice so in Lk., viz. ἕτεροι δύο κακοῦργοι two others, who were malefactors [Bttm. differently § 150, 3], Lk. xxiii. 325 ἑτέρους ἑβδομηκοντα…

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ἕτερος and ἀμφότεροι are claimed by Blass (Gr pp. 36, 179f.) as the only surviving words in the Hellenistic age which denote duality as distinct from plurality, and abundant evidence can be cited from the κοινή of the correct use of ἕτερος in this sense. See e.g. P Ryl IT. 2208 (a.p. 38) ἵνα Sot σοι ὄνον. . ἵνα καὶ αὐτὸς Sot ἑτέραν (a second ass), P Amh II. 65°* (early ii/A.pD.) δίκαιον τὸν ἕτερον ἀπολυθῆναι ἐὰν ἄλλος ἀντ᾽ αὐτοῦ κατασταθῇ, ‘it is just that one of them (sc. two brothers) should be released, if some one else is appointed in his stead” (Edd.), BGU 1. 54-5 (a.p. 79-80) ἕτερον εἶναι ὁμώνυμο(ν), “another of the same name,’’ P Fay 1008 (A.D. 99) τῇ] μὲν Kapitlw . . [τ]ῇ δὲ ἑτέρᾳ Xapitlw, with reference to two women, both named Charition, CPR I. 118 (A.D. 108) ἑτέρας . . οἰκίας, 23. 22319 (ii/A.D.) μέχρι [ἑτέρας ἀπογραφῆς, ‘until the next (lit. ‘fanother’’) census,’ P Tebt II.…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἕτερος (heteros) — other.

ἕτερος, α, ον,

only Attic dialect-Ionic dialect with ἕ-, Doric dialect ἅτερος [ᾰ] [Refs], Aeolic dialect ἄτερος [Refs 7th c.BC+]:— but ἅτερος [ᾱ], Attic dialect crasis for ὁ ἅτερος, [Refs 4th c.BC+], Ionic dialect οὕτερος (from ὁ ἕτ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+], Doric dialect ὥτερος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; neuter θάτερον [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect τοὔτερον [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect τοὐτέρου [Refs 7th c.BC+], Doric dialect θατέρω [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect τἠτέρῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —Later _masculine_ and _feminine_ θάτερος, θατέρα, even with the Article, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θάτερον accusative singular masculine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἕτερος, α, ον

Adj

another, different

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἕτερος heteros 98x

other, Mt. 12:45; another, some other, Mt. 8:21; besides, Lk. 23:32; ὁ ἕτερος, the other of two, Mt. 6:24; τῇ ἑτέρᾳ, on the next day, Acts 20:15; 27:3; ὁ ἕτερος, one’s neighbor, Rom. 13:8; different, Lk. 9:29; foreign, strange, Acts 2:4; 1 Cor. 14:21; illicit, Jude 7

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἕτερος ἕτερος, η, ον crasis for ὁ ἕτερος, ionic οὕτερος, doric ὥτερος; neut. θάτερον attic, ionic τοὔτερον: pl. ἅτεροι, θάτερα, for οἱ ἕτεροι, τὰ ἕτερα: gen. θατέρου: dat. θατέρῳ: fem. nom. ἁτέρα, dat. θἀτέρᾳ Lat. alter, the other, one of two, χειρὶ ἑτέρῃ Hom., v. infr. IV; χωλὸς ἕτερον πόδα, etc.:—then of all persons or things of which there are two, Lat. alteruter, Il.; τὴν ἑτ. πύλην one of the two gates, Hdt.; δυοῖν ἀγαθοῖν τὸ ἕτ. Thuc., etc.:—in pl. one of two parties, each of which is pl., Lat. alterutri, Hom.

in double clauses, ἕτερος (in Prose ὁ ἕτερος) is repeated, ἕτερον μὲν ἔδωκε, ἕτερον δ᾽ ἀνένευσε Il., etc.

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

A-DSF Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

da (yom; hemera): This common word has caused some trouble to plain readers, because they have not noticed that the word is used in several different senses in the English Bible. When the different uses of the word are understood the difficulty of interpretation vanishes. We note several different uses of the word:

(1) It sometimes means the time from daylight till dark. This popular meaning is easily discovered by the context, e. g. Ge 1:5; 8:22, etc. The marked periods of this daytime were morning, noon and night, as with us. See Ps 55:17. The early hours were sometimes called "the cool of the day" (Ge 3:8). After the exile the day. or daytime was divided into twelve hours and the night into twelve (see

Day

The Jews reckoned the day from sunset to sunset (Lev. 23:32). It was originally divided into three parts (Ps. 55:17). “The heat of the day” (1 Sam. 11:11; Neh. 7:3) was at our nine o’clock, and “the cool of the day” just before sunset (Gen. 3:8). Before the Captivity the Jews divided the night into three watches, (1) from sunset to midnight (Lam. 2:19); (2) from midnight till the cock-crowing (Judg. 7:19); and (3) from the cock-crowing till sunrise (Ex.…

The variable length of the natural day at different seasons led in the very earliest times to the adoption of the civil day (or one revolution of the sun) as a standard of time. The Hebrews reckoned the day from evening to evening, (Leviticus 23:32) deriving it from (Genesis 1:5) "the evening and the morning were the first day." The Jews are supposed, like the modern Arabs, to have adopted from an early period minute specifications of the parts of the natural day. Roughly, indeed, they were content to divide it into "morning, evening and noonday," (Psalms 55:17) but when they wished for greater accuracy they pointed to six unequal parts, each of which was again subdivided. These are held to have been -- "the dawn." "Sunrise."…

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

The day is distinguished into natural, civil, and artificial. The natural day is one revolution of the earth on its axis. The civil day is that, the beginning and the end of which are determined by the custom of any nation. The Hebrews began their day in the evening, Le 23:32; the Babylonians at sunrise; and we begin at midnight. The artificial day is the time of the sun’s continuance above the horizon, which is unequal according to different seasons, on account of the obliquity of the equator. The sacred writers generally divide the day into twelve hours. The sixth hour always ends at noon throughout the year; and the twelfth hour is the last hour before sunset. But in summer, all the hours of the day were longer than in winter, while those of night were shorter. See HOURS, and THREE.

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
36%other
other36% · 36×another35% · 35×others14% · 14×different4% · 4×next2% · 2×a different one2% · 2×other renderings7% · 7×

100 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 13 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
subject35%object27%adverbial26%predicate7%indirect object5%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 97 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,εἰςArticle the
καίand, even, also, nam
δέbut, on the otheκωφόςdumb, deafοὖνtherefore, then
δέbut, on the other ha
Article theβλέπωI look, see
ἐν
καίand, even, also,φανερόωI make clear, viδέbut, on the othe
εἰς
πορεύομαιI travel, journeΧριστόςanointed, the Me
ἕτεροςnext [day]97×
what comes after →
δέbut, on the other ha
Article theἸερεμίαςJeremiahπειράζωI try, tempt, te
λέγωI say, speak
σύζεῦγοςa yoke, team, paγυνήa woman, wife, m
πολύςmuch, many, often
καίand, even, also,ὅστιςβλασφημέωI speak evil aga
ἀγαπάωI love
Disj
καταφρονέωI despise, scorn
οὐNeg

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

Concordanceἕτερος · 97× in the New Testament
Luke Acts 1 Corinthians Matthew Romans Hebrews 2 Corinthians Galatians 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Ephesians James
Across the New Testament16 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 107 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 The Epistle of Barnabas
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 2c. AD 40

Μωυσῆς δ’ ἑκάτερον ὑπερβάς, τὸ μὲν ὡς ἄσκεπτον καὶ ἀταλαίπωρον καὶ ἀφιλόσοφον, τὸ δ’ ὡς κατεψευσμένον καὶ μεστὸν γοητείας, παγκάλην καὶ σεμνοτάτην ἀρχὴν ἐποιήσατο τῶν νόμων, μήτ’ εὐθὺς ἃ χρὴ πράττειν ἢ τοὐναντίον ὑπειπὼν μήτ’, ἐπειδὴ προτυπῶσαι τὰς…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.51c. AD 75–95

καὶ ὁ μὲν θεὸς ταῦτα προστάξας αὐτοῖς πάσχειν μετοικίζει τὸν Ἄδαμον καὶ τὴν Εὔαν ἐκ τοῦ κήπου εἰς ἕτερον χωρίον.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 6.14c. AD 100

ἴδε οὖν, ἡμεῖς ἀναπεπλάσμεθα, καθὼς πάλιν ἐν ἑτέρῳ προφήτῃ λέγει: Ἰδού, λέγει κύριος, ἐξελῶ τούτων, τουτέστιν ὧν προέβλεπεν τὸ πνεῦμα κυρίου, τὰς λιθίνας καρδίας καὶ ἐμβαλῶ σαρκίνας: ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐν σαρκὶ ἔμελλεν φανεροῦσθαι καὶ ἐν ἡμῖν κατοικεῖν.

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 6th c. AD 4th c. AD

τοῦ Παθυρίτου ἐφʼ οὗ ἀνομολογησάμενοι μόλις ἀπέδωκάν τινα. Συναλλάγματα δὲ καὶ συμβόλαια ἰδιόχρεα καὶ ἕτερα γράμματα λυμανάμενοι ἔβλαψαν τὰ διʼ αὐτῶν διάφορα τά τʼ ἔπιπλα ταξάμενοι ἀποδοῦναι οὐκ ἐποίησαν,

P.Grenf. 2 33Pathyris101 BC

σιτοφόρου λεγομένης Νεχθαραῦτι θεοῦ μεγάλου παρὰ τῶν ἱερέων ἐτῶν δέκα εἰς τὰ ἐνλιπόντα αὐτῷ ἑτέρων , τεσσάρων εἰς συμπλήρωσιν ἐτῶν πέντε , ὥστε γεωργῆσαι ἧς ἔθεντο μίσθωσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ

P.Stras. 2 89Pathyris100 BC

Μελιπαῖτος, βορρᾶ γῆ Παθώτου, ἀπηλιώτου γῆ Θράσωνος καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν, λιβὸς περίχωμα, τῆς δʼ ἑτερᾶς· νότου γῆ Τακοίμιος, βορρᾶ γῆ Χενσθώτου, ἀπηλιώτου Ἀείους, λιβὸς περίχωμα, τῆς δʼ ἄλλης λεγομένης

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
κατήχθημενkatagō we landed G2609 Verb · second aorist · passive · indicative · first person · plural
9× 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 bring down means to lead or guide someone downward, like in Acts 22:30. It involves moving someone or something from a higher place to a lower one, as seen in Romans 10:6. This word can also describe bringing a ship to land, like in Luke 5:11.
Amplified meaning
touched, arrived
Tyndale gloss
to bring down
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word κατάγω (*katagō*) is built from the prefix κατά (down) and the root ἄγω (to lead). It means to bring down, particularly in nautical contexts, such as bringing a ship to land. In the New Testament, it appears in passages like Acts 9:30 and Luke 5:11, where it refers to leading down or bringing to shore.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

κατ-άγω,

[in LXX chiefly for ירד hi.;]

to bring down: c. acc. pers., Ac 22:30, Ro 10:6; id. seq. εἰς, Ac 9:30 23:15, 20, 28; as nautical term, to bring to land: τ. πλοῖον ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Lk 5:11; pass., seq. εἰς, Ac 27:3 28:12.†

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

κατ-άγω : 2 aor. κατήγαγον ; 1 aor. pass. κατήχθην ; Sept. for ΤΙ, to make to descend; to lead down, bring down: τινά, Acts xxii. 30; Ro. x.6; τινά foll. by εἰς w. ace. of place, Acts ix. 30; xxiii. (15 LT Tr WH], 20, 28; τινά foll. by πρός w. ace. of pers., Acts xxii. 15 [RG]; τὸ πλοῖον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν to bring the vessel (down from deep water) to the land, Lk. v.11}; κατάγεσθαι; to be brought (down) in a ship, to land, touch at: foll. by εἰς w. ace. of place, Acts xxi. 3 [LT Tr WH κατήλθομεν]; xxvii. 3; xxviii. 12; often so in Grk. writ.

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

κατάγω is frequently used of ‘‘ bringing down” corn etc. to the sea coast or a harbour, e.g. P Grenf IT. 441} (a.p. 101) ὡς els φόρετρα ὧν κατῆξαν γένων ἐπὶ κώμη(ς) Βακχιάδος, of goods ‘‘brought down” the canal which at one time ran past Philadelphia to Bacchias and the lake, P Oxy IV. 708? (A.D. 188) τοῦ] καταχθέντος γόμου ἐκ Tod ὑπὸ σοὶ νομοῦ, BGU I. 812° (Α.Ὁ. 189) ἃς καὶ κατήξαμεν εἰς ὅρμον ἄλσους μητρο(πόλεως). For a similar use of the subst. καταγωγή see P Magd 11° (B.c, 221) τῆι καταγωγῆι Tod σίτου, and cf. Archiv iii. p. 219f. On τὸ καταγώγιον = ‘‘the sum paid for this transport,” see Wilcken Os¢v. i. p. 379.

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

κατάγω (katagō) — to bring down.

κατ-άγω [ᾰγ],

future -ξω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist κατήγᾰγον [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 1 κατῆξα[Refs 5th c.BC+]: Epic dialect aorist infinitive -αξέμεν[Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect καταγήοχα[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—lead down, especially into the nether world, ψυχὰς μνηστήρων κατάγων [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, bring down to a place, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; bring down a river or canal, [Refs]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. draw down, κατῆγεν ἦγεν ἦγεν ἐς μέλαν πέδον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially by magic arts, κ. τὸν Δία [Refs 1st c.AD+], uncertain meaning in [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. bring down to the sea-coast, κατάγειν κοίλας ἐπὶ νῆας [Refs 8th c.BC+]

3. b launch, σκάφος εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

κατάγω

katago

from 2596 and 71; to lead down; specially, to moor a vessel:--bring

(down, forth), (bring to) land, touch.

see GREEK for 2596

see GREEK for 71

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

κατάγω

v.

I lead down, bring down

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

κατάγω katagō 9x

to lead, bring, or conduct down, Acts 9:30; 22:30; 23:15, 20, 28; to bring a ship to land; pass. κατάγομαι, aor. κατήχθην, to come to land, land, touch, Lk. 5:11

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

κατάγω fut. ξω epic inf. -αξέμεν aor2 κατήγα^γον perf. καταγήοχα to lead down, Lat. deducere, Od., etc.; esp. into the nether world, id. Od.; εἰς Ἀΐδαο id. Od.

to bring down to the sea-coast, Il., Xen.

to bring down from the high seas to land, Od.; κατ. ναῦν to bring a ship into port, Hdt., attic: —Pass. to come to land, land, opp. to ἀνάγεσθαι, Od., Hdt., attic

κατάγεσθαι παρά τινι to turn in and lodge in a person's house, Lat. deversari apud aliquem, Dem.

to draw down or out, spin, Lat. deducere filum, Plat.

to reduce to a certain state, ἐς κίνδυνον κ. τὴν πόλιν Thuc.

κ. θρίαμβον, Lat. deducere triumphum, Plut.: to escort, like πομπεύω, id. Plut.

κ. γένος to derive a pedigree, id. Plut.

κατ. βοάν to lower the voice, Eur.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-2API-1P — Verb · second aorist · passive · indicative · first person · plural
second aorist passive indicative — a completed action, viewed as a whole.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-2API-1P Part of Speech: Verb Tense: second Aorist Voice: Passive Mood: Indicative Person: first Number: Plural

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
11%brought down
brought down11% · 1×having brought down11% · 1×he may bring down11% · 1×you may bring down11% · 1×i brought down11% · 1×we landed11% · 1×having put in11% · 1×bring down11% · 1×other renderings11% · 1×

9 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
verb100%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 9 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
συνέδριονa council, the S
ἀδελφόςa brother
Article the
ὅπωςhow, in order that,
συνέδριονa council, the S
ΠαῦλοςPaul
Article the
αὐτός
ἐγκαλέωI bring a charge
κατάγωwe landed
what comes after →
εἰς
Article theΣιδώνSidonΣυράκουσαιSyracuse
Article the
πλοῖονa ship, vesselΠαῦλοςPaul
αὐτός
εἰς

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

Concordanceκατάγω · 9× in the New Testament
Acts Luke Romans
Across the New Testament3 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 30 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
Philo of AlexandriaOn Dreams 1.57c. AD 40

ἀνάβαινε νῦν εἰς οὐρανὸν καὶ καταλαζονεύου περὶ τῶν ἐκεῖ, μήπω δεδυνημένος γνῶναι κατὰ τὸ ποιητικὸν γράμμα ὅττί τοι ἐν μεγάροισι κακόν τ’ ἀγαθόν τε τέτυκται, καταγαγὼν δ’ ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ τὸν κατάσκοπον καὶ ἀντισπάσας ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκεῖ ζητήσεως γνῶθι σαυτόν,…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 13.217c. AD 75–95

καὶ πάντες προσβαλόντες καθῄρουν τὸ ὄρος καὶ μήτε νυκτὸς μήθʼ ἡμέρας ἀπολυόμενοι τοῦ ἔργου τρισὶν αὐτὸ τοῖς πᾶσιν ἔτεσιν κατήγαγον εἰς ἔδαφος καὶ πεδινὴν λειότητα.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. BC undated 2nd c. AD 2nd c. BC 4th c. AD
PSI 4 434Philadelphia (Arsinoites)251 BC

μέσωι μετὰ Ἀνόσιτος ὑπὸ κήρυκα ἀποδομένου καθὰ συνέταξας, ἐκεῖνος οὐδενὶ παραγγείλας οὐδὲ Ἄνοσιν παραλαβών, καταγαγὼν οὕς ποτε ἠβούλετο καὶ ἰδίαι συμφωνήσας πρὸς αὐτούς, δραχμῶν ν ἔφη πεπρακέναι καὶ οὐδὲ

P.Zen.Pestm. 54Arsinoites247 BC

οὐκ ἔδωκεν. τὸ δὲ παράσιρον τὸ στυππέϊνον ἐν ὧι τὰς λ ἀρτάβας τῶν ἀλφίτων κατήγαγον αγω … το εἰς ις Ἀλεξάνδρειαν … ἐπίκουρος οὐχ … τὰ ἄλφιτα … ἐν

BGU 1 92PharbaithitesAD 187

Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου τύχην ἔχειν με χοίρους ρξε, οὕσπερ τρέφων εἰς τὸ καταγαγεῖν εἰς τὰς τῆς Ψενβελλείχεως ἀγοράς, καὶ ὁπόταν ἐπιζητῇς, παραστήσω ἢ ἔνοχος εἴην τῷ ὅρκῳ.

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
εἰςeis at G1519 Preposition
1,766× 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 word means toward or into, indicating direction or purpose, as seen in Matthew 8:23 and Mark 1:45. It can also imply a sense of movement or action. The KJV translates it in various ways.
Tyndale gloss
toward
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

εἰς is a preposition meaning 'into' or 'to,' used with the accusative case. It indicates direction, entrance, or limit, applicable to place, time, and figurative purposes. The New Testament frequently employs it to express movement toward locations or states, as seen in passages like Matthew 8:23. It can also denote relationships or results, such as 'for' or 'among.'

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

εἰς,

prep. c. acc.,

expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in, c. acc.).

Of place.

After verbs of motion;

of entrance into: Mt 8:23 9:7, Mk 1:45, Lk 2:15 8:31, al.;

of approach, to or towards: Mk 11:1, Lk 6:8 19:28, Jo 11:31 21:6, al.;

before pl. and collective nouns, among: Mk 4:7 8:19, 20, Lk 11:49, Jo 21:23, al.;

Of a limit reached, unto, on, upon: Mt 8:18, 21:1, Mk…

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

εἰς, a Prep. governing the Accusative, and denoting entrance into, or direction and limit: into, to, towards, for, among. It is used A. Property I. of Place, after verbs of going, coming, sailing, flying, falling, living, leading, carrying, throwing, sending, etc. ; 1. of a place entered, or of entrance into a place, into; and 8. it stands before nouns designating an open place, a hollow thing, or one in which an object can be hidden: as εἰς (τὴν) πόλιν, Mt. xxvi. 18; xxviii. 11; Mk. i. 45, and often; εἰς r. οἶκον, Mt. ix. 7; συναγωγήν, Acts xvii. 10; πλοῖον, Mt. viii. 23; Jn. vi. 17; Acts xxi. 6; θάλασσαν, Mt. xvii. 27; ἄβυσσον, Lk. viii. 31; οὐρανόν, Lk. ii. 15; κόσμον, In. 1. 9; iii. 19, ete.; τὰ ἴδια, Jn. i. 11; xvi. 32; Acts xxi. 6; ἀποθήκην, Mt. iii. 12; εἰς ra ὦτα, Lk. i. 44; εἰς τὰς ζώνας or ζώνην, Mt. x. 9; Mk. vi. 8, etc.; εἰς ἀέρα, 1 Co. xiv. 9; eis πῦρ, Mk. ix. 22, ete.…

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

εἰς ἁλιέων εἰς ᾿Αλεξάνδριί[αν (P Oxy II. 2943 = Selections, Ρ- 34): see further Pro/eg. pp. 234 f., 245. For εἰς in the wide sense in which we use ‘‘for” we may cite such passages as P Lille I. 261 (iii/B.c.) ἔγραψάς μοι περὶ τῆς εἰς THY σησαμείαν γῆς, 20." ἕως ἂν] μάθωμεν περὶ τῶν κ[εχρ]ηματισμένων εἰς τὸν νομόν, P Petr II. 11 (1)" (mid. iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski*, p. 8) ἀπὸ τούτου τὸ μὲν ἥμυσυ εἰς τὰ δέοντα ὑπελιπόμην, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν εἰς τὸ δάνειον κατέβαλον, P Lond 43? (ii/B.c.) (=I. p. 48, Witkowski’, p- 110) ἕξεις ἐφόδιον εἰς τὸ γῆρας, P Tebt I. 577 (8.6. 118) προστε]τάχασι δὲ καὶ τὰ els τὴν ταφὴν τοῦ “Amos, P Oxy I. 379 (A.D. 149) (= Selections, p. 49) ἐγένετο ἐνθάδε ἡ τροφεῖτις εἰς υἱὸν tod ΤΠεσούριος, ‘‘there was concluded here the nursing-contract for the son of Pesouris”; and the recurring formulae in a private account of ς. A.D. 15 τό. 1V. 736° θρύων εἰς τοὺς ἄρτους (ὀβολοὶ δύο)…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

εἰς (eis) — toward.

ἐν εἰς

or ἐς, PREP. WITH ACC. ONLY:—both forms are found in [Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect poets, and early metrical Inscrr.; ἐς is best attested in [Refs 5th c.BC+], and is found in nearly all early Ionic dialect Inscrr. (except [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and usually in Attic dialect Prose (except [Refs 5th c.BC+] is used before vowels for the sake of meter; ἐς was retained in the phrases ἐς κόρακας (whence the Verb σκορακίζω), ἐς μακαρίαν. Aeolic dialect poets have εἰς before vowels, ἐς before consonants, and this is given as the rule in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare ἐν, ἰν. The diphthong is genuine in Aeolic dialect εἰς, but spurious in Attic dialect-Ionic dialect) Radical sense into, and then more loosely, to:

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

εἰς

eis

a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or

entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.);

also in adverbial phrases:--(abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at,

(back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more

exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore,

+ forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the

intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at

one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the

end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often

used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs

(etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

εἰς

Prep.

into, in, among, till, for

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

εἰς

into, to c. acc.

PREP. WITH ACC. ONLY. Radical sense, into, and then to:

OF PLACE, the commonest usage, εἰς ἅλα into or to the sea, Hom., etc.:—properly opposed to ἐκ, ἐς σφυρὸν ἐκ πτέρνης from head to foot, Il.; εἰς ἔτος ἐξ ἔτεος from year to year, Theocr.:—then, with all Verbs implying motion or direction, ἰδεῖν εἰς οὐρανόν Il.; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι to look in the face, id. Il.:—in Hom. and Hdt. also c. acc. pers., where the attic use ὡς, πρός, παρά.

with Verbs which express rest in a place, when a previous motion into or to it is implied, ἐς μέγαρον κατέθηκε, i. e. he brought it into the house, and put it there, Od.; παρεῖναι ἐς τόπον to go to a place and be there, Hdt.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Prep — Preposition
preposition — its sense depends on the case of the word it governs.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

PREP PREPosition

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
33%into
into33% · 595×to32% · 570×for10% · 185×in9% · 160×unto4% · 69×toward2% · 44×other renderings8% · 145×other renderings2% · 29×

1,797 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 37 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
adverbial95%predicate3%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,766 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
αὐτός
βάλλωI cast, throw, rεἰσέρχομαιI go in, come inδέbut, on the othe
εἰσέρχομαιI go in, come in, en
καίand, even, also,μήNegαὐτός
ἔρχομαιI come, go
καίand, even, also,αὐτόςοὗτος
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςἐκκόπτωI cut out, cut oπόλιςa city
ἐγώ
εἰμίI am, existκαίand, even, also,δίδωμιI offer, give
εἰςat1766×
what comes after →
Article the
αἰώνan age, a cycle οἶκοςa house, househoοὐρανόςthe sky, the hea
αὐτός
Article theκαίand, even, also,οὗτος
ἹεροσόλυμαJerusalem
καίand, even, also,εἰςὅτιthat, since, bec
ὅς
καίand, even, also,δέbut, on the otheἄνDisj
σύ
καίand, even, also,μήNegἐν

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

Concordanceεἰς · 1,766× in the New Testament
Acts Luke Matthew John Mark Romans Revelation 2 Corinthians Hebrews 1 Peter 1 Corinthians Ephesians

3 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 Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 9c. AD 40

τὸ δὲ παθητὸν ἄψυχον καὶ ἀκίνητον ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ, κινηθὲν δὲ καὶ σχηματισθὲν καὶ ψυχωθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ νοῦ μετέβαλεν εἰς τὸ τελειότατον ἔργον, τόνδε τὸν κόσμον·

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

ὅτι λιμοῦ τὴν Χαναναίαν καταλαβόντος εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἀπῆρε καὶ διατρίψας ἐν αὐτῇ τινα χρόνον ὑπέστρεψεν ὀπίσω.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.2c. AD 100

Μεγάλων μὲν ὄντων καὶ πλουσίων τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ δικαιωμάτων εἰς ὑμᾶς, ὑπέρ τι καὶ καθ̓ ὑπερβολὴν ὑπερευφραίνομαι ἐπὶ τοῖς μακαρίοις καὶ ἐνδόξοις ὑμῶν πνεύμασιν: οὕτως ἔμφυτον τῆς δωρεᾶς πνευματικῆς χάριν εἰλήφατε.

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 3rd c. BC 6th c. AD 2nd c. BC
P.Grenf. 2 33Pathyris101 BC

καὶ τοῖς μετόχοις γῆς σιτοφόρου λεγομένης Νεχθαραῦτι θεοῦ μεγάλου παρὰ τῶν ἱερέων ἐτῶν δέκα εἰς τὰ ἐνλιπόντα αὐτῷ ἑτέρων , τεσσάρων εἰς συμπλήρωσιν ἐτῶν πέντε , ὥστε γεωργῆσαι ἧς

BGU 3 999Pathyris100 BC

καὶ ἀπηλιώτου τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς Εὐνόου οἰκίας λιβὸς ῥύμη ἐφ ᾧ ἀνοίξει τὴν θύραν εἰς τὴν Ὀρσηοῦς οἰκίαν ἢ οἳ ἂν ὦσι γείτονες πάντοθεν. ἐπρίατο Πετεσοῦχος Νεχθανούπιος ὡς ἐτῶν

P.Adl. 17Krokodilopolis (Pathyrites)100 BC

ος, βορρᾶ γῆ Σχώτου τοῦ Τρύφωνος, ἀπηλιώτου τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς γῆς, λιβὸς ἡ φέρουσα εἰς τὸ Κρόνειον ὁδός, ἢ οἳ ἂν ὦσι γείτονες πάντοθεν. ἐπρίατο Ὧρος Νεχούτου Πέρσης τῆς

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
Σιδῶνα,Sidōn Sidon, G4605 Noun · accusative · singular · feminine
9× 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
Sidon was an ancient city in Palestine, mentioned in Matthew 11:21-22 and Mark 7:24. It was a major city in the region of Phoenicia, known for its rich culture and trade. Jesus visited the region of Sidon during his ministry.
Amplified meaning
an ancient city in Palestine
Tyndale gloss
Sidon
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

Σιδών is the Greek name for Sidon, an ancient city of Phoenicia known for its wealth and maritime trade. It appears in several New Testament passages, including Matthew and Mark. The word is derived from Hebrew and has various forms, including adjectives and nouns related to the city and its people. There is a note in Thayer's entry suggesting a possible etymology related to fishing.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

Σιδών, -ῶνος, ἡ (Heb. צִידוֹן),

Sidon, a maritime city of Phœnicia: Mt 11:21, 22 15:21, Mk 3:8 7:24, 31, Lk 6:17 10:13, 14, Ac 27:3.†

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

Σιδών, -ῶνος [B. 16 (14)], ἡ, (VE and ps, fr. ὭΣ ‘to hunt’, in Aram. also ‘to fish’; hence prop. taking its name from its abundance of fish; cf. Justin 18, 3), Sidon, a very ancient Phenician city, formerly distinguished for wealth and traffic, situated near the Mediterranean on the borders of Juda; it had been assigned to the tribe of Asher (Josh. xix. 28), but the Jews vainly endeavored to capture it [Judg. i. 31; iii. 3; x. 12]; now Saida, containing about 10,000 [or 9,000, ace. to Porter in Murray’s Handbook p. 376] inhabitants [ Baedeker, Palestine p. 433]: Mt. xi. 21 sq.; xv. 21; Mk. iii. 8; vii. 24 (where Tom. WH Tr mrg. br. the words καὶ Σιδῶνος), 31; Lk. iv. 26 (where LT Tr WH Sidavias); vi. 17; x. 13 sq.; Acts xxvii. 3. [Cf. BB. DD. s.v.; Schultz in Ilerzog ed. 2 vol. xiv. 192sqq.; Schlottmann in Riehm s. v.]

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

Σιδών (Sidōn) — Sidon.

Σῑδών, ῶνος, ἡ,

[Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence adjective Σῑδόνιος, α, ον, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later Σιδώνιος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; feminine Σιδωνιάς, άδος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—Σῐδόνες, οἱ, men of Sidon, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also Σιδόνιοι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

∑ιδών

Sidon

of Hebrew origin (6721); Sidon (i.e. Tsidon), a place in

Palestine:--Sidon.

see HEBREW for 06721

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

Σιδών, ῶνος, ἡ

n.f.

Sidon

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Σιδών Sidōn 9x

Sidon, a celebrated city of Phoenicia, Mt. 11:21f.; Mk. 3:8; 7:31; Lk. 6:17; Acts 27:3. See PhotoGuide.

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

Σιδών Σι_δών, ῶνος, ἡ, Sidon, one of the oldest cities of Phoenicia, Od., Hdt.: hence adj. Σι_δόνιος, η, ον, Il., Aesch.; Σιδονίη (sc. γῆ) Od.; Σιδόνιοι men of Sidon, Od.; Σιδώνιος, Hdt., attic; fem. Σιδωνιάς, άδος, Eur.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Noun-ASF — Noun · accusative · singular · feminine
accusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked singular feminine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

N-ASF Part of Speech: Noun Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
Easton's Bible Dictionary

Sidon

Fishing; fishery, Gen. 10:15, 19 (A.V. marg., Tzidon; R.V., Zidon); Matt. 11:21, 22; Luke 6:17. (See ZIDON.)

Smith's Bible Dictionary

the Greek form of the Phoenician name Zidon. [ZIDON, OR SIDON]

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

In the Old Testament ZIDON, now called Saida, was celebrated city of Phoenicia, on the Mediterranean Sea, twenty miles north of Tyre and as many south of Beyroot. It is one of the most ancient cities in the world, Ge 49:13, and is believed to have been founded by Zidon, the eldest son of Canaan, Ge 10:15 49:13. In the time of Homer, the Zidonians were eminent for their trade and commerce, their wealth and prosperity, their skill in navigation, astronomy, architecture, and for their manufactures of glass, etc. They had then a commodious harbor, now choked with sand and inaccessible to any but the smallest vessels. Upon the division of Canaan among the tribes by Joshua, Great Zidon fell to the lot of Asher, Jos 11:8 19:28; but…

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

hunting; fishing; venison

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
100%sidon
sidon100% · 10×

10 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.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
adverbial89%subject11%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 9 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
ΤύροςTyre
διά
ἔρχομαιI come, go
εἰς
κατάγωI lead down, bri
ΣιδώνSidon,
what comes after →
γίνομαιI come into being, a
Article the
ἀνεκτόςendurable, tolerable
εἰμίI am, exist
πλῆθοςa multitude
πολύςmuch, many, ofte
εἰς
Article the
φιλανθρώπωςhumanely, kindly
τέDisj

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

ConcordanceΣιδών · 9× in the New Testament
Luke Matthew Mark Acts
Across the New Testament4 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 13 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
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Embassy to Gaius 337c. AD 40

προστάττει γὰρ ἕτερον ἀνδριάντα δημιουργεῖσθαι κολοσσιαῖον χαλκοῦν ἐπίχρυσον ἐν Ῥώμῃ, μηκέτι τὸν ἐν Σιδῶνι κινῶν, ἵνα μὴ τῇ κινήσει διαταράξῃ τὸ πλῆθος, ἀλλ’ ἠρεμοῦντος καὶ τῆς ὑπονοίας ἀπηλλαγμένου κατὰ πολλὴν ἡσυχίαν ἀφανῶς ἐν ταῖς ναυσὶ…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.138c. AD 75–95

ἐγένοντο δὲ καὶ Χαναναίου παῖδες, Σιδώνιος, ὃς καὶ πόλιν ἐπώνυμον ἔκτισεν ἐν τῇ Φοινίκῃ, Σιδὼν δʼ ὑφʼ Ἑλλήνων καλεῖται·

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

παρεγένετο δὲ καὶ Ἀπολλοφάνης εἰς Συρίαν, καὶ ἀποδημοῦντες ἡμεῖς εἰς Μασσύαν συνηντῶμεν αὐτῶι ἐν Σιδῶνι καὶ ἀνήγγελλεν ἡμῖν ὅτι Κρότος ἐν Ἰόπηι ἐστὶν βουλόμενος σώματα ἐξαποστεῖλαι καὶ στρώματα. οὐκ

P.Edg. $1Syrien253 BC

Ἀπολλώνιος ὑγίαινεν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἦν κατὰ γνώμην. ὅτε δέ σοι ἔγραφον, παρεγινόμεθα εἰς Σιδῶνα, συμπεπορευμένοι τῆι βασιλίσσηι ἕως τῶν ὁρίων, καὶ ὑπελαμβάνομεν ταχέως παρέσεσθαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς. χαριεῖ οὖν

P.Ryl. 4 638HermopolisAD 317–AD 323

Βίβλον μίλια ιβ ἀπὸ Βίβλου εἰς Βιρυτὸν μίλια ν … δ ἀπὸ Βιρυτοῦ εἰς Σιδὼν μίλια λϛ ἀπὸ Σιδὼν εἰς Τύρον μίλια κϛ ἀπὸ Τύρου εἰς Πτολεμαίδα μίλια

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
φιλανθρώπωςphilanthrōpōs Considerately G5364 Adverb
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
This word means acting humanely and kindly towards people, used in Acts 27:3 to describe courteous treatment.
Amplified meaning
benevolently, humanely
Tyndale gloss
benevolently
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word φιλανθρώπως (transliterated as *philanthrōpōs*) is an adverb meaning 'humanely' or 'kindly.' It is derived from a combination of words meaning 'fond of man' and is used in Acts 27:3. The lexicons describe it as conveying a sense of benevolence and courtesy, with references to its usage in various contexts, including literature and medical texts.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

** φιλανθρώπως

adv.,

[in LXX: II Mac 9:27, III Mac 3:20 * ;]

humanely, kindly: Ac 27:3.†

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

φιλανθρώπως, adv., humanely, kindly: Acts xxvii. 3. (isocr., Dem., Polyb., Diod., Plut., al.; 2 Mace. ix. 27.)

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

φιλανθρώπως (ii/a.D.) τῇ σῇ φιλανθρωπείᾳ, as a title of address to a high official, P Fay 20'* (Imperial edict—ili/iv A.D.) φιλανθρωπίᾳ τε Kal εὐεργεσίαις συναύξειν ταύτην τὴν ἀρχήν, ‘by liberality and the conferring of benefits to increase the welfare of this kingdom” (Edd.), and OG/S 13921 (8.6. 145-116), where the priests of Philae commemorate certain relief granted them by Ptolemy Euergetes II. by erecting a pillar—ey wt ἀναγράψομεν τὴν γεγονυῖαν ἡμῖν ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν περὶ τούτων φιλανθρωπίαν : cf. Aristeas 265 where ἀνθρωπία and ἀγάπησις are said to be the most necessary possessions for a king, and see further Wendland ZNTW v. (1904), p- 345 πῇ. The adj. (in Greek Bible only Sap 15) is similarly used of the virtues of rulers in such inserr. as Magn 1817 (letter of Antiochus III—s.c. 205) ἔχοντες οὖν ἐξ ἀρχῆς πίερὶ] τοῦ δήμου τὴν φιλανθρωποτάτην διάλ[ηψιν διὰ τὴν εὔνοιαν, 2. 2012 τῇὸον…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

φιλανθρώπως (philanthrōpōs) — benevolently.

Included with: φῐλάνθρωπ-ος, ον,

loving mankind, humane, benevolent, tender-hearted, and, in weaker sense, kind, courteous, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. δὲ παύεσθαι τρόπου, of Prometheus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of animals that attach themselves to men, as of dogs, gentle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of horses, [Refs]; τὸ φιλάνθρωπον, ={φιλανθρωπία}, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὰ φιλάνθρωπα humane treatment, τῶν φ. τυχεῖν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; kindnesses, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

2. of the gods, loving men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. of things, humane, humanizing, χάρις δικαία καὶ φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρόπος, in Music, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of wines, generous, [Refs]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

φιλανθρώπως

philanthropos

adverb from a compound of 5384 and 444; fondly to man

("philanthropically"), i.e. humanely:--courteously.

see GREEK for 5384

see GREEK for 444

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

φιλανθρώπως

Adv

humanely, kindly

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

φιλανθρώπως philanthrōpōs 1x

humanely, benevolently, kindly, Acts 27:3*

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Adv — Adverb
adverb — it qualifies the verb, and never changes form.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

ADV ADVerb or adverb and particle combined

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
100%considerately
considerately100% · 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.

Concordanceφιλανθρώπως · 1× in the New Testament
Acts
Across the New Testament1 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Virtues 28c. AD 40

εἰ γάρ τις, φησί, νεωστὶ δειμάμενος οἰκίαν οὐκ ἔφθη εἰσοικίσασθαι ἢ ἀμπελῶνα φυτεύσας νεόφυτον, αὐτὸς εἰς γῆν τὰ κλήματα καθείς, μήπω τῆς ἐπικαρπίας καιρὸν ἔσχεν ἢ παρθένον ἐγγυησάμενος οὐκ ἔγημεν, ἀφείσθω πάσης στρατείας, φιλανθρώπως ὁμοῦ καὶ…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 6.321c. AD 75–95

Δαυίδῃ δʼ οὐκ ἔδοξεν ἐν τῇ πόλει τῶν Γιττῶν μένειν, ἀλλʼ ἐδεήθη τοῦ βασιλέως αὐτῶν, ἵνʼ ἐπειδὴ φιλανθρώπως αὐτὸν ὑπεδέξατο καὶ τοῦτο χαρίσηται, τόπον τινὰ τῆς χώρας δοὺς αὐτῷ πρὸς κατοίκησιν·

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
0th c. BC 2nd c. AD 3rd c. BC
P. Lond. 7 2140 VoArsinoites247 BC–241 BC

χθιος καὶ εἰσβιβάσαντες αὐτὸν εἰσ … τῶν καταπλεόντων πλοίων φιλανθρώπως ἐὰν δὲ μηδὲν ἐφορμῆι, εἰς τὸ ὑπηρετικὸν τοτε … … ν … νπ

BASP 60 (2023), p. 125-130Oberägypten26 BC–AD 25

Σαραπίωνι Νικομάχου τοῦ φίλου κυβερνήτηι ἐν οἷς ἄν σου χρείαν ἔχῃ εἰς ἐμὴν τιμὴν φιλανθρώπως προσενέχθητι ἔρρωσο

P.Brem. 8Hermopolis (?)AD 113–AD 120

r … … , ἄδελφε, τά τε ἄλλα φιλανθρώπως αὐτῷ συνενεχθῆναι καὶ σπουδάσαι, ὅπως τῆς προσηκούσης ἀμοιβῆς κατὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ ὑπὸ σοὶ

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
τεte then G5037 Particle
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
Particle — Particle
particle — a small word colouring the clause; it does not decline.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

PRT PaRTicle, disjunctive 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
On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
ho <the> G3588 Article · nominative · 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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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-NSM — Article · nominative · singular · masculine
nominative — the one doing it — the subject.
Agrees with anything else marked singular masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

T-NSM Part of Speech: definite arTicle Case: Nominative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine

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

THE, an adjective or definitive adjective.

1. This adjective is used as a definitive, that is, before nouns which are specific or understood; or it is used to limit their signification to a specific thing or things, or to describe them; as the laws of the twelve tables. the independent tribunals of justice in our country, are the security or private rights, and the best bulwark against arbitrary power. the sun is the source of light and heat.

This he calls the preaching of the cross.

2. the is also used rhetorically before a noun in the singular number, to denote a species by way of distinction; a single thing representing the whole. the fig tree putteth forth her green figs; the almond tree shall flourish; the grasshopper shall be a burden.

3. In poetry, the sometimes loses the final vowel before another vowel.

Th' adorning thee with so much art,

Is but a barb'rous skill.

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
<the>19783×
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

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
ἸούλιοςIoulios Julius G2457 Noun · nominative · singular · masculine
2× 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
Julius was a Roman centurion who helped the apostle Paul. He is mentioned in Acts 27:1 and 3, where he showed kindness to Paul during his journey to Rome. Julius was a significant figure in Paul's life.
Amplified meaning
a Roman centurion
Tyndale gloss
Julius
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word Ἰούλιος (Ioulios) refers to the name Julius, specifically a Roman centurion mentioned in Acts 27:1, 3. The entries indicate that it is of Latin origin and primarily serves as a proper name. Thayer's entry notes a possible connection to Junias, a name that has generated some debate regarding gender in Romans 16:7.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

Ἰούλιος, -ου, ὁ,

Julius: Ac 27:1, 3.†

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

᾿Ιούλιος, -ov, 6, Julius, a Roman centurion: Acts xxvii. 1, 3." *Touvias [al. -νιᾶς, as contr. fr. Junianus ; cf. W. 102 sq. (97)], -a [but ef. B. 17 sq. (16)], 6, Junias, a convert from Judaism, Paul’s kinsman and fellow-prisoner: Ro. xvi. 7 [(here A. V. Junia (a woman’s name) which is possible). The name oceurs again as the name of a Christian at Rome in Ro. xvi. 15 Lehm. mrg. (where al. TovA‘ayv). ]

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

Ἰούλιος (Ioulios) — Julius.

Ἰούλιος, -ου, ὁ

Julius: Act.27:1, 3.†

(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

Strong's Greek Dictionary

Ἰούλιος

Ioulios

of Latin origin; Julius, a centurion:--Julius.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

Ἰούλιος, ου, ὁ

n.m.

Julius

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Ἰούλιος Ioulios 2x

Julius, pr. name, Acts 27:1, 3*

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

N-NSM Part of Speech: Noun Case: Nominative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

joo'-li-us (Ioulios): The centurion of the Augustan cohort under whose charge Paul was sent a prisoner to Rome (Ac 27:1,3).

See ARMY, ROMAN; AUGUSTAN BAND.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Julius

The centurion of the Augustan cohort, or the emperor’s body-guard, in whose charge Paul was sent prisoner to Rome (Acts 27:1, 3, 43). He entreated Paul “courteously,” showing in many ways a friendly regard for him.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(soft-haired), the centurion of "Augustus’ band," to whose charge St. Paul was delivered when he was sent prisoner from Caesarea to Rome. (Acts 27:1,3) (A.D. 60.)

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A centurion of the cohort of Augustus, to whom Festus, governor of Judea, committed Paul to be conveyed to Rome. Julius had great regard for Paul. He suffered him to land at Sidon, and to visit his friends there; and in a subsequent part of the voyage he opposed the violence of the soldiers, directed against the prisoners generally, in order to save the apostle, Ac 27:1-44.

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
100%julius
julius100% · 2×

2 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.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
ὄνομαname, character, rep
ἑκατοντάρχηςa centurion
Article the
τέDisj
ἸούλιοςJulius
what comes after →
σπεῖραa cohort
σεβαστόςaugust, venerate
Article the
ΠαῦλοςPaul

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

ConcordanceἸούλιος · 2× in the New Testament
Acts
Across the New Testament1 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria
Philo of AlexandriaEvery Good Man is Free 118c. AD 40

ἐπειδὴ γὰρ εἷς τῶν ἐπιθεμένων Ἰουλίῳ Καίσαρι, Βροῦτος, ἐπιὼν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἐστράτευσε, δεδιότες οὐ πόρθησιν ἀλλὰ δουλείαν τὴν ὑπ’ ἀνδροφόνου κτείναντος ἡγεμόνα καὶ εὐεργέτην — ἀμφότερα γὰρ ἦν αὐτῷ Καῖσαρ — ἀπεμάχοντο μὲν ἐφ’ ὅσον οἷοί τε ἦσαν δυνατῶς…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 14.188c. AD 75–95

ἔν τε γὰρ δημοσίοις ἀνάκειται τόποις τῶν πόλεων καὶ ἔτι νῦν ἐν τῷ Καπετωλίῳ χαλκαῖς στήλαις ἐγγέγραπται, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ Καῖσαρ Ἰούλιος τοῖς ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ Ἰουδαίοις ποιήσας χαλκῆν στήλην ἐδήλωσεν, ὅτι Ἀλεξανδρέων πολῖταί εἰσιν, ἐκ τούτων ποιήσομαι…

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 4th c. AD 7th c. AD
ZPE 14 (1974), p. 146-151Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)11 BC

καὶ εἰκάδι Θὼθ δευτέρᾳ καὶ εἰκάδι ἐν Πτολεμαίδι Εὐεργέτιδι τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ. ἐμίσθωσεν Γάιος Ἰούλιος Κίσσος Διοκλεῖ καὶ Διοδώρῳ τοῖς δυσὶ Ἀφροδισίου Πέρσαις τῆς ἐπιγονῆς ἀπὸ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων κατʼ

P.Diog. 6ArsinoitesAD 143–AD 161

δεκάτης τοῦ ϛ ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου. μεθʼ ἕτερα, σελίδων κ, Ἀρσινοίτου. Κοίντος Ἰούλιος Γαϊανός, ἐτῶν· ὁ προγεγραμμένος Ἰούλιος … … … … ετα … α οὕτως· Φλαουία

P.Diog. 7ArsinoitesAD 143–AD 161

δεκάτης τοῦ ϛ ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου. μεθʼ ἕτερα, σελίδων κ, Ἀρσινοίτου. Κουίντος Ἰούλιος Γαιανός, ἐτῶν· … ὁ προγεγραμμένος εἰς ἐπίκρισιν … … νομο … … τιστου

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
τῷho <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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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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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

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

THE, an adjective or definitive adjective.

1. This adjective is used as a definitive, that is, before nouns which are specific or understood; or it is used to limit their signification to a specific thing or things, or to describe them; as the laws of the twelve tables. the independent tribunals of justice in our country, are the security or private rights, and the best bulwark against arbitrary power. the sun is the source of light and heat.

This he calls the preaching of the cross.

2. the is also used rhetorically before a noun in the singular number, to denote a species by way of distinction; a single thing representing the whole. the fig tree putteth forth her green figs; the almond tree shall flourish; the grasshopper shall be a burden.

3. In poetry, the sometimes loses the final vowel before another vowel.

Th' adorning thee with so much art,

Is but a barb'rous skill.

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
<the>19783×
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

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
ΠαύλῳPaulos Paul G3972 Noun · dative · singular · masculine
158× 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
Paul, originally named Saul, was a Roman apostle who wrote many letters in the New Testament, including Romans and 1 Corinthians. He is a key figure in the early Christian church.
Amplified meaning
with kindness and respect
Tyndale gloss
Paul
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word Παῦλος (transliterated as Paulos) refers to Paul, a prominent figure in the New Testament, specifically the Apostle Paul. It is of Latin origin, meaning 'little,' and is used frequently in the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles. The name also appears in reference to Sergius Paulus, a Roman proconsul mentioned in Acts 13:7.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

Παῦλος, -ου, ὁ (Lat. Paulus),

Sergius Paulus: Ac 13:7.

the Apostle Paul (cf. Σαῦλος): Ac 13:9, and freq. throughout Ac., Ro 1:1, I Co 1:1, al., II Pe 3:15.

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

Παῦλος. The designation Σαῦλος ὁ καὶ Παῦλος οἱ Ac 13° is fully discussed by Deissmann 4S, p. 313 ff., where it is shown that the Apostle was already in possession of the double name at the time referred to: cf. Ramsay Paw/, p. 81 ff. Elsewhere (Recent Discovery, p. 356) Ramsay suggests that Paul’s complete Roman name may have been “Ὁ. Julius Paullus,” in view of the frequent conjunction of the names Julius Paullus in Lycaonia. In the important letter on the Meletian Schism, P Lond 19145® (A.D. 3352), greetings are conveyed to Παῦλον τὸν ἀναγνώστην : the editor refers to a priest of the same name (ἀπὸ Tnévas) in 2. 191744 (c. A.D. 330-340), and to ὃ μακάριος Παῦλος in 74. 1919% (same date). The name is not uncommon in the inscrr., see e.g. Perg 374 A® (time of Augustus), where ’A. Καστρίκιος Παῦλος is included among the choristers of θεὸς Σεβαστὸς kal θεὰ Ρώμη in Pergamum: cf. Thieme…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

Παῦλος (Paulos) — Paul.

Παῦλος, -ου, ὁ (Lat. Paulus),

1. Sergius Paulus: Act.13:7.

2. the Apostle Paul (cf. Σαῦλος): Act.13:9, and frequently throughout Ac., Rom.1:1, 1Co.1:1, al., 2Pe.3:15.

(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

Παῦλος (Paulos) — Paulus.

Παῦλος, -ου, ὁ (Lat. Paulus),

1. Sergius Paulus: Act.13:7.

2. the Apostle Paul (cf. Σαῦλος): Act.13:9, and frequently throughout Ac., Rom.1:1,

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

∏αῦλος

Paulos

of Latin origin; (little; but remotely from a derivative of 3973,

meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an

apostle:--Paul, Paulus.

see GREEK for 3973

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

Παῦλος, ου, ὁ

n.m.

Paul

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Παῦλος Paulos 158x

Paulus, Paul, pr. name. (1) Paul, the Apostle, Acts 13:9, et al. freq. (2) Sergius Paulus, the deputy or proconsul of Cyprus, Acts 13:7

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

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
Easton's Bible Dictionary

Paul

=Saul (q.v.) was born about the same time as our Lord. His circumcision-name was Saul, and probably the name Paul was also given to him in infancy “for use in the Gentile world,” as “Saul” would be his Hebrew home-name. He was a native of Tarsus, the capital of Cilicia, a Roman province in the south-east of Asia Minor. That city stood on the banks of the river Cydnus, which was navigable thus far; hence it became a centre of extensive commercial traffic with many countries along the shores of the Mediterranean, as well as with the countries of central Asia Minor. It thus became a city distinguished for the wealth of its inhabitants.

Tarsus was also the seat of a famous university, higher in reputation even than the universities of Athens and Alexandria, the only others that then existed. Here Saul was born, and here he spent his youth, doubtless enjoying the best education…

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(small, little). Nearly all the original materials for the life St. Paul are contained in the Acts of the Apostles and in the Pauline epistles. Paul was born in Tarsus, a city of Cilicia. (It is not improbable that he was born between A.D. 0 and A.D. 5.) Up to the time of his going forth as an avowed preacher of Christ to the Gentiles, the apostle was known by the name of Saul. This was the Jewish name which he received from his Jewish parents. But though a Hebrew of the Hebrews, he was born in a Gentile city. Of his parents we know nothing, except that his father was of the tribe of Benjamin, (Philemon 3:5) and a Pharisee, (Acts 23:6) that Paul had acquired by some means the Roman franchise ("I was free born,") (Acts 22:23)…

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

The distinguished "apostle of the Gentiles;" also called SAUL, a Hebrew name. He is first called Paul in Ac 13:12; and as some think, assumed this Roman name according to a common custom of Jews in foreign lands, or in honor of Sergius Paulus, Ac 13:7, his friend and an early convert. Both names however may have belonged to him in childhood. He was born at Tarsus in Cilicia, and inherited from his father the privileges of a Roman citizen. His parents belonged to the tribe of Benjamin, and brought up their son as "a Hebrew of the Hebrews," Php 3:5. Tarsus was highly distinguished for learning and culture, and the opportunities for improvement it afforded were no doubt diligently improved by Paul. At a suitable age he was sent to…

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

small; little

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
97%paul
paul97% · 159×other renderings3% · 5×

164 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
subject60%object18%adverbial15%indirect object4%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 158 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
δέbut, on the otheτότεthenτέDisj
δέbut, on the other ha
Article theἀνίστημιI raise up, set διαπονέομαιI am greatly tro
ἐγώ
δέbut, on the otheὁράωI see, look uponχάρινon account of
καίand, even, also, nam
ΒαρναβᾶςBarnabasArticle the
χείρa hand
ἐμόςArticle the
ΠαῦλοςPaul158×
what comes after →
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theΒαρναβᾶςBarnabasΣιλᾶςSilas
Article the
λόγοςa word, speech, μαθητήςa learner, disciσυνέδριονa council, the S
λέγωI say, speak
διάArticle theθέλωI will, wish, de
ἀπόστολοςan apostle, a messen
Χριστόςanointed, the MeοὐNeg
δέbut, on the other ha
καίand, even, also,ἀξιόωI account or treἐπιλέγωI call, choose 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

ConcordanceΠαῦλος · 158× in the New Testament
Acts 1 Corinthians Colossians Philemon 1 Thessalonians 2 Corinthians 2 Thessalonians Ephesians Galatians 1 Timothy 2 Peter 2 Timothy

Every reference is on the Strong's page.

Across the New Testament15 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch Polycarp Josephus
JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 19.102c. AD 75–95

προεξῄεσαν δὲ Κλαύδιος μὲν ὁ πάτρως αὐτοῦ καὶ Μᾶρκος Βινίκιος ὁ τῆς ἀδελφῆς ἀνὴρ ἔτι δὲ Οὐαλέριος Ἀσιατικός, οὓς οὐδὲ βουλομένοις διακλεῖσαι δύναμις ἦν αἰδοῖ τῆς ἀξιώσεως, εἵπετο δʼ αὐτὸς σὺν Παύλῳ Ἀρουντίῳ.

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 5.5c. AD 96

διὰ ζῆλον καὶ ἔριν Παῦλος ὑπομονῆς βραβεῖον ὑπέδειξεν,

Ignatius of AntiochThe Letters of Ignatius 1.12.2c. AD 110

πάροδός ἐστε τῶν εἰς θεὸν ἀναιρουμένων, Παύλου συμμύσται τοῦ ἡγιασμένου.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
6th c. AD 4th c. AD 7th c. AD 5th c. AD 8th c. AD
ÉdP 7 (1948), p. 40-Karanis (Arsinoites)AD 311

σαργάνη α Ἀεῖς Σαλιοῦτος σαργάνη α Ἰσίδωρος Ἡρᾶ σαργάνη α Ἥρων Ἀπώνεως σαργάνη α Παῦλος Ἰσιδώρου σαργάνη α Πελῆνις σαργάναι β Ἀχιλλᾶς Ἀντωνίνου σαργάνη α Ἰσιδώρα Πτολεμαίου σαργάνη α

P.Cair. Isid. 20Karanis (Arsinoites)AD 314

Ἀτισίου Διόσκορος Κάστορος Παμοῦν Ἥρωνος Νεᾶς μητρὸς Τύχης κτηνῶν ὁμοίως Ἀτῖσις Ἀβοίκεως Δοῦλος Λεονίδου Παῦλος Ἰσιδώρου Σαβῖνος Ἀχιλλᾶ Οὐενᾶφρις Ἀιώνεως Σώτας Ἀπολλωνίου Παῆσις Σεταβοῦ Οὐενᾶφρις Παησίου Κοπρῆς Παλήμωνος Μιὼς

P.Cair. Isid. 28Karanis (Arsinoites)AD 312–AD 323

δραχμαὶ Γ Ἡρᾶς Βακχείου ἀρτάβαι γ τάλαντα γ Ἁτρῆς εἰρηνάρχης ἀρτάβαι β τάλαντα β Παῦλος Ἰσιδώρου ἀρτάβαι γ τάλαντα γ Κάλλων Οὐενάφρεως ἀρτάβαι γ τάλαντα γ Παπέεις Ἀιώνεως ἀρτάβη

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
χρησάμενοςchraō was treating G5530 Verb · aorist · middle deponent · participle · nominative · singular · masculine
11× 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 word means to use or employ something, as in Acts 27:17, where it describes using a ship's lifeboat, or to act towards someone in a certain way, as in 1 Corinthians 9:12.
Tyndale gloss
to use
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word χράομαι (i.e., *chraomai*) means 'to use' or 'make use of.' It can refer to employing something for a purpose or treating someone in a specific manner. In the New Testament, it appears in contexts such as using resources or dealing with others, notably in Acts and Corinthians. The lexicons do not show significant disagreement on its meanings.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

χράομαι, χρῶμαι

(< χρή),

[in LXX for עשׂה, etc. ;]

to use, make use of: c. dat. (cf. M, Pr., 64, 158), Ac 27:17, I Co 9:12, 15, I Ti 1:8 5:23; μᾶλλον χρῆσαι (i.e. the opportunity; v. M, Pr., 247), I Co 7:21; as some­times in late writers (cf. M, Pr., 64; Lft., Notes, 233), c. acc., I Co 7:31; of feelings, etc., to exercise, shew: II Co 1:17 3:12; c. adv., ἀποτόμως, to deal sharply, II Co 13:10; c. dat. pers. (cl.), to treat, deal with, Ac 27:3.†

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χράομαι, from χρή, ‘‘necessity,’’ = “make for myself what is necessary with something,” hence c. dat. as in Ac 271? al.: cf. P Magd 117 (B.C. 221) πρὸς τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι τοῖς ἱστίοις ἔτι χρᾶσθαι (for form, Mayser Gr. p. 247), P Tebt I. 4571 (B.c. 113) οὐδενὶ κόσμωι χρησάμενοι συντρίWavtes τὴν παρόδιον θύραν, “throwing off all restraint knocked down the street door’’ (Edd.), P Ryl II. 1481? (A.D. 40) ληστρικῶι τρόπωι χρησάμενοι, P Oxy VIII. 1153" (i/A.D.) ἐντοπίᾳ δὲ πορφύρᾳ χρήσασθ(αι) μέλλομεν, “we are going to use local purple’’ (Ed.), 126. X. 126635 (A.D. 98) μηδ᾽ ἀλλοτρίαις [ἀσφαλΊ]είαις ἢ ὁμωνυμίᾳ κεχρῆϊ[σθαι, ‘‘that I have not availed myself of credentials belonging to others or identity of names” (Edd.), 76. 12631" (Α.Ὁ. 128-9) χρήσασθαι τῇ τῶν épy[atay] ποταμοῦ τέχ[νῃ, ‘to practise the trade of a river-worker,” P Giss I. 496 (iii/A.D.) χράσθωσαν t[ois] προκειμένοις τόποιϊς…

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χράω (chraō) — to use.

χράω.

__B[Refs 4th c.BC+] FORMS: contraction χρῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect χρᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive χρᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect participle χρέων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect χρείων [Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect ἔχραον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular ἔχρη [Refs 7th c.BC+]: future χρήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔχρησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist ἐχρήσθην [Refs], etc.: perfect κέχρησμαι (variant{κέχρημαι}) [Refs]: pluperfect ἐκέχρηστο (variant{ἐκέχρητο}) [Refs]:—middle, χρῶμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect χρέομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], infinitive χρέεσθαι [Refs]; participle χρεώμενος [Refs]imperfect 3rd.pers. plural ἐχρέωντο (variant{ἐχρέοντο}) [Refs]: future χρήσομαι [Refs 8th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

χράομαι

chraomai

middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from 5495, to handle);

to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly),

light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension)

to act towards one in a given manner:--entreat, use. Compare 5531;

5534.

see GREEK for 5531

see GREEK for 5495

see GREEK for 5534

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

χράομαι

v.

I use, make use of, deal with

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

χράομαι chraomai 11x

to use, make use of, employ, Acts 27:17; 1 Cor. 7:31; to take advantage of, 1 Cor. 7:21; 9:12, 15; to use, to treat, behave towards, Acts 27:3; 2 Cor. 13:10

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

χράομαι Dep. from the sense of consulting or using an oracle (v. χράω3 ) comes the common sense to use, Lat. uti, Il., etc.; φρεσὶ κέχρητ᾽ ἀγαθῆισι he was endowed with a good heart, Od.: c. dat., χρῆσθαι ἀργυρίωι to have money to use for a purpose, use it thereon, Plat.; χρ. ναυτιλίηισι, θαλάσσηι Hdt., Thuc.

in various relations, ὀργῆι or θυμῶι χρῆσθαι to indulge one's anger, give vent to it, Hdt.

of external things, to experience, suffer, be subject to, νιφετῶι id. Hdt.; χρ. γαληνείαι to have fair weather, Eur.; ὁμολογίαι χπ. to come to an agreement, Hdt.; ζυγῶι χρ. δουλίωι to become a slave, Aesch.; συμφορῆι, συντυχίηι, εὐτυχίηι χρ., Lat. uti fortuna mala, prospera, Hdt., etc.; νόμοις χρ. to live under laws, Eur.; χρ. ἀνομίαι Xen., etc.:—in many cases, χρῆσθαι merely paraphrases the Verb…

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-ADP-NSM — Verb · aorist · middle deponent · participle · nominative · singular · masculine
nominative — the one doing it — the subject.
Agrees with anything else marked singular masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-ADP-NSM Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Aorist Voice: middle Deponent Mood: Participle Case: Nominative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
9%treating
treating9% · 1×they were using9% · 1×do take advantage9% · 1×using9% · 1×we did use9% · 1×have used9% · 1×did i use?9% · 1×we use9% · 1×other renderings27% · 3×

11 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 11 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 11 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
οὐNeg
ἀλλάbut, exceptδέbut, on the othe
ΠαῦλοςPaul
Article the
βοήθειαassistance, a help
αἴρωI raise, lift up
μᾶλλονmore, rather
γίνομαιI come into bein
Article the
καίand, even, also,
χράομαιwas treating11×
what comes after →
Article the
κόσμοςthe world, univeἐξουσίαpower, authority
ἐπιτρέπωI allow, permit
πρός
ὑποζώννυμιI under-gird
Article the
οὐδείςno one, none, nothin
οὗτος
Disj
ὅς

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

Concordanceχράομαι · 11× in the New Testament
1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians 1 Timothy Acts
Across the New Testament4 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 13 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 Ignatius of Antioch The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 23c. AD 40

— μόνῳ δὲ αὑτῷ χρησάμενος ὁ θεὸς ἔγνω δεῖν εὐεργετεῖν ἀταμιεύτοις καὶ πλουσίαις χάρισι τὴν ἄνευ δωρεᾶς θείας φύσιν οὐδενὸς ἀγαθοῦ δυναμένην ἐπιλαχεῖν ἐξ ἑαυτῆς.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.114c. AD 75–95

καὶ περιίστα δὲ κατʼ ὀλίγον εἰς τυραννίδα τὰ πράγματα μόνως οὕτως νομίζων ἀποστήσειν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοῦ φόβου τοῦ παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰ χρώμενοι τῇ αὐτοῦ δυνάμει διατελοῖεν, ἀμυνεῖσθαί τε τὸν θεὸν πάλιν ἠπείλει τὴν γῆν ἐπικλύσαι θελήσαντα·

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 37.5c. AD 96

λάβωμεν τὸ σῶμα ἡμῶν: ἡ κεφαλὴ δίχα τῶν ποδῶν οὐδέν ἐστιν, οὕτως οὐδὲ οἱ πόδες δίχα τῆς κεφαλῆς: τὰ δὲ ἐλάχιστα μέλη τοῦ σώματος ἡμῶν ἀναγκαῖα καὶ εὔχρηστά εἰσιν ὅλῳ τῷ σώμᾳτι: ἀλλὰ πάντα συνπνεῖ καὶ ὑποταγῇ μιᾷ χρῆται εἰς τὸ σώζεσθαι ὅλον τὸ σῶμα.

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2nd c. AD 4th c. AD 3rd c. AD 6th c. AD 3rd c. BC
P. Gen. 1 3Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)AD 178

καὶ Στοτοήτι καὶ Τανεφρόνι κληρονόμοις, κατεθέμεθα ἀμφότεροι τὴν ὑπὸ αὐτοῦ καταλειφθεῖσαν ἑνδομενιάν. οὐδενὶ λόγῳ χρησάμενος ὁ προγεγραμμένος Στοτοῆτις κατὰ ἀπουσίαν ἐπελθὼν εἰς τὸν τόπον σὺν τῇ προγεγραμμένῃ Τανεφρόνι, οὗ

P.Rein. 1 52Theadelphia (Arsinoites)AD 250–AD 264

περιποίησιν τοῦ σίτου καὶ τὴν ἀναπομπὴν δηλῶσαι· ὑμεῖς δὲ ἠμελήσατε ἴσως οὐ καλῷ συνειδότι χρώμενοι· ὃ καὶ νῦν ποιήσατε ἵνα μὴ μετὰ στρατιώτου ἀναγκάσθητε τοῦτο ποιῆσαι. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι

P.Cair. Isid. 66 (57095)Karanis (Arsinoites)AD 299

τοῦ Μεσορὴ μηνὸς τοῦ διεληλυθότος ἔτους, εὗρον ταύτην ὑπὸ κακούργων ἐμπρησθεῖσαν. παραυτόθε τῇ ἀκολουθίᾳ χρησάμενος βιβλία ἐνμάρτυρα ἐπιδίδωμι τῇ στρατηγίᾳ ἀξιῶν ὑπηρέτην ἀποσταλῆναι ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτοψίαν καὶ προσφωνῆσαι, καθὸ

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
ἐπέτρεψενepitrepō he allowed [him] G2010 Verb · aorist · active · indicative · third person · singular
18× 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
In the Bible, this word means to permit or allow something to happen, like when Jesus allowed demons to enter pigs in Mark 5:13. It can also mean to entrust or commit something to someone. The apostle Paul used this word in 1 Corinthians 16:7.
Amplified meaning
giving permission, permitting
Tyndale gloss
to permit
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἐπιτρέπω (*epitrepo*) is built from the prefix ἐπι- and the root τρέπω, meaning to turn or transfer. It covers a range of meanings including to commit, entrust, permit, or allow. In the New Testament, it appears in contexts such as allowing someone to act or entrusting matters to others, with references in 1 Corinthians and the Gospels.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἐπι-τρέπω

[in LXX (usually with v.l. ἐπιστρ-): Ge 39:6 (עָזַב), etc. ;]

to turn to, commit, entrust.

to yield, permit: I Co 16:7, He 6:3; c. dat. pers., Mk 5:13, Jo 19:38; id. c. inf. (cf. M, Pr., 205), Mt 8:21 19:8, Lk 8:32 9:52, 61 Ac 21:39, 40 27:3, I Ti 2:12; c. inf., Mk 10:4. Pass., c. dat. et inf., Ac 26:1 28:16,

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ἐπι-τρέπω ; 1 aor. ἐπέτρεψα; Pass., [pres. ἐπιτρέπομαι]; 2 aor. ἐπετράπην; pf. 3 pers. sing. ἐπιτέτραπται (1 Co. xiv. 34 RG); fr. Hom. down; 1. to turn to, transfer, commit, intrust. 2. to permit, allow, give leave: 1 Co. xvi. 7; Heb. vi. 3; τινί, Mk. v.13; Jn. xix. 38; with an inf. added, Mt. viii. 21; xix. 8; Lk. viii. 32; ix. 59, 61; Acts xxi. 89 sq.; 1 Tim. ii. 12; and without the dat. Mk. x. 4; foll. by ace. with inf. Acts xxvii. 3 (where L T Tr WH πορευθέντι) ; cf. Xen. an. 7, 7,8; Plato, legg. 5 p. 730d. Pass. ἐπιτρέπεταί τινι, with inf.: Acts xxvi. 1; XXvill. 16; 1 Co. xiv. 34.

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ἐπιτρέπω. For the distinctive NT sense of this verb ‘ permit,” “allow,” cf. P Magd 27(B.c. 221) δέομαι οὖν σου, βασιλεῦ, . ++ μὴ ἐπιτρέπειν Tat Tlodpa κωλύειν ἡμᾶς οἰκοδομεῖν, 7b. 12) (B.C. 217) μὴ ἐπιτρέπειν αὐτοῖς ἐγβαλεῖν pe ἐκ τῶν κλήρων, BGU 11. 4512° (i/ii A.D.) θεῶν ἐπιτρεπόν[τ]ων, Ρ Ryl II. 120% (ap. 167) διὸ ἀξιῶ ἐπιτρέψαι μ[ο]ι χρήσασθαι αὐτῷ τῷ “Eppetvw, P Lond 951 verso* (late ili/A.D.) (=III. p. 213) τ]δ βρέφος ἐχέτω τροφόν, ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ ἐπιτίρέϊπω τῇ θυγατρί μου θηλάζειν, and for the pass., P Oxy III. 474 (A.D. 184 ἢ) δεύτερον τοῦτο προσαγορεύω ἄνευ τοῦ ἐπιτραπῆναι μὴ ἐφάπτεσθαι τοῦ κυριακοῦ χρήματος, “1 now make this second order that the imperial moneys are not to be touched without leave” (Edd.). For the use of the inf. after ἐπιτρέπω in the NT, as in the Pontic dialect of MGr, see Proleg. p. 205. For the verb = ‘‘entrust,’’ ‘‘commission,” ‘‘instruct,” we may cite a…

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ἐπιτρέπω (epitrepō) — to permit.

ἐπιτρέπ-ω,

Ionic dialect ἐπιτράπω [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]future -τρέψ; Doric dialect 3rd.pers. plural -τρέψοντι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect infinitive -τραψῆν[Refs]: aorist I -έτρεψα[Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 -έτραπον[Refs]: perfect -τέτρᾰφα[Refs 2nd c.BC+] —middle, future -τρέψομαι (variant{-τράψ-}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 -ετρᾰπόμην[Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, future -τετράψομαι Pisistr. cited in [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: aorist I -ετρέφθην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect -ετράφθην, participle -τραφθείς[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 -ετράπην [ᾰ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect (see. below [Refs]:—properly to turn to or towards, used by Hom.in aorist 2 middle, σοὶ.. θυμὸς ἐπετράπετο εἴρεσθαι thy mind inclined itself to ask, [Refs 8th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἐπιτρέπω

epitrepo

from 1909 and the base of 5157; to turn over (transfer), i.e.

allow:--give leave (liberty, license), let, permit, suffer.

see GREEK for 1909

see GREEK for 5157

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἐπιτρέπω

v.

I allow, permit

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἐπιτρέπω epitrepō 18x

to give over, to leave to the entire trust or management of any one; hence, to permit, allow, suffer, Mt. 8:21; Mk. 5:13

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐπιτρέπω ionic -τράπω fut. -τρέψω aor1 -έτρεψα ionic -έτραψα aor2 -έτραπον Pass. and Mid., ionic aor1 -ετράφθην Pass. ionic aor1 -ετράφθην aor2 pass. -ετράπην mid. -ετρα^πόμην properly to turn towards, in aor2 mid., θυμὸς ἐπετράπετο εἴρεσθαι thy mind inclined itself to ask, Od.

to turn over to, to commit or entrust to another as trustee, guardian, or vicegerent, Hom., Hdt., attic; c. inf., σοὶ ἐπέτρεψεν πονέεσθαι he left it to you to work, Il.

c. dat. only, to trust to, rely upon, Hom., Hdt.: to refer the matter to a person, leave it to his judgment, Ar., Thuc.:—so in Mid. to entrust oneself, leave one's case to, τινι Hdt.

Pass. to be entrusted, ᾧ λαοί τ᾽ ἐπιτετράφαται (3rd pl. perf. for ἐπιτετραμμένοι εἰσί) Il.; τῇς (sc. Ὥραις) ἐπιτέτραπται οὐρανός heaven's gate is…

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

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

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
26%do allow
do allow26% · 5×he allowed16% · 3×allowed11% · 2×shall permit11% · 2×when was permitting5% · 1×it is permitted5% · 1×it is allowed5% · 1×i do permit5% · 1×other renderings16% · 3×

19 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 11 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 18 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
εἰσέρχομαιI go in, come inἸησοῦςJesus
κύριοςlord, Lord, master,
αὐτόςArticle the
σύ
σκληροκαρδίαhardness of hearδέbut, on the othe
λέγωI say, speak
δέbut, on the othe
ἵναin order that, so th
αὐτός
ἐπιτρέπωhe allowed [him]18×
what comes after →
ἐγώ
πρῶτοςSupἀποτάσσωI withdraw from,λαλέωI speak, say
αὐτός
καίand, even, also,εἰςλαλέωI speak, say
Article the
ΠιλᾶτοςPilateΠαῦλοςPaulθεόςGod, a god
σύ
ἀπολύωI release, let gὑπέρ
ΜωϋσῆςMoses
βιβλίονa papyrus roll

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Concordanceἐπιτρέπω · 18× in the New Testament
Acts Luke 1 Corinthians Matthew Mark 1 Timothy Hebrews John
Across the New Testament8 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria Ignatius of Antioch The Shepherd of Hermas
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 3.213c. AD 40

πολλαῖς γὰρ ψυχαῖς μετανοίᾳ χρῆσθαι βουληθείσαις οὐκ ἐπέτρεψεν ὁ θεός, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ ὑπὸ παλιρροίας εἰς τοὔμπαλιν ἀνεχώρησαν τρόπον τινὰ τῆς Λὼτ γυναικὸς (Gen.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.266c. AD 75–95

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν ἐπέτρεψεν Ἴσακος ἐπʼ αὐτῷ τῆς γνώμης γενομένης·

The Shepherd of HermasThe Shepherd of Hermas 9.1.4c. AD 140

λέγω αὐτῷ: Κύριε, ἐπίτρεψόν μοι ὀλίγα ἐπερωτῆσαί σε.

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 4th c. AD 3rd c. AD 7th c. AD

Ἰσιδώρου γενομένων βιβλιοφυλάκων … Λεωνίδου στρατηγήσαντος ὑπομνηματισμὸς καὶ χειρογραφία τοῦ γραμματέως Λεονίδου διʼ ὧν ἐπετράπη παραλαβεῖν τὰ μήπω παραδεδομένα βιβλία ὅποιά ἐστιν κινδύνῳ τῶν αὐθεντῶν βιβλιοφυλάκων

P.Oxy. 43 3088OxyrhynchosAD 128

ἀντίγραφον. Φλάυιος Τιτιανὸς Ὀξυρυγχειτῶν τῇ πόλει χαίρειν. ἀποδέχομαι ὑμᾶς τὴν πατρίδα κοσμεῖν προῃρημένους καὶ ἐπιτρέπω κατασκευάζειν τὸ βαλανεῖον ἔκ τε τῶν ἤδη συνειλεγμένων χρημάτων, ὥς φατε, καὶ ἐξ ὧν

Βασσίων τελώνης ἑταιρικοῦ Ἀφροδίτῃ· ἐπιτρέπω σοι ἑταιρεῖν πρὸς μόνην τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἡμέραν, ἥτις ἐστὶν ιδ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος η ἔτους

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
πρὸςpros to G4314 Preposition
700× 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
A preposition showing direction or relationship, like towards or with something, as seen in Mark 5:11 and John 18:16. This means indicating movement or direction. It's about showing proximity or connection.
Tyndale gloss
to/with
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

πρός is a preposition that indicates direction, proximity, or relation. It can be used with the genitive to denote motion from a place, with the dative for local proximity, and with the accusative to express motion towards a place or object. In the New Testament, it appears in various contexts, such as Acts 27:34 for benefit and Mark 5:11 for proximity.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

πρός,

prep. c. gen., dat., acc.

C. gen., of motion from a place, from the side of, hence metaph., in the interests of, Ac 27:34 (cf. Page, in l.).

C. dat., of local proximity, hard by, near, at: Mk 5:11, Lk 19:37, Jo 18:16 20:11, 12, Re 1:13.

C. acc., of motion or direction towards a place or object, to, towards.

Of place,

after verbs of motion or of speaking and other words with the idea of direction: ἔρχομαι, ἀναβαίνω, πορεύομαι, λέγω, ἐπιστολή, etc., Mt 3:14, Mk 6:51, Lk 11:5, Jo 2:3,

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πρός, a preposition, i.q. Epic mpori, from πρό and the adverbial suffix τι, (cf. the German vor . . . hin [Curtius § 381]); it is joined I. with the AccusaTIvE, to, towards, Lat. ad, denoting direction towards athing, or position and state looking towards a thing (W. § 49h. p. 404 (378)): it is used 1. of the goal or limit towards which a movement is directed: πρός twa or τι, a. prop. after verbs of going, departing, running, coming, ete.: ἄγω, Jn. xi. 15; ἀναβαίνω, Mk. vi. 51; Jn. xx. 17; Acts xv. 2; ἀνακάμπτω, Mt. ii. 12; Acts xvili. 21; ἀνέρχομαι, Gal. i. 17 [1]. Tr mrg. arépy.]; ἀπέρχομαι, Mt. » xiv. 25 [Rec.]; Mk. iii. 13, etc.; πρὸς ἑαυτόν, to his house, Lk. xxiv. 12 [T om. L Trbr. WH reject the ys.; Tr reads mp. αὐτόν ; some connect the phrase w. θαυμάζων (see 2 Ὁ. below) ]; Jn. xx. 10 [Ὁ Tr αὐτούς, WH air. (cf. s. v. αὑτοῦ sub fin.)]; γίνεσθαι πρός τινα, to come to one, 1 Co.…

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πρός reference to place PSI IV. 31178 (iv/A.D.?) πρ]ὸς τὴν Aavitk.ay τῆς κοίλης Dupials. Headlam (on Herodas VII. 123) holds that τὰ πρὸς τὴν θύραν in Mk 2? ‘‘is surely idiomatic (not vulgar as Moulton thinks) ‘spots which commanded the door’”: cf. Mt 310, Lk 35. For πρός, ‘‘with,” as in Jn ΤΡ, Heb 41%, cf. Epict. iv. 9. 13 πρὸς ὃν οὐδείς ἐστί σου πιθανώτερος (see Sharp Ξε, p. 92). And for the possibility that the difficult πρός in Mk 63, οἷ", 14%, Jn 1}, 1 Jn 1?, is to be explained as an Aramaism, see Rendel Harris Prologue to S. John’s Gospel p. 8f., and Burney Avamaic Origin of the Fourth Gospel p. 28 f. (6) of time = ‘‘for’’ (a time) and no longer—BGU I. 1131? (A.D. 143) βουλόμενος παρεπιδημεῖν πρὸς καιρόν (cf. Lk 818), P Oxy I. 6714 (A.D. 338) πρὸς ὀλίγον εἰσχύει, ‘‘withstands but for a short time” (cf. Jas 4), and P Flor III. 282° (A.D. 520) πρὸς ὅλον χρόνον. (c) of mental…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

πρός (pros) — to/with.

πρός,

preposition, expressing direction,

__A on the side of, in the direction of, hence with genitive, dative, and accusative, from, at, to: Epic dialect also προτί and ποτί, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] usually with accusative, more rarely with dative, and each only once with genitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—dialectal forms: Doric dialectποτί (which see) and ποί, but Cretan dialect πορτί [Refs], Argive προτ(ί) [Refs 7th c.BC+] πός [Refs 4th c.BC+]., also sometimes in Asia Minor in compounds, see at {ποσάγω},{ποσφέρω}; Aeolic dialect πρός [Refs 7th c.BC+]; πρές [Refs 6th c.AD+]; Pamphylian περτ (ί) [Refs] (With προτί, πρός cf. Sanskrit práti 'towards, near to, against, back, etc.', Slavonic protiv[ucaron], Lett. pret 'against', Latin pretium: ποτί (which see) and πός are not cognate) [Refs 4th c.BC+] refers to that from which something…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

πρός

pros

a strengthened form of 4253; a preposition of direction; forward to,

i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to;

with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the

accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the

destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is

predicated):--about, according to , against, among, at, because of,

before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh

unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to

(you) -ward, unto, with(-in). In the comparative case, it denotes

essentially the same applications, namely, motion towards, accession

to, or nearness at.

see GREEK for 4253

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

πρός

Prep.

to, towards, with

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

πρός pros 700x

from; met. for the benefit of, Acts 27:34; with a dative, near, by, at, by the side of, in the vicinity of, Mk. 5:11; Lk. 19:37; with an accusative, used of the place to which anything tends, to, unto, towards, Mt. 2:12; 3:5, 13; at, close upon, Mt. 3:10; Mk. 5:22; near to, in the vicinity of, Mk. 6:45; after verbs of speaking, praying, answering to a charge, etc., to, Mt. 3:15; 27:14; of place where, with, in, among, by, at, etc., Read the full entry →

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

πρός prep. with gen., implying motion from a place; with dat., abiding at a place; with acc., motion to a place

WITH GEN.,

of Place, from, from forth, Hom., Soph.

on the side or quarter of, νήσοισι πρὸς Ἤλιδος islands looking (as it were) from Elis, i. e. towards Elis, Od.; πρὸς τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου ἵδρυται μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦ Στρύμονος lies more towards (i. e. nearer) the Hellespont than the Strymon, Hdt.; ἐστρατοπεδεύοντο πρὸς Ὀλύνθου Thuc., etc.:—often with words denoting the points of the compass, δύω θύραι εἰσίν, αἱ μὲν πρὸς βορέαο, αἱ δ᾽ αὖ πρὸς νότου one looking north wards, the other south wards, Od.; so, οἰκέουσι πρὸς νότου ἀνέμου Hdt., etc.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Prep — Preposition
preposition — its sense depends on the case of the word it governs.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

PREP PREPosition

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
69%to
to69% · 506×with7% · 48×for6% · 42×toward4% · 30×against3% · 21×at3% · 20×unto2% · 18×other renderings5% · 37×other renderings1% · 10×

732 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 32 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
adverbial93%predicate5%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 700 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
ἔρχομαιI come, go
καίand, even, also,Article theνύξthe night, night
λέγωI say, speak
καίand, even, also,δέbut, on the otheἸησοῦςJesus
δέbut, on the other ha
λέγωI say, speakArticle theπαραγίνομαιI appear, come,
αὐτός
ἄγωI leadφέρωI carry, bear, bμαθητήςa learner, disci
ἐγώ
ὑπέρσῶμαbody, fleshυἱόςa son, descenden
πρόςto700×
what comes after →
Article the
πατήρfather, Father, θεόςGod, a godμαθητήςa learner, disci
αὐτός
Article theλέγωI say, speakκαίand, even, also,
σύ
καίand, even, also,ἐνἔρχομαιI come, go
ἐγώ
καίand, even, also,Article theοὐNeg
ἀλλήλων
τίςIrgλέγωI say, speakμήNeg

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

Concordanceπρός · 700× in the New Testament
Luke Acts John Mark Matthew 2 Corinthians 1 Corinthians Hebrews Romans Ephesians 1 Thessalonians Galatians

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Across the New Testament26 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 3c. AD 40

ἡ δ’ ἀρχή, καθάπερ ἔφην, ἐστὶ θαυμασιωτάτη κοσμοποιίαν περιέχουσα, ὡς καὶ τοῦ κόσμου τῷ νόμῳ καὶ τοῦ νόμου τῷ κόσμῳ συνᾴδοντος καὶ τοῦ νομίμου ἀνδρὸς εὐθὺς ὄντος κοσμοπολίτου πρὸς τὸ βούλημα τῆς φύσεως τὰς πράξεις ἀπευθύνοντος, καθ’ ἣν καὶ ὁ σύμπας…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.4c. AD 75–95

τὸν μὲν γὰρ πρὸς τοὺς Ῥωμαίους πόλεμον ἡμῖν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις γενόμενον καὶ τὰς ἐν αὐτῷ πράξεις καὶ τὸ τέλος οἷον ἀπέβη πείρᾳ μαθὼν ἐβιάσθην ἐκδιηγήσασθαι διὰ τοὺς ἐν τῷ γράφειν λυμαινομένους τὴν ἀλήθειαν,

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 2.3c. AD 100

τούτων οὖν μενόντων τὰ πρὸς κύριον ἁγνῶς, συνευφραίνονται αὐτοῖς σοφία, σύνεσις, ἐπιστήμη, γνῶσις.

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 3rd c. BC 4th c. AD 6th c. AD
P.Grenf. 1 28Krokodilopolis (Pathyrites)109 BC

r … πυρὸν νέον καθαρὸν ἄδολον μέτρωι ὧι καὶ παρείληφεν καὶ ἀποκαθεστάμενον εἰς οἶκον πρὸς αὐτὸν ἰδίοις ἀνηλώμασιν. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀποδῶι ἐν τῶι ὡρισμένωι χρόνωι ἢ μὴ ποιῆ

P.Amh. 2 48Pathyris107 BC

παρεχέτω τὸν οἶνον μόνιμον ἕως Ἁθὺρ λ τοῦ δεκάτου ἔτους, καὶ ἀποκαταστησάτω εἰς οἶκον πρὸς αὐτὴν τοῖς ἰδίοις. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀποδῷ ἐν τῷ ὡρισμένῳ χρόνῳ ἀποτεισάτω ἑκάστου κεραμίου

P.Grenf. 1 30Pathyris104 BC

πᾶσι χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρωμένοις διὰ παντὸς εὐημερεῖν. ὑγιαίνομεν δὲ καὶ αὐτοί. μεταλαβόντες τοὺς συντετελεσμένους πρὸς τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς Ἑρμωνθίτας ἀγῶνας μεγάλως ἐχάρημεν. ἐπεὶ οὖν προκεχειρίκαμεν προστάτην τοῦ μεγίστου θεοῦ Νεχθφαραῦτος

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
τοὺςho <the> G3588 Article · accusative · plural · 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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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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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-APM — Article · accusative · plural · masculine
accusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked plural masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

T-APM Part of Speech: definite arTicle Case: Accusative Number: Plural Gender: Masculine

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

THE, an adjective or definitive adjective.

1. This adjective is used as a definitive, that is, before nouns which are specific or understood; or it is used to limit their signification to a specific thing or things, or to describe them; as the laws of the twelve tables. the independent tribunals of justice in our country, are the security or private rights, and the best bulwark against arbitrary power. the sun is the source of light and heat.

This he calls the preaching of the cross.

2. the is also used rhetorically before a noun in the singular number, to denote a species by way of distinction; a single thing representing the whole. the fig tree putteth forth her green figs; the almond tree shall flourish; the grasshopper shall be a burden.

3. In poetry, the sometimes loses the final vowel before another vowel.

Th' adorning thee with so much art,

Is but a barb'rous skill.

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
<the>19783×
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

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
φίλουςphilos [his] friends G5384 Adjective · accusative · plural · masculine
29× 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 word means a friend or someone who is friendly, and it's used many times in the Bible, like in Luke 7:6 and Acts 27:3. It describes someone you care about and who cares about you, like a close buddy or neighbor.
Amplified meaning
those who cared for him
Tyndale gloss
friendly/friend
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

φίλος is an adjective and noun meaning 'friend' or 'dear.' It conveys notions of love and friendship, often used in the New Testament to describe close relationships, as seen in verses like Luke 7:6 and John 15:15. The word can also imply being beloved or cherished. There are variations in its usage across different contexts, but no significant disagreements among lexicons.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

φίλος, -η, -ον

[in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ, אֹהֵב ;]

pass., beloved, dear (Hom., Eur., al.).

Act., loving, friendly (in cl. less freq. and only in poets): Ac 19:31. As subst., a friend;

masc., ὁ φ.: Lk 7:6 11:5 14:10 15:6 16:9 21:16 23:12, Ac 27:3, III Jo 15; opp. to δοῦλος, Jo 15:15; φ. ἀναγκαῖοι, Ac 10:24; c. gen. subj., Mt 11:19, Lk 7:34 11:6, 8 12:4 14:12 15:29, Jo 11:11 15:13, 14; ὁ φ. τοῦ νυμφίου, Jo 3:29; τ. Καίσαρος (v. Deiss., BS 167; LAE, 382 f.), Jo 19:12; θεοῦ (v. Hort, in l.), Ja 2:23; c. gen. rei, τ, κόσμου, Ja…

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φίλος, -7, -ov, fr. Hom. down, friendly [ef. L. and 5. s. v. I. and IL]: φίλον εἶναί τινι, to be friendly to one, wish him well, Acts xix. 31; 1. ὁ φίλος, Sept. for YN, IOs, subst., a friend: Lk. vii. 6; xi. 5; xv. 6; xvi. 9; xxiii. 12; Acts xxvii.3; 3 Jn. 15 (14); joined with συγγενεῖς, Lk. xxi. 16; an associate, opp. to δοῦλος, Jn. xv. 15; φίλοι ἀναγκαῖοι, [A. V.near friends] Lat. necessitate conjuncti, Acts x. 24; φίλε, friend, in kindly address, Lk. xiv. 10; with agen. of the subject, ὁ φίλος τινός, Lk. xi. 6, [8]; xii. 4; xiv. 12; xv. 29; Jn. xi. 11; xv. 18 sq.; spec. he who associates familiarly with one, a companion, Mt. xi. 19; Lk. vii. 34; ὁ @. τοῦ νυμφίου, the rabbinical ;avjw [q.v. in Buxtorf or Levy] (i.e. ‘son of gladness’), one of the bridegroom’s friends who on his behalf asked the hand of the bride and rendered him various services in closing the marriage and celebrating…

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φίλος, ‘*a friend”: Preisigke 68174 (letter of commendation— B.C, 255) πυνθανόμενος δέ σε εἶναι ἐπιε[ιἸκῆ ἠξίωσάν τινές pe τῶν φίλων γράψαι [σο]ς, P Vat A*° (8.6. 168) (= Witkowski*, p. 66) ἀσπάζεσθαι τὴν γυνάϊκα Kal τὰ παιδία Kal τοὺς φίλους, BGU IV. 12098 (8.6. 23) ἡμῶν δὲ φίλου γενομένου ITerexayros, ‘our late friend Petechon,” P Oxy IV. 7427 (B.c. 2) παράδος δέ τινι τῶν φίλων ἀριθμῷ αὐτὰς (sc. δέσμας) ἵνα πάλιν φίίλος ἡμεῖν παραδοῖ ἀσφαλῶς, ‘deliver a few of them (sc. bundles of reeds) to Part VIII.

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

φίλος (philos) — friendly/friend.

φίλος, η, ον,

also ος, ον [Refs 8th c.BC+] with ῑ at the beginning of a verse, see below].

I. passive, beloved, dear, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently with dative, dear to one, μάλα οἱ φ. ἦεν [Refs]; with neuter nouns, φίλε τέκνον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also φίλος for φίλε (Attic dialect, accusative to [Refs 8th c.BC+]: genitive added to the vocative, φίλ᾽ ἀνδρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+] substantive:

I. a φίλος, ὁ, friend, κουρίδιος φίλος, i.e. husband, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φίλοι friends, kith and kin, νόσφιφίλων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. μέγιστος my greatest friend, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φίλοι οἱ ἐγγυτάτω, οἱ ἔγγιστα, [Refs 8th c.BC+] frequently with a genitive, ὁ Διὸς φίλος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἐμαυτοῦ φ., τοὺς τούτων φ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν ἐμε̄ν φ.[Refs 5th c.BC+] a friend is another self, [Refs 5th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

φίλος

philos

properly, dear, i.e. a friend; actively, fond, i.e. friendly (still as

a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.):--friend.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

φίλος, η, ον

Adj. & n.f. & n.m.

friendly, a friend

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

φίλος philos 29x

loved, dear; devoted; Acts 19:31; as a subst., a friend, Lk. 7:6; 11:5, 6, 8; a congenial associate, Mt. 11:19; Lk. 7:34; Jas. 4:4; used as a word of courteous appellation, Lk. 14:10

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

φίλος φίλος, η, ον ι short: but voc. φίλε with ι_ in Hom. pass. loved, beloved, dear, Lat. amicus, carus, Hom., etc.; c. dat. dear to one, id. Hom.; voc. φίλε may be used with neut. nouns, φίλε τέκνον Od.; a gen. was sometimes added to the voc., φίλ᾽ ἀνδρῶν Theocr.; ὦ φίλα γυναικῶν Eur.:—often as Subst., φίλος, a friend, Hom.:—proverb., ἔστιν ὁ φ. ἄλλος αὐτός a friend is another self, Arist.; κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλων Plat.:—so in fem. φίλη, a dear one, friend, Lat. amica, Hom., attic:— φίλον, ου, an object of love, Soph.; τὰ φίλτατα one's nearest and dearest, such as wife and children, Trag.

of things, dear, pleasant, welcome, Hom.:—as predic., φίλον ἐστί or γίγνεταί μοι 'tis dear to me, pleases me, Lat. cordi est, id. Hom., Hdt., etc.; εἰ τόδ᾽ αὐτῷ φίλον…

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Adj-APM — Adjective · accusative · plural · masculine
accusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked plural masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

A-APM Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Accusative Number: Plural Gender: Masculine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
Nave's Topical Bible

→ Jesus calls his disciples by this term Joh 15:14,15

→ FALSE FRIENDS

Instances of

Pharaoh's butler was false to Joseph Ge 40:23

Delilah was false to Samson Jud 16:1-20

The Ephraimite's wife Jud 19:1,2

David was false to Joab 1Ki 2:5,6

David was false to Uriah 2Sa 11

Ahithophel was false to David 2Sa 15:12

David's friends were false to David Ps 35:11-16; 41:9; 55:12-14,20,21; 88:8,18

Judas Iscariot Mt 26:48,49

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
56%friends
friends56% · 15×friend44% · 12×

27 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
predicate31%object28%subject14%adverbial14%indirect object3%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 29 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
σύσυγκαλέωI call togetherφωνέωI crow, shout, s
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakεἰμίI am, exist
εἰμίI am, exist
Article theοὐNeg
σύ
εἶπονI say, speak
καίand, even, also, nam
συγγενήςakin, a relativeδικαιοσύνηjustice, justnes
φίλος[his] friends29×
what comes after →
καίand, even, also, nam
ἁμαρτωλόςsinning, sinful,πορεύομαιI travel, journeArticle the
ἐγώ
παραγίνομαιI appear, come, μήNegεὐφραίνωI cheer, am glad
Article the
ἑκατοντάρχηςa centurionτέDisjνυμφίοςa bridegroom
αὐτός
διά
τελώνηςa collector of taxes
καίand, even, also,

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

Concordanceφίλος · 29× in the New Testament
Luke John Acts 3 John James Matthew
Across the New Testament6 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 45 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 Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 2.85c. AD 40

καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ πολλάκις καταλιπὼν μὲν ἀνθρώπους συγγενεῖς καὶ φίλους καὶ πατρίδα καὶ εἰς ἐρημίαν ἐλθών, ἵνα τι τῶν θέας ἀξίων κατανοήσω, οὐδὲν ὤνησα, ἀλλὰ σκορπισθεὶς ὁ νοῦς ἢ πάθει δηχθεὶς ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τἀναντία·

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.108c. AD 75–95

περὶ μὲν τούτων, ὡς ἂν ἑκάστοις ᾖ φίλον, οὕτω σκοπείτωσαν.

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 10.1c. AD 96

Ἀβραάμ, ὁ φίλος προσαγορευθείς, πιστὸς εὑρέθη ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν ὑπήκοον γενέσθαι τοῖς ῥήμασιν τοῦ θεοῦ.

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2nd c. BC 2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 3rd c. BC 4th c. AD
P. Grenf. 1 12Latopolis151 BC

τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ τοῖσἐπεσομένοις ἐξ ἐμοῦ καὶ Ἀπολλωνίας τέκνοις. Ἐπίτροπον δὲ καταλείπω Ἑρμ … φιλον Παμφίλου Φιλωτέρειον Δρύτωνι Παμφίλου ὄντα συγγενῆ, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Ἐσθλάδου τοῦ Ἐσθλάδου. Ἀλλωι δὲ

P. Grenf. 1 21Pathyris127 BC

ϛ ἔτους ἐπὶ τοῦ Φιλομήτορος, ἣ διασαφεῖ τά τε ἄλλα καὶ ἐπίτροπον Ἑρμ … φιλον ὄντα συγγενῆ κατέστησεν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν οἰκετικῶν σωμάτων δ ὧν ὀνόματα Μυρσίνην καὶ ταύτης

P.Grenf. 1 44Pathyris127 BC

ϛ ἔτει ἐπὶ τοῦ Φιλομήτορος ἣ διασαφεῖ τά τε ἄλλα καὶ ἐπίτροπον Ἑρμ … φιλον ὄντα συγγενῆ κατέστησεν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν οἰκετικῶν σωμάτων δ ὧν ὀνόματα Μυρσίνην καὶ ταύτης

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
πορευθέντιporeuō may be going G4198 Verb · aorist · passive deponent · participle · accusative · singular · masculine
153× 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 travel means to go from one place to another, as in Matthew 2:20, or to journey through life, as in Luke 13:31.
Amplified meaning
go to, meet with
Tyndale gloss
to travel
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

πορεύομαι is a middle voice verb meaning to go or travel, derived from a root associated with passage. It covers a range of meanings from literal travel to metaphorical uses, such as living a certain way or departing from life. The New Testament frequently uses it to describe journeys, both physical and spiritual, including references in Matthew and Luke.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

πορεύω,

(< πόρος, a ford, a passage),

[in LXX chiefly for הלךְ;]

in cl. (the act. becomes obsolete in late Gk.; v. M, Pr., 162), to cause to go over, carry, convey. Mid. (always in LXX and NT), -ομαι, to go, proceed, go on one's way: c. acc., ὁδόν, Ac 8:39; seq. ἐκεῖθεν, Mt 19:15; ἐντεῦθεν, Lk 13:31; ἀπό, Mt 25:41, Lk 4:42; εἰς, Mt 2:20, Mk 16:12, Lk 1:39, Jo 7:35, al; εἰς εἰρήνην (cf. I Ki…

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πορεύω : to lead over, carry over, transfer, (Pind., Soph., Thue., Plat., al.); Mid. (fr. Hdt. down), pres. πορεύομαι; impf. ἐπορευόμην ; fut. πορεύσομαι; pf. ptep. πεπορευμένος ; 1 aor. subjune. 1 pers. plur. πορευσώμεθα (Jas. iv. 13 Rec. Grsb.); 1 aor. pass. ἐπορεύθην ; (πόρος a ford, [cf. Eng. pore i. 6. passage through ; Curtius § 356; Vanitek p- 479]) ; Sept. often for 727, JAN, 12; prop. to lead one’s self across ; i. e. to take one’s way, betake one’s self, set out, depart ; a. prop.: τὴν ὁδόν μου, to pursue the journey on which one has entered, continue one’s journey, [A. V. go on one’s way], Acts viii. 39; πορ. foll. by ἀπό w. agen. of place, to depart from, Mt. xxiv. 1 [R G]; ἀπό w. a gen. of the pers., Mt. xxv. 41; Lk. iv. 42; ἐκεῖθεν, Mt. xix. 15; ἐντεῦθεν, Lk. xiii. 31; foll. by εἰς w. an ace. of place, to go, depart, to some place: Mt. ii. 20; xvii. 27; Mk. xvi.12; Lk.i.…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

πορεύω (poreuō) — to travel.

πορ-εύω,

future -σω[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐπόρευσα, poetry πόρευσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive and middle, future πορεύσομαι [LXX+5th c.BC+]aorist ἐπορευσάμην (only compounds ἐν-, προ-, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: perfect πεπόρευμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:(πόρος):

I. active, make to go, carry, convey, by land or water, τινα [Refs 6th c.BC+]: with doubleaccusative, carry or ferry over, [Νέσσος] ποταμὸν.. Βροτοὺς μισθοῦ 'πόρευε [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. of things, bring, carry, ἐπιστολὰς πατρί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; furnish, bestow, χρυσόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; set in motion, κίνησις.. βραδυτῆτάς τε καὶ τάχη.. π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.3. absolutely, conduct a search, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

πορεύομαι

poreuomai

middle voice from a derivative of the same as 3984; to traverse, i.e.

travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively,

die), live, etc.); --depart, go (away, forth, one's way, up), (make a,

take a) journey, walk.

see GREEK for 3984

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

πορεύομαι

v.

I travel, journey, go

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

πορεύω poreuō 153x

also listed as a deponent, πορεύομαι, to go, pass from one place to another, Mt. 17:27; 18:12; to go away, depart, Mt. 24:1; 25:41; Jn. 14:2, 3; trop. to go away, depart, from life, to die, Lk. 22:22; to go, pass on one’s way, journey, travel, Mt. 2:8, 9; Lk. 1:39; 2:41; πορεύομαι ὀπίσω, to go after, to become a follower or partisan, Lk. 21:8; or, to pursue after, be devoted to, 2 Pet. 2:10; from the Hebrew, to go or proceed in any way…

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-AOP-ASM — Verb · aorist · passive deponent · participle · accusative · singular · masculine
accusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked singular masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-AOP-ASM Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Aorist Voice: passive depOnent Mood: Participle Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
15%having gone
having gone15% · 23×do go14% · 21×go10% · 16×going6% · 9×he went3% · 5×i shall go3% · 4×other renderings37% · 57×other renderings12% · 18×

153 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 56 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
verb87%adverbial12%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 153 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
αὐτόςπορεύομαιI travel, journeὄροςa mountain
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakἐπιθυμίαdesire, eagernesσκανδαλίζωI cause to stumb
δέbut, on the other ha
οὗτοςArticle theἸησοῦςJesus
ἐξέρχομαιI go out, come out
ἡμέραa dayκαίand, even, also,οὖνtherefore, then
ἀνίστημιI raise up, set up,
αὐτόςκαίand, even, also,ἐγώ
πορεύομαιmay be going153×
what comes after →
εἰς
Article theἹεροσόλυμαPropεἰρήνηpeace, peace of
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theὁράωI see, look uponπορεύομαιI travel, journe
Article the
ἸησοῦςJesusΦαρισαῖοςa PhariseeArticle the
δέbut, on the other ha
αὐτόςμανθάνωI learn, ascertaμᾶλλονmore, rather
πρός
Article theαὐτός

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

Concordanceπορεύομαι · 153× in the New Testament
Luke Acts Matthew John 1 Corinthians 1 Peter Jude Mark 2 Peter Romans 1 Timothy 2 Timothy

Every reference is on the Strong's page.

Across the New Testament13 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 443 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 The Shepherd of Hermas Philo of Alexandria Clement of Rome The Epistle of Barnabas
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 1.69c. AD 40

„καὶ ὁ ποταμὸς ὁ τρίτος Τίγρις, οὗτος ὁ πορευόμενος κατέναντι Ἀσσυρίων.“ τρίτη ἐστὶν ἀρετὴ σωφροσύνη, ἀντιστατοῦσα τῇ κατευθύνειν δοκούσῃ τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην ἀσθένειαν ἡδονῇ·

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.278c. AD 75–95

Ἰάκωβος δὲ εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν στελλόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς μητρὸς κατὰ γάμον τῆς Λαβάνου θυγατρὸς τοῦ ἐκείνης ἀδελφοῦ, ἐπιτρέψαντος Ἰσάκου τὸν γάμον διὰ τὸ πείθεσθαι τοῖς βουλήμασι τῆς γυναικὸς διὰ τῆς Χαναναίας ἐπορεύετο καὶ διὰ τὸ πρὸς τοὺς ἐπιχωρίους…

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 10.10c. AD 100

λαμβάνει δὲ τῶν αὐτῶν τριῶν δογμάτων γνῶσιν Δαυείδ καὶ λέγει: Μακάριος ἀνήρ, ὃς οὐκ ἐπορεύθη ἐν βουλῇ ἀσεβῶν, καθὼς καὶ οἱ ἰχθύες πορεύονται ἐν σκότει εἰς τὰ βάθη: καὶ ἐν ὁδῷ ἁμαρτωλῶν οὐκ ἔστη, καθὼς οἱ δοκοῦντες φοβεῖσθαι τὸν κύριον ἁμαρτάνουσιν…

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. BC 3rd c. AD 1st c. AD 2nd c. BC
P.Cair. Zen. 2 59261Arsinoites (?)252 BC

ἔχεις ἔτους λδ Παχὼνς η ἃς Πᾶσις Ἰροβάστιος θρίσσας ρ δραχμῶν μ Θῶυθ γ πορευομένου σου πρὸς Ἀπολλώνιον θρίσσας σ δραχμῶν π Χοίαχ ζ κατὰ τὴν παρὰ Φιλίσκου ἐπιστολὴν

PSI 4 363Arsinoites251 BC

δὲ τὸν ὀνηλάτην εἰς Ἡρακλήους πόλιν δοὺς αὐτῶι ἐφόδιον δραχμὰς δ· οὐ γὰρ ἠβούλετο πορεύεσθαι, ἂν μὴ ἐφόδιον λάβηι.

1805Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)242 BC

προσάγγελμα Ὥρωι φυλακίτηι παρὰ Διοσκουρίδου. ἔτους ζ μηνὸς Θῶυθ β. πορευομένου μου ἐκ Κροκοδίλων πόλεως εἰς Φιλαδέλφειαν

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
ἐπιμελείαςepimeleia care G1958 Noun · genitive · 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
The Greek word for care means showing kind attention to others, like hospitality. In Acts 27:3, it describes giving refreshment. It involves physical or emotional support.
Amplified meaning
hospitality, kind attention
Tyndale gloss
care
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἐπιμέλεια (epimeleia) is derived from ἐπιμελέομαι and means care or attention. It encompasses the idea of diligence and is used in various contexts, including hospitality and public duties. In the New Testament, it appears in Acts 27:3, where it refers to careful attention.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἐπιμέλεια, -ας, ἡ

(< ἐπιμελέομαι),

[in LXX: Pr 3:8 (שִׁקּוּי), Wi 13:13, I Es 6:10, I Mac 16:14, al. ;]

attention, care: Ac 27:3 (v. Field, Notes, 143).†

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἐπιμέλεια (epimeleia) — care.

ἐπιμέλ-εια, ἡ,

written -εα “IG” 22.483.24 [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Ionic dialectgenitive -λίης Ps.-[Refs 5th c.BC+]: —care bestowed upon a thing, attention paid to it, and absolutely, attention, diligence, Prose word, once in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, pains, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (hence, of medical treatment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τοὺς θεούς, πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐπιμέλειάν τινος ποιεῖσθαι, ἔχειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐπιμελείας τυγχάνειν to have attention paid to one, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐ. παρὰ τοῦ δαιμονίου 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Epitaphius” 43; δι᾽ ἐπιμελείας ἔχειν τινά 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.14; ἐπιμελείᾳ, κατ᾽ ἐπιμέλειαν, with diligence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ πάσης ἐ.…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἐπιμέλεια

epimeleia

from 1959; carefulness, i.e. kind attention (hospitality):--+ refresh

self.

see GREEK for 1959

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἐπιμέλεια, ας, ἡ

n.f.

care, attention

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἐπιμέλεια epimeleia 1x

care, attention, Acts 27:3*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐπιμέλεια ἐπιμέλεια, ἡ, ἐπιμελής care, attention, attic Prose; also in Hdt.; pl. cares, pains, Xen., etc.:—c. gen. care for a thing, attention paid to it, Hdt., Thuc., etc.; also, περί τινος id. Thuc.; πρός τινα or τι Dem.

a public charge or commission, Lat. procuratio, Aeschin.: any pursuit, Lat. studium, Xen., etc.

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
Nave's Topical Bible

→ WORLDLY Ps 39:6; 127:2; Ec 4:8; Mt 6:25-34; 13:22; Mr 4:19; Lu 8:14; 12:27; 14:18-20; 21:34; 1Co 7:32,33; Php 4:6; 2Ti 2:4

See CARNAL MINDEDNESS

See RICHES

See WORLDLINESS

→ REMEDY FOR Ps 37:5; 55:22; Pr 16:3; Jer 17:7,8; Mt 6:26-34;

Across the New Testament1 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Sacrifices of Abel and Cain 47c. AD 40

τὰς δὲ καθ’ ἑτέραν ἐκδοχὴν ἀλόγους, οὐχ αἳ παρὰ τὸν ὀρθὸν λόγον εἰσὶν ἀλλ’ ὅσαι μὴ λογικαί, ὧν καὶ τὰ ἄλογα ζῷα κοινωνεῖ, ὁ ἀσκητὴς ἐπιμελείας ἀξιώσει, τὰ σφάλματα αὐταῖς οὐκ ἀπὸ κακίας πανούργου μᾶλλον ἢ ἀπὸ ἀμαθίας ἀναγώγου προσγεγενῆσθαι νομίζων.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.14c. AD 75–95

καθʼ ὅσον δʼ ἂν ἀποστῶσι τῆς τούτων ἀκριβοῦς ἐπιμελείας, ἄπορα μὲν γίνεται τὰ πόριμα, τρέπεται δὲ εἰς συμφορὰς ἀνηκέστους ὅ τι ποτʼ ἂν ὡς ἀγαθὸν δρᾶν σπουδάσωσιν,

Ignatius of AntiochThe Letters of Ignatius 7.1.2c. AD 110

ἐκδίκει σου τὸν τόπον ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιμελείᾳ σαρκικῇ τε καὶ πνευματικῇ.

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 4th c. AD 1st c. BC 1st c. AD
APF 6 (1920), p. 85Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)AD 120–AD 121

γενομένωι ἱερεῖ Ἀλεξάνδρου κτίστου τῆς πόλεως καὶ τῶν ἡλικιῶν ἱερεῖ ἀρχιδικαστῆι καὶ πρὸς τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ τῶν χρηματιστῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων κριτηρίων διὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ Σαραπίωνος καὶ αὐτοῦ γενομένου ἱερέως

P.Meyer 6ArsinoitesAD 125

σιτουμένων ἀτελῶν γενομένῳ στρατηγῷ τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἀντεξηγητῇ ἱερεῖ καὶ ἀρχιδικαστῇ καὶ πρὸς τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ τῶν χρηματιστῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων κριτηρίων παρὰ Ἥρωνος τοῦ Ἰσχυρίωνος. τοῦ προειμένου μοι ἐπιστάλματος

P.Mil.Vogl. 1 26Tebtynis (Arsinoites)AD 128

τῷ Μουσείῳ σιτουμένων ἀτελῶν, κεχιλιαρχηκότι, γενομένῳ στρατηγῷ τῆς πόλεως, ἱερεῖ ἀρχιδικαστῇ καὶ πρὸς τῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ τῶν χρηματιστῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων κριτηρίων· παρὰ Σεραλλίου Πτολλᾶ μητρὸς Ἑρμιόνης τῆς Πλουτάρχου τῶν

On the then next [day] we landed at Sidon, Considerately then <the> Julius <the> Paul was treating he allowed [him] to <the> [his] friends may be going care to receive.
τυχεῖν.tugchanō to receive. G5177 Verb · second aorist · active · infinitive
12× 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 obtain or happen, like hitting a target, as in Acts 19:11 where it means to meet with someone by chance.
Amplified meaning
to take, to obtain
Tyndale gloss
to obtain/happen
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

τυγχάνω is a verb meaning 'to hit' or 'to happen upon.' It can refer to obtaining something or encountering someone by chance. In the New Testament, it appears in contexts like obtaining a reward (Lk 20:35) and expressing possibility (1 Cor 14:10). The lexicons agree on its general meanings but differ slightly on nuances in usage.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

τυγχάνω

[in LXX: De 19:5 (מָצָא), Jb 3:21 7:2 17:1, Pr 24:58 (30:23) (without definite Heb. equiv.), Wi 15:19, I Mac 11:42, III Mac 3:7, al. ;]

Trans.

to hit (opp. to ἁμαρτάνω, to miss the mark: Hom., Xen., al.).

to hit upon, light upon;

of persons, to meet with, fall in with: absol., ptcp., ὁ τυχών, a chance person, anyone (Lat. quivis), οὐ τυχών, not common or ordinary, Ac 19:11 28:2;

of things, to reach, get, obtain: c. gen. rei. Lk 20:35, Ac 24:3 26:22 27:3, II Ti 2:10

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

τυγχάνω ; 2 aor. ἔτυχον ; pf. (Heb. viii. 6) τέτευχα [so cod. 8], and (so L T Tr mrg. WH cod. δὲ) τέτυχα a later and rarer form (which not a few incorrectly think is everywhere to be regarded as a clerical error; B. 67 (59); Kiihner § 343 s. νος [Veitch s. v.; Phryn. ed. Lob. p- 595; WH. App. p.171]), in some texts also τετύχηκα (a form com. in the earlier writ. [2 utherford, New Phryn. Ρ- 483 sq., and reff. as above]); a verb in freq. use fr. Hom. down; “est Lat. atlingere et contingere; Germ. treffen, ὁ. accus. i. q. etwas erlangen, neut. es trifft sich.” Ast, Lex. Platon. 5. v.; hence 1. trans. ae prop. to hit the mark (opp. to ἁμαρτάνειν to miss the mark), of one discharging a javelin or arrow, (Hom., Xen., Leian.). b. trop. to reach, attain, obtain, get, become master of: with a gen. of the thing (W. 200 (188)), Lk. xx. 35 [W. 609 (566)]; Acts xxiv. 2 (3); xxvi. 22; xxvii. 3; 2…

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

τυγχάνω. (1) Τυγχάνω, properly “hit” as of hitting a mark, comes to be used in the sense “hit upon,” ‘light upon,” and thence ‘‘obtain’’ c. gen. rei, as in Ac 267%, 27% a/.: cf. P Petr 11. 13 (19)® (mid. iii/B.c.) τυχεῖν σε πάντων τῶν καλῶν, P Lond 4219 (B.c. 168) (=I. p. 30, UPZi. p. 300) σοῦ παραγενομένου τεύξεσθαί τινος ἀναψυχῆς, P Kyl IT. 6515 (B.C. 672) τυχεῖν δ᾽ αὐτοὺς ὧν προσήκει, “that they should receive also the proper penalty” (Edd.), 24. 12915 (A.D. 30) τοὺς τὸ τοιοῦτο διαπράξαντας τυχεῖν ὧν προσῆκόν ἐστιν, ““τπαὶ the authors of the crime receive due punishment ”’ (Edd.), and P Giss I. 4! (a.p. 118) (= Chres¢. I. p: 474) μόλ[ις τ]υχόντες ταύτης THs εὐεργεσίας. (2) For the verb equivalent to little more than εἰμί, cf. P Oxy VII. 107038 (iii/A.b.) σὺ αὐτὴ μήτη!ρ] τυγχάνουσα τοῦ τέκνου ἡμῶν, ‘you yourself as the mother of our child” (Ed.), and 25. X. 126529 (A.p. 336) κ[ἀϊκείν…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

τυγχάνω (tugchanō) — to obtain/happen.

τυγχάνω,

[Refs 6th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect τύγχανον [Refs 8th c.BC+], (παρετ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future τεύξομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] (also as future middle of τεύχω): aorist 2 ἔτῠχον, Epic dialect τύχον, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; Epic dialect subjunctive τύχωμι, -ῃσι, [Refs]; later also τετύχῃσι, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; late Epic dialect optative τετύχοιμι [Refs 4th c.AD+]: Epic dialect also aorist 1 ἐτύχησα [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect τετύχηκα (intransitive) [Refs 8th c.BC+] variant{τετυχηώς}. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later also τέτευχα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Doric dialect perfect infinitive τετεύχεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but Ionic dialect pluperfect ἐτετεύχεε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέτυχα variant in [NT+1st c.AD+], (συν-) [Refs], etc.; participle τετυχώς [Refs]:—middle, aorist 1 τεύξασθαι [LXX]:— passive, imperfect ἐτυγχάνετο [Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist 1…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

τυγχάνω

tugchano

probably for an obsolete tucho (for which the middle voice of another

alternate teucho (to make ready or bring to pass) is used in certain

tenses; akin to the base of 5088 through the idea of effecting;

properly, to affect; or (specially), to hit or light upon (as a mark

to be reached), i.e. (transitively) to attain or secure an object or

end, or (intransitively) to happen (as if meeting with); but in the

latter application only impersonal (with 1487), i.e. perchance; or

(present participle) as adjective, usual (as if commonly met with,

with 3756, extraordinary), neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with

another verb) as adverb, by accident (as it were):--be, chance, enjoy,

little, obtain, X refresh...self, + special. Compare 5180.

see GREEK for 5180

see GREEK for 5088

see GREEK for 1487

see GREEK for 3756

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

τυγχάνω

v.

I obtain, I happen, perhaps

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

τυγχάνω tynchanō 12x

to hit an object; to attain to, to obtain, acquire, enjoy, Lk. 20:35; Acts 24:2; 26:22; 27:3; 2 Tim. 2:10; Heb. 8:6; 11:35; intrans. to happen, fall out, chance; common, ordinary, Acts 19:11; 28:2; as an adv., it may be, perchance, perhaps, 1 Cor. 16:6; εἰ τύχοι, as it so happens, as the case may be, 1 Cor. 14:10; 15:37*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

τυγχάνω Root ΤΥΚ to hit, esp. to hit a mark with an arrow, Hom., etc.: he mostly constructs it with acc., when the object hit is alive, with gen. when it is lifeless; so, τ. τοῦ σκοποῦ Xen.;—a prep. is sometimes added, κατὰ κληῖδα, κατὰ ζωστῆρα τυχήσας [τινά] Il.;—absol., ἤμβροτες οὐδ᾽ ἔτυχες id. Hom.; the part. τυχών is often joined with βάλλειν, οὐτᾶν, etc., id. Hom.

to hit upon, light upon:

to meet by chance, meet with, fall in with a person, absol., Od.; c. gen., Aesch., etc.:—aor2 part. ὁ τυχών, the first one meets, any one, Lat. quivis, Hes., Plat., etc.; οἱ τυχόντες every-day men, the vulgar, Xen.; so, τὸ τυχόν any chance thing, Plat.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-2AAN — Verb · second aorist · active · infinitive
second aorist active infinitive — a completed action, viewed as a whole.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-2AAN Part of Speech: Verb Tense: second Aorist Voice: Active Mood: iNfinitive TVM equivalent: G5629

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
15%it would be
it would be15% · 2×being ordinary8% · 1×we are attaining8% · 1×having obtained8% · 1×receive8% · 1×ordinary8% · 1×possibly8% · 1×may obtain8% · 1×other renderings31% · 4×

13 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 12 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
verb92%adverbial8%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 12 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
οὐNeg
εἰCond
τοσοῦτοςκόκκοςa kernel, grain
ἐκεῖνος
αἰώνan age, a cycle
εἰρήνηpeace, peace of mind
πολύςmuch, many, ofte
οὖνtherefore, then
ἐπικουρίαhelp, aid
τυγχάνωto receive.12×
what comes after →
Article the
θεόςGod, a godἀπόἐν
καίand, even, also, nam
Article the
διά
σύ
φιλανθρωπίαlove of mankind, ben
ἐγώ
γένοςoffspring, family, r
φωνήa sound, noise,

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

Concordanceτυγχάνω · 12× in the New Testament
Acts 1 Corinthians Hebrews 2 Timothy Luke
Across the New Testament5 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 Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 166c. AD 40

συνόλως γὰρ οὐκ ἀγνοητέον ὅτι οἷα ἑταιρὶς καὶ μαχλὰς οὖσα ἡδονὴ γλίχεται τυχεῖν ἐραστοῦ καὶ μαστροποὺς ἀναζητεῖ, δι’ ὧν τοῦτον ἀγκιστρεύσεται·

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.273c. AD 75–95

ταῦτʼ οὖν καὶ βεβαίωσον καὶ μὴ περιίδῃς με διὰ τὴν παροῦσαν ἀσθένειαν, διʼ ἣν καὶ μᾶλλόν σου δεόμενος τυγχάνω, καί μοι παῖδα τοῦτον εὐμενὴς σῶζε καὶ παντὸς ἀπαθῆ κακοῦ διαφύλαττε δοὺς αὐτῷ βίον εὐδαίμονα καὶ κτῆσιν ἀγαθῶν, ὅσων σοι δύναμις…

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 14.2c. AD 96

βλάβην γὰρ οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν, μᾶλλον δὲ κίνδυνον ὑποίσομεν μέγαν, ἐὰν ῥιψοκινδύνως ἐπιδῶμεν ἑαυτοὺς τοῖς θελήμασιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἵτινες ἐξακοντίζουσιν εἰς ἔριν καὶ στάσεις, εἰς τὸ ἀπαλλοτριῶσαι ἡμᾶς τοῦ καλῶς ἔχοντος.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 4th c. AD 3rd c. AD 3rd c. BC 6th c. AD
P.Cair. Zen. 3 59460Theadelphia und Pharbaithos (Arsinoites)243 BC–242 BC

τα τὰ … ματα ὅπως ἂν τὸ δίκαιον ἀποδῶσί μοι, εἰ δὲ μή, ἵνα τύχωσιν τοῦ δικαίου, ἐὰν ἐπιδεικνύωσιν καὶ ἀδικοῦντας αὐτοὺς ἡμᾶς. εὐτύχει.

Feste 60243 BC–242 BC

μοι τὴν κατὰ μῆνα γινομένην τιμὴν εἰς ἔτη δύο ὅπως ἂν ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπιμεληθεὶς καὶ τυχὼν ἐπιστάτου εἰσέλθω εἰς τοὺς ἀγῶνας οὓς ὁ βασιλεὺς προτίθησιν καὶ μὴ καταφθαρῶ ἐνταῦθα, δυνατὸς

P.Grenf. 1 38Pathyrites171 BC

ὁ ἐνκεκλημένος προσπηδήσας μοι ἐνώπιόν τινων ἔτυπτεν ἧι εἶχεν ῥάβδωι πληγαῖς πλειόσιν εἰς τὸ τυχὸν μέρος τοῦ σώματός μου. ὅ τε περιεβλήμην, ὀθόνιον κατέρηξεν, περὶ ὦν τοὺς παρόντας ἐπεμαρτυράμην.

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