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N1904ἐποίησεν κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ· διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν·

BSAHe has shownpoieō [shown, demonstrated] strengthkratos [acts of power, great things] withen [the] armbrachiōn [strength or power] of Him;autos He has scattereddiaskorpizō [dispersed, put to flight] [the] proudhuperēphanos [arrogant, having an inflated sense of self] in [the] thoughtdianoia [imagination, mind] of heartkardia [the seat of emotions, inner being] of them;autos

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Luke 1:51quick helps
In a sentenceMary praises God for His powerful actions and His judgment against the proud.
Who is speakingMary, expressing her joy and gratitude in a song of praise.
Where we areThis verse is part of Mary's song, known as the Magnificat, celebrating God's mercy and power.
The hard wordκράτος
Take awayGod's might is shown in both His actions and His ability to humble the proud.
8 commentators on this verse Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them › clause verbποιέω The sentence as the grammar sees it Open the tree ›
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Deep Study — Luke 1:51

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Context — Mary's Song of Praisegenerated

50His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.

Luke 1:51 is part of the Magnificat, where Mary rejoices in God's mercy and power. She reflects on how God has acted mightily on behalf of His people, emphasizing the contrast between the humble and the proud. This song is a celebration of God's faithfulness and His ability to turn the tables in favor of the lowly, as seen in the verses surrounding it, including Luke 1:50 and Luke 1:52.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
1Exodus 15:6–7Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
2Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
3Psalm 52:9I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.
4Psalm 63:5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
5Psalm 89:13Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

The Key Word κράτος, kratosgenerated

The word κράτος refers to strength or power, often associated with divine might. It is used in contexts that highlight God's ability to perform great deeds, as seen in Ephesians 1:19.

In this verse, it emphasizes God's strength in action, particularly in the way He demonstrates His power through the events that Mary describes. The parsing indicates that it functions as the object of the verb, showing what God has done.


How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated

In the Berean Standard Bible, the verse reads, He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. This aligns closely with the KJV and ASV, which also highlight the strength of God's actions.

Where the translations differ is in the rendering of κράτος. The BSB uses mighty deeds, while others like the BBE opt for acts of power. This variation reflects different emphases on God's power in action.


Sentence Structuregenerated

The verse consists of two main clauses connected by a semicolon. The first clause, led by the verb ἐποίησεν, describes God's mighty deeds, while the second clause, led by διεσκόρπισεν, details His action of scattering the proud.

The structure highlights God's active role in both performing great acts and judging the proud, with the noun phrases providing the objects of His actions.


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

κράτος appears in the Septuagint, often translating the Hebrew word for strength or power, such as עָשָׂה (H6213), meaning to do or make. This connection emphasizes God's might as a theme throughout Scripture.

The term διεσκόρπισεν also has roots in the Septuagint, where it translates various Hebrew words that convey scattering or dispersing, indicating a continuity in the portrayal of God's actions across both Testaments.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

Luke 1:51 describes how Mary praises God for His powerful actions, stating that He has performed mighty deeds and scattered the proud. This verse is part of her song, celebrating God's mercy and justice.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

What does it mean that God has performed mighty deeds?

It signifies that God has acted powerfully in history, demonstrating His strength and ability to intervene on behalf of His people.

Who are the proud mentioned in this verse?

The proud refer to those who are arrogant and self-important, believing themselves to be above others, which God opposes.

How does this verse relate to God's mercy?

This verse illustrates that God's mercy extends to the humble while opposing the proud, showing His justice and care for the lowly.

What is the significance of the phrase 'with His arm'?

The phrase symbolizes God's strength and power, often used in Scripture to denote His ability to save and protect.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. In what ways have I seen God's power at work in my life?
  2. How can I cultivate humility in my own heart, reflecting the opposite of pride?
  3. What actions can I take to demonstrate God's mercy to others?
  4. How does understanding God's might influence my faith and trust in Him?

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

Early church Fathers comment on this verse to highlight God's strength and the importance of humility. Their insights provide a deeper understanding of Mary's praise.

Origen of AlexandriaCatena Aurea by Aquinas c. 185–253
But to those that fear Him, He hath done mighty things with His arm; though thou comest weak to God, if thou hast feared Him thou shalt obtain the promised strength.
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Origen of AlexandriaHOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF Luke 8.6-7 c. 185–253
"To those who fear him he has shown strength in his arm." You may approach the Lord as a weak man. If you fear him, you will be able to hear the promise the Lord makes to you on account of your fear of him.…So, if you fear the Lord,
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Cyril of JerusalemCatena Aurea by Aquinas c. 313–386
But these words may be more appropriately taken to refer to the hostile ranks of the evil spirits. For they were raging on the earth, when our Lord's coming put them to flight, and restored those whom they had bound, to His obedience.
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Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse

Each of these wrote on Luke 1:51 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.

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

He hath showed strength with his arm,.... Of almighty power, in the business of the incarnation, and in working out salvation for his people; which is done by his own arm, he being mighty to save,

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

For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things ... Verse 50. And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. Verse 51.

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

Ver. 51,52. In these verses the virgin celebrates both the power and justice of God, as she before had done his holiness, and his mercy and goodness. The strength of a man is much seen in the effects of his arm; hence God, who hath no such parts as we have, is yet spoken of as if he had an arm, by which no more is signified than a mighty power, by which he bringeth things to pass; 98:1 : so in many other texts. He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. Jethro, , knew that the Lord was above all gods, because in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. The proud in Scripture often signifies wicked men, as the humble signifies good and holy men; but proud…

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

51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. Ver. 51. He hath showed strength, &c.] It appears by the whole frame of this holy song, that the blessed Virgin was well versed in the Scripture, which she here makes so much use of in sundry passages. She was eruditionis pietatis et modestiae delicium, as one speaketh of the Lady Jane Grey. She had by much reading made her bosom Bibliothecam Christi, Christ’ s library, as a Father saith; and may seem to have been exercised in the good word of God from her infancy, as 2 Timothy 3:15, and as that sweet young gentlewoman, Mrs Elizabeth Wheatenhall, daughter of Mr Anthony Wheatenhall, of…

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

(51) He hath shewed strength.—Literally, He wrought strength. Here the parallelism with 1 Samuel 2:3 becomes very close. Of whom the speaker thought as among the “proud,” we cannot know. They may have been the potentates of the world in which she lived, Herod and the Emperor of Rome. They may have been the men of Jerusalem, who despised Galilee; or those of the other towns and villages of Galilee, who despised Nazareth; or, though less probably, those of Nazareth itself, who despised the carpenter and his betrothed.

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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 51. He hath showed strength] Or, He hath gained the victory, εποιησεκρατος. The word κρατος is used for victory, by Homer, Hesiod, Sophocles, Euripides, and others. With his arm] Grotius has well observed, that God's efficacy is represented by his finger, his great power by his hand, and his omnipotence by his arm. The plague of lice was the finger of God, Exodus 7:18. The plagues in general were wrought by his hand, Exodus 3:20, And the destruction of Pharaoh's host in the Red Sea, which was effected by the omnipotence of God, is called the act of his arm, Exodus 15:16. He hath scattered] διεσκορπισεν, hath scattered abroad; as a whirlwind scatters dust and chaff. The proud] Or…

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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

51. with his arm] “Thou hast a mighty arm,” Psalms 89:13. The nearest parallel to the remainder of the verse is Job 5:12.

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Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hath showed strength with his arm - The “arm” is the symbol of strength. The expression in this and the subsequent verses has no particular reference to his mercy to Mary.

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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

He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

WEBWorld English Bible2000

He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

NETBNew English Translation2006

He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.

RVARevised Version, American1894

He hath shewed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.

NWBWebster's Bible1833

He hath shown strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

GNVGeneva Bible1599

Hee hath shewed strength with his arme: hee hath scattered the proude in the imagination of their hearts.

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

He did powerfully with His arm, || He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

He has displayed strength with his arm; he has scattered those who were proud about the thoughts of their hearts.

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

With his power he has broken to pieces those who arrogantly think they're so clever.

BBEBible in Basic English1949

With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts.

Word by word, the decisions they made

ἐποίησενpoieō He has shown G4160 4 different renderings
he didLSV YLT
he has shownWEB
shownNWB
demonstratedNETB
κράτοςkratos strength G2904 4 different renderings
strengthASV DBY GNV KJV NWB RVA ULB WEB
powerFBV NETB
mightDRA
acts of powerBBE
διεσκόρπισενdiaskorpizō He has scattered G1287 3 different renderings
scatteredASV DRA GNV KJV LSV NWB RVA YLT
he has scatteredBSB DBY MSB NETB ULB WEB
put to flightBBE
διανοίᾳdianoia in [the] thought G1271 3 different renderings
imaginationASV GNV KJV NWB RVA WEB
thoughtDBY LSV YLT
thoughtsBSB MSB ULB
καρδίαςkardia of heart G2588 2 different renderings
heartsBBE BSB GNV KJV MSB NETB NWB ULB WEB
heartASV DBY DRA LSV RVA YLT

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


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

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

clauseclauseverbἘποίησενHe has shownobjectκράτοςstrengthprepositional phrase · adverbialἐνwithnoun phraseβραχίονιthe armαὐτοῦof HimclauseverbδιεσκόρπισενHe has scatteredobjectὑπερηφάνους[the] proudnoun phrase · adverbialδιανοίᾳin [the] thoughtnoun phraseκαρδίαςof heartαὐτῶνof them

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

Fecit potentiam in brachio suo :/ dispersit superbos mente cordis sui./

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

ܥܒܕ ܙܟܘܬܐ ܒܕܪܥܗ ܘܒܕܪ ܚܬܝܪܝ ܒܬܪܥܝܬܐ ܕܠܒܗܘܢ

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

ἐποίησεν κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ· διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν·

The standard critical text of the New Testament.

Nestle-Aland 27th edition1993 · Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

ἐποίησεν κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ· διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν·

The previous edition, still widely cited.

SBL Greek New Testament2010 · Michael Holmes

ἐποίησεν κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ· διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν·

The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.

Westcott–Hort1881 · Westcott and Hort

ἐποίησεν κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ· διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν·

The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.

Tregelles1857–1879 · Samuel Prideaux Tregelles

ἐποίησεν κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ· διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν·

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

Tyndale House Greek NT2017 · Tyndale House, Cambridge

ἐποίησεν κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ· διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν·

A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.

Byzantine majority text2018 · Robinson–Pierpont

ἐποίησεν κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ· διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν·

The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.

Textus Receptus1550/1894 lineage

ἐποίησεν κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ· διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν·

The printed tradition behind the King James Version.

Every witness on this verse all agree
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

Every edition agrees. All 8 printed editions — Nestle-Aland 28, Nestle-Aland 27, SBLGNT, Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Tyndale House 2017, Textus Receptus (KJV), Byzantine majority — carry every word of this verse, in the same order, with no difference that any translator would render differently.


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.

Luke 1:51ποιέωHe has showHe has shownποιέωκράτοςstrengthstrengthκράτοςἐνwithwithἐνβραχίων[the] arm[the] armβραχίωναὐτόςof Him;of Him;αὐτόςδιασκορπίζωHe has scatHe has scattereδιασκορπίζωὑπερήφανος[the] proud[the] proudὑπερήφανοςδιάνοιαin [the] thin [the] thoughδιάνοιακαρδίαof heartof heartκαρδίααὐτόςof them;of them;αὐτόςδιάPrep. throPrep. through, διάἀήρn.m. airn.m. airἀήρἑαυτοῦRefl.pr. hRefl.pr. himselἑαυτοῦὑπέρPrep. in bPrep. in behalfὑπέρπράσσωv. I do, fv. I do, fare, πράσσωεἰςPrep. intoPrep. into, in,εἰςἐκPrep. fromPrep. from out,ἐκβραχύςAdj short,Adj short, littβραχύςἐπερωτάωv. I interv. I interrogatἐπερωτάωκαλῶςAdv well, Adv well, noblyκαλῶςσημεῖονn.n. a sign.n. a sign, miσημεῖονἰσχύςn.f. strenn.f. strength, ἰσχύςαἰώνn.m. an agn.m. an age, a αἰώνσυναγωγήn.f. an asn.f. an assemblσυναγωγήἔρημοςAdj desertAdj deserted, dἔρημοςὅθενAdv whenceAdv whence, wheὅθενπρόβατονn.n. a shen.n. a sheepπρόβατονἀλαζώνn.m. a boan.m. a boasterἀλαζών
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 Luke 1:51

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.

He has shown strength with [the] arm of Him; He has scattered [the] proud in [the] thought of heart of them;
ἐποίησενpoieō He has shown G4160 Verb · aorist · active · indicative · third person · singular
566× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Luke as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word means to make or do something, and it's used in a very broad sense. It can mean to create, produce, or cause something to happen. In the Bible, it's often used to describe God's creative power, like in Matthew 19:4 and Mark 10:6.
Amplified meaning
shown, demonstrated
Tyndale gloss
to do/make: do
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

ποιέω is a Greek verb meaning 'to make' or 'to do,' with a wide range of applications including creating, producing, or performing actions. It appears frequently in the New Testament, often in contexts relating to God's creative acts or human actions, such as making sacrifices or preparing feasts. Notably, it can also imply causing something to happen or fulfilling a purpose. The lexicons do not show significant disagreement on its meanings.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ποιέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX for a great variety of words, but chiefly for עשׂה;]

to make, produce, create, cause: c. acc. rei, Mt 17:4, Mk 9:5, Jo 9:11, Ac 9:39, Ro 9:20, al.; of God as Creator (c. acc. pers. also), Mt 19:4, Mk 10:6, Lk 11:40, Ac 4:24, He 1:2, al.; like Heb. עשׂה, absol. = ἐργάζομαι, to work, Mt 20:12 (cf. Read the full entry →

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

ποιέω, -@ 4 ποιεω 14; ἱμάτια, Acts ix. 39; ναούς, Acts xix. 24; σκηνάς, Mt xvii. 4; Mk. ix. 5; Lk. ix.33; τύπους, Acts vii. 43; πηλόν, Jn. ix. 11, 14; πλάσμα, Ro. ix. 20; ace. to some interpreters (also W. 256 n.! (240 n.2)) ὁδὸν ποιεῖν, to make a path, Mk. ii. 23 RG T Tr txt. WH txt. (so that the meaning is, that the disciples of Christ made a path for themselves through the standing grain by plucking the heads; see ὁδοποιέω, fin. If we adopt this interpretation, we must take the ground that Mark does not give us the true account of the matter, but has sadly corrupted the narrative received from others; [those who do accept it, however, not only lay stress on the almost unvarying lexical usage, but call attention to the fact that the other interpretation (see below) finds the leading idea ex. pressed in the par ticiple—an idiom apparently foreign to the N. T. (see W. 353 (381)), and to…

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

ποιέω the sheep” (Edd.), 74. I. 1138 (ii/A.D.) εὖ ποιήσεις ἀγοράσεις pot (δραχμὰς) B. In 26. VI. 929%27 (ii/iii Δ...) καλῶς ποιήσεις is followed first by a part. ἀπαιτήσας, and then by ἀποκαταστῆσαι. The phrase μὴ ἄλλως ποιήσεις is used in cases of urgency as in the letter already quoted, 76. II. 294}" (A.D. 22) μὴ οὖν ἄλλως ποιήσις, ἐγὼ δὲ αὐτὸς οὕπω οὐδὲ ἐνήλεπα (= ἐναλήλιφα sc. ἐμαυτὸν) ἕως ἀκούσω φάσιν παρὰ σοῦ περὶ ἁπάντων, ‘be sure to do this; Iam not so much as anointing myself until I hear word from you on each point ” (Edd.). For the strong sense of ποιέω, ‘‘am effective,” as in the “‘working”’ of charms, cf. P Osl I. 141 (iv/a.bD.) εἰς πάντα ποιῶν, with the editors note. In P Oxy XII. 1480! (a.p. 32) πεπόητε εἰς τὸν ἐκλογιστήν, instead of the editors’ rendering ‘‘ he has made it (a delay spoken of) as far as the eclogistes is concerned (?),” Olsson (Papyrusbriefe, p. 75)…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ποιέω (poieō) — to do/make: do.

ποιέω,

Doric dialect ποιϝέω [Refs], etc.: Epic dialect imperfect ποίεον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; contraction ποίει [Refs]; Ionic dialect ποιέεσκον [Refs 5th c.BC+]future ποιήσω: aorist ἐποίησα, Epic dialect ποίησα [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect πεποίηκα:—middle, Ionic dialect imperfect ποιεέσκετο [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ποιήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἐποιησάμην, Epic dialect ποι- [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect πεποίημαι in middle sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future ποιηθήσομαι (μετα-) [Refs 4th c.BC+], see above; πεποιήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐποιήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πεποίημαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Attic dialect ποῶ [Refs], etc., is guaranteed by metre in Trag. and Comedy texts, as ποῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+], and found in codex Laur. of [Refs 5th c.BC+] (ποήσω), 82.9 (ποεῖ), 154.7 (ἐποησάτην), etc.; but ποι- is always written before -οι, -ου, -ω in…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ποιέω

poieo

apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in

a very wide application, more or less direct):--abide, + agree,

appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth),

cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any

delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have,

hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X

mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform,

provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X

shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield.

Compare 4238.

see GREEK for 4238

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ποιέω

v.

I do, make

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ποιέω poieō 568x

pluperf., πεποιήκειν, to make, form, construct, Mt. 17:4; Mk. 9:5; Jn. 2:15; of God, to create, Mt. 19:4; Acts 4:24; to make, prepare a feast, etc., Mt. 22:2; Mk. 6:21; met. to make, establish, ratify, a covenant, Heb. 8:9; to make, assume, consider, regard, Mt. 12:33; to make, effect, bring to pass, cause to take place, do, accomplish, Read the full entry →

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ποιέω Att. Poets often use the penult. short, as ποιῶ, ποιεῖν, etc., which are often written ποῶ, ποεῖν, etc., as in Lat. poeta, poesis. the perfect passive is also used in middle sense Used in two general senses, to make and to do.

to make, produce, create, in Hom. often of building, π. δῶμα, τεῖχος, etc.; of smith's work, π. σάκος Il.; of works of art, id. Il., etc.; ποιεῖν τι ἀπὸ ξύλου to make something of wood, Hdt.; π. πλοῖα ἐξ ἀκάνθης id. Hdt.; so, c. gen., π. νηὸν λίθου id. Hdt.; φοίνικος αἱ θύραι πεποιημέναι Xen.:—Mid., οἰκία ποιήσασθαι to build them houses, Il.; also, to have a thing made, get it made, Hdt., Dem.

to make, create, ἕτερον φίλιππον ποιήσετε Dem.

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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
10%do
do10% · 55×did5% · 30×doing5% · 29×do perform3% · 17×make3% · 16×having done3% · 15×making2% · 14×do make2% · 14×other renderings67% · 389×

579 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 194 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 566 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
ὅςοὗτοςεἰμίI am, exist
οὗτος
ἐξουσίαpower, authorityκαίand, even, also,ὅτιthat, since, bec
τίςIrg
λέγωI say, speakαὐτόςγινώσκωI come to know,
Article the
καίand, even, also,εἰμίI am, existπᾶςall, the whole,
ὅς
πᾶςall, the whole, σημεῖονa sign, miracle,καίand, even, also,
ποιέωHe has shown566×
what comes after →
Article the
θέλημαwill, wish, desiθεόςGod, a godδέbut, on the othe
αὐτός
Article theὁμοιόωI make like, likκατά
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theἐγώμέγας
ἐν
Article theσάββατονthe Sabbath, a wαὐτός
σύ
Article theἁλιεύςa fishermanἐάνCond

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

Concordanceποιέω · 566× in the New Testament
John Luke Matthew Acts Mark Revelation Romans Hebrews 1 Corinthians 1 John James Ephesians

Every reference is on the Strong's page.

Across the New Testament26 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 1,563 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria Clement of Rome The Shepherd of Hermas The Epistle of Barnabas
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 13c. AD 40

Ἓξ δὲ ἡμέραις δημιουργηθῆναί φησι τὸν κόσμον, οὐκ ἐπειδὴ προσεδεῖτο χρόνων μήκους ὁ ποιῶν — ἅμα γὰρ πάντα δρᾶν εἰκὸς θεόν, οὐ προστάττοντα μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ διανοούμενον —, ἀλλ’ ἐπειδὴ τοῖς γινομένοις ἔδει τάξεως.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.24c. AD 75–95

πρὸς ταύτην οὖν τὴν ὑπόθεσιν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐξέτασιν τοὺς ἀναγνωσομένους παρακαλῶ·

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 2.10c. AD 100

ἀκριβεύεσθαι οὖν ὀφείλομεν, ἀδελφοί, περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν, ἵνα μὴ ὁ πονηρὸς παρείσδυσιν πλάνης ποιήσας ἐν ἡμῖν ἐκσφενδονήσῃ ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν.

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 6th c. AD 4th c. AD
P.Grenf. 1 32Pelusion103 BC

καὶ … χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρωμένοις διευτυχεῖν. ἐρρώμεθα δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ ὑμῶν τὴν ἀρίστην μνείαν ποιούμενοι παρὰ τοῖς ἐν Πηλουσίωι θεοῖς. καλῶς ποιήσεις διαλύσας Ἁρκοννῆσιν καὶ Ψενανοῦπιν καὶ

P.Adl. 14Pathyris101 BC

ϛ καὶ ἱερὰς βασιλεῦσιν ἀργυρίου ἐπισήμου δραχμὰς ρκ καὶ μηθὲν ἧσσον ἐπάναγκον αὐτῷ ἔστω ποιεῖν κατὰ τὰ προγεγραμμένα. Ἑρμίας ὁ παρὰ Πανίσκου κεχρημάτικα.

P.Adl. 15Pathyris (?)101 BC

ἀριστερὸν τετρημένον πυροῦ ἀρτάβας τεσσαράκοντα ἓξ κριθῆς ἑξήκοντα ἐννέα , ἴσους ἀτόκους, ὧν ἀπόδοσιν ποιησάτω ἐν μηνὶ Παχὼν τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιε ἔτους, καὶ ἀποτεισάτω ἑκάστης ἀρτάβης πυροῦ ἧς ἐὰν

He has shown strength with [the] arm of Him; He has scattered [the] proud in [the] thought of heart of them;
κράτοςkratos strength G2904 Noun · accusative · singular · neuter
12× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
rarer in Luke than elsewhere in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word means power or strength, as in Ephesians 1:19 and Colossians 1:11. It describes great vigor, either physical or figurative, and is often used to describe God's power.
Amplified meaning
acts of power, great things
Tyndale gloss
power
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

κράτος (kratos) refers to strength, power, or might, often associated with physical strength in classical texts. It encompasses various forms of power, including dominion and authority, and appears in the New Testament in contexts emphasizing divine might, such as in Ephesians 1:19 and Acts 19:20. The term can also denote a display of might, as seen in Luke 1:51.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

κράτος, -εος (-ους), τό,

[in LXX chiefly for עֹז, Jb 12:16, Ps 89 (90):11 al.;]

strength, esp. as in Hom., of bodily strength.

power, might: He 2:14; τὸ κ. τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, Eph 1:19 6:10 (Is 40:26, Da TH 4:27); τ. δόςης αὐτοῦ, Col 1:11; κατὰ κράτος, mightily, Ac 19:20; a mighty deed, an act of power, Lk 1:51; in doxologies, I Ti 6:16, I Pe 4:11 5:11, Ju 25,

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

κράτος, -eos (τους), [fr. a root meaning ‘to perfect, complete’ (Curtius § 72); fr. Hom. down], τό, Hebr. WD 1. force, strength. 2. power, might: τὸ κράτος τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, the might of his strength, Eph. 1.19; vi. 10; τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, Col. 1.11; κατὰ κράτος, mightily, with great power, ηὔξανε, Acts xix. 20; meton.; a mighty deed, a work of power: ποιεῖν xp. (cf. ποιεῖν δυνάpets), Lk. i. 51. 3. dominion: in the doxologies, 1 Tim. vi. 16; 1 Pet.iv.11; v.11; Jude 25; Rev.i.6; v.13; τινός (gen. of obj.), Heb. ii. 14 (τὸ Περσέων κράτος ἔχοντα, Hdt. 3, 69). [Sy¥N. see δύναμις, fin.]

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

κράτος (kratos) — power.

κράτος [ᾰ],

Ionic dialect and Epic dialect κάρτος, εος, τό, both in [Refs 8th c.BC+] κρέτος [Refs 7th c.BC+]:— strength, might, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] especially of bodily strength, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; τὸ γὰρ αὖτε σιδήρου γε κ. ἐστίν this (i.e. τὸ βάψαι) is what gives strength to iron, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατὰ κράτος with all one's might or strength, [Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.: frequently in phrase αἱρεῖν κατὰ κ. take by storm, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἰσχύος κράτος, opposed to λόγῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. personified, K. [Refs 5th c.BC+].

II. power, τοῦ γὰρ κ. ἐστὶ μέγιστον, of Zeus, [LXX+8th c.BC+], etc.: plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of political power, rule, sovereignty, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; τὸ πᾶν κ. ἔχειν to be all-powerful, [Refs 5th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

κράτος

kratos

perhaps a primary word; vigor ("great") (literally or

figuratively):--dominion, might(-ily), power, strength.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

κράτος, ους, τό

n.n.

dominion, strength, power

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

κράτος kratos 12x

strength, power, might, force, Acts 19:20; Eph. 1:19; meton. a display of might, Lk. 1:51; power, sway, dominion, Heb. 2:14; 1 Pet. 4:11; 5:11

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

κράτος κάρτος, εος, strength, might, Hom., attic; κατὰ κράτος with all one's might or strength, by open force, by storm, Thuc., Xen., etc.

personified, Strength, Might, Aesch.

generally, might, power, Hom.: rule, sway, sovereignty, Hdt., attic

c. gen. power over, Hdt., attic; in pl., ἀστραπᾶν κράτη νέμων Soph.

of persons, a power, an authority, Aesch.

mastery, victory, Hom., attic; κρ. ἀριστείας the meed of highest valour, Soph.

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

N-ASN Part of Speech: Noun Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
Nave's Topical Bible

→ A title given to Jehovah 1Sa 15:29

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
33%might
might33% · 4×dominion25% · 3×power25% · 3×strength17% · 2×

12 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 4 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
subject50%adverbial33%object17%

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
καίand, even, also,ἐνέργειαworking, activitἐν
ποιέωI do, make
κατά
οὕτωthus, so, in thi
καίand, even, also, nam
τιμήa price, honor
μεγαλωσύνηmajesty
δόξαhonor, renown, g
κράτοςstrength12×
what comes after →
Article the
ἰσχύςstrength, powerκύριοςlord, Lord, mastδόξαhonor, renown, g
εἰς
Article the
ἐν
βραχίωνthe arm, strengt
αἰώνιοςeternal, unending
ἀμήνHebr
ἔχωI have, hold, posses
Article the

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

Concordanceκράτος · 12× in the New Testament
1 Peter Ephesians Revelation 1 Timothy Acts Colossians Hebrews Jude Luke
Across the New Testament9 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus Clement of Rome
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 45c. AD 40

Τῇ δὲ τετάρτῃ ἡμέρᾳ μετὰ τὴν γῆν τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐποίκιλλε διακοσμῶν, οὐκ ἐπειδὴ τοῦτον ἐν ὑστέρῳ γῆς ἔταττε, τῇ μὲν ἐλάττονι φύσει προνομίαν διδούς, τὴν δὲ κρείττονα καὶ θειοτέραν δευτερείων ἀξιῶν, ἀλλ’ εἰς ἔνδειξιν ἐναργεστάτην κράτους ἀρχῆς.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.178c. AD 75–95

Ἅβραμος δὲ διώκων εἵπετο μέχρι καὶ δευτεραίους συνήλασεν αὐτοὺς εἰς Ὠβὰ τῆς Δαμασκηνῶν γῆς, ἐπιδείξας ὅτι τὸ νικᾶν οὐκ ἐν τῷ πλήθει καὶ τῇ πολυχειρίᾳ κεῖσθαι συμβέβηκεν, ἀλλὰ προθυμία τῶν μαχομένων καὶ τὸ γενναῖον κρατεῖ παντὸς ἀριθμοῦ, τριακοσίοις…

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 27.5c. AD 96

ἢ τίς ἀντιστήσεται τῷ κράτει τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ;

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. BC 3rd c. BC 3rd c. AD 1st c. BC 1st c. AD
ZPE 156 (2006), p. 199-216Soknopaiu Nesos (ArsinoitesAD 50

Νήσωι τῆς Ἡρακλείδου, ὧν γείτονες τῆς μὲν α σφραγῖδος νότου Πισάιτος οἰκία, ἧς νῦν κρατεῖ τὰ τέκνα, καὶ Στοτοήτιος αὐλὴ, δι’ ἧς εἴσοδος καὶ ἔξοδος κοινή, βορρᾶ Θαυβάστιος οἰκία

P.Phil. 3 VoArsinoitesAD 123

δ. … ρ … … … ἐπὶ παρόντων Μ … ν … … … κρατους γραμματέως … … ε … προσελθόντος κα … … ν συνηγορούντων αὐτῷ Διδύμου τοῦ

P.Aberd. 152ArsinoitesAD 101–AD 200

κρατει στρατηγῷ … … ου κωμογραμματέως … … … ωτε … αναι … … κρατει

He has shown strength with [the] arm of Him; He has scattered [the] proud in [the] thought of heart of them;
ἐνen with G1722 Preposition
2,743× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Luke as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word is a preposition that means in, on, or among something. It's used in many places, like Matthew 7:3 and Luke 7:37, to describe a location or relationship. It can also mean by, with, or during.
Tyndale gloss
in/on/among
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The most frequent preposition in the New Testament, 2,752 occurrences. In, on, at, among, within — its force comes almost entirely from the word it is attached to. What it does here is put the events inside a community rather than at a distance: they were fulfilled among us.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἐν,

prep, (the most freq. of all in NT), c. dat. (= Heb. בְּ, Lat. in, c. abl.).

Of place, c. dat. rei, pers., in, within, on, at, by, among: ἐν τ. πόλει, Lk 7:37; τ. οφθαλμῷ, Mt 7:3; τ. κοιλίᾳ, Mt 12:40; τ. ὄρει, II Pe 1:18; τ. θρόνῳ, Re 3:21; τ. δεξιᾷ τ. θεοῦ, Ro 8:34; ἐν ἡμῖν , Lk 1:1; of books, ἐν τ. βιβλίῳ, Ga 3:10; τ. νόμῳ, Mt 12:5, al.; ἐν τοῖς τ. Πατρός, in my Father's house (RV; cf. M, Pr., 103)…

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

ἐν Χριστῷ, ἐν Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ, ἐν κυρίῳ, (οἴ. Fritzsche, Com. on Rom. vol. ii. p. 82 544.; W. 389 (364); Weiss, Bibl. Theol. des N. T. §§ 84 b., 149 c.), ingrafied as it were in Christ, in fellowship and union with Christ, with the Lord: Ro. iii. 24; vi. 11, 23; viii. 39; 1Co.i.4; 2 Co. iii. 14; Gal. ii. 4; iii. 14, 26, 28; v. 6; Eph.i. 3 [Rec. om. ἐν]; ii. 6 sq. 10,13; 1 Tim.i.14; 2 Tim.i. 1,13; ii-1; 1 Pet. iii. 16; v.10; στήκειν ἐν κυρίῳ, Phil. iv. 1; iva εὑρεθῶ ἐν αὐτῷ, that I may be found (by God and Christ) most intimately united to him, Phil. iii. 9; εἶναι ἐν Χριστῷ "Inc. 1 Co. i. 30; οἱ ἐν Xp. "Ina. Ro. viii. 1; 1 Pet. v. 14; κοιμᾶσθαι ἐν Χριστῷ, θνήσκειν ἐν κυρίῳ, to fall asleep, to die, mindful of relationship to Christ and confiding in it [W. u.s.], 1 Co. xv. 18; Rey. xiv. 13. Since such union with Christ is the basis on which actions and virtues rest, the expression is…

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

ἐν 210 contract—time of Augustus) ἱμάτια γυναικεῖα ἐν apyv(plov) δραχμαῖς ἑκατόν, P Oxy IV. 7247 (A.D. 155) ἐξ ὧν ἔσχες τὴν πρώτην δόσιν ἐν δραχμαῖς τεσσαράκοντα, 70. I. 565 (A.D. 211) δανειζομένη. .. ἀργύριον ἔντοκον ἐν δραχμαῖς ἑξακισχειλίαις, and P Grenf II. 778 (iii/iv a.p.) (=Selections, Pp. 120) το]ὺς μισθοὺς. . ὄντας ἐν δραχμαῖς τριακοσίαις τεσσαράκοντα. Similar are P Oxy IV. 7084 (a.p. 188) yopou . . ἐν (1vpod)(apraBats) ’B, BGU 1. 724 (a.p. 191) ἐξέκοψαν πλεῖστον τόπον ἐν ἀρούραις πέντε: with which may be compared Eph 2!° τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασιν, “consisting in.” In P Lond 9215 (ii/iii a.p.) (ΞΞ 111. P- 134) γεγονέναι ἐν ἀμπέλῳ = ‘to be planted with vines.” A predicative use of ἐν is seen in P Hib I. 421° (B.c. 262) δώσομεν Λευκίωι ἐν ὀφειλήματι, ‘asa debt,” P Petr I. 1215 (cf. II. p. 22) ὅσα δὲ ᾿Αξιοθέα προσενήνεγκται ἐμ φερνῆι, “ἐᾷς dowry,” and P Tebt I. 120 135…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἐν (en) — in/on/among.

ἐν,

poetry ἐνί, εἰν, εἰνί [Refs 8th c.BC+], forms used by Epic dialect and Lyric Poets as the metre requires, but only as falsa lectio in Trag., εἰν [Refs 5th c.BC+] ἰν [Refs]

__PREP. WITH DAT. AND ACC. Radical sense, in, into.

__A WITH DAT.

__A.I OF PLACE,

__A.I.1 in, νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; with names of cities or islands, as ἐν Ἀθήνῃς, ἐν Τροίῃ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; where ἐν is used, it = in the district of.., ὲν Ἐλευσῖνι [Refs] in my arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν αὑτῷ εἶναι to be in one's senses, be oneself, ἔτ᾽ ἐν σαυτῷ (variant -τοῦ) γενοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__A.I.1.b ἐν τοῖς ἰχθύσιν in the fish-market, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἐν τοῖν δυοῖν ὀβολοῖν ἐθεώρουν ἄν in the two-obol seats, [Refs 4th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἐν

en

a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or

state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or

constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519

and 1537); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.:--about, after, against, +

almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+

all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to,

-wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly,

one, X quickly,

X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on),

through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while,

with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same

import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate

direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different)

preposition.

see GREEK for 1519

see GREEK for 1537

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἐν

Prep.

in, on, among

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἐν en 2x

followed by the dat., in, Mt. 8:6; Mk. 12:26; Rev. 6:6,; upon, Lk. 8:32; among, Mt. 11:11; before, in the presence of, Mk. 8:38; in the sight, estimation of, 1 Cor. 14:11; before, judicially, 1 Cor. 6:2; in, of state, occupation, habit, Mt. 21:22; Lk. 7:25; Rom. 4:10; in the case of, Read the full entry →

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐν

e)nprepe)ni/prep ei)nprep ei)ni/prep in, among. c. dat.

Lat. in.

PREP. WITH DAT.:

OF PLACE

in, ἐν νήσῳ, ἐν Τροίῃ, etc., Hom., etc.:—elliptic, ἐν Ἀλκινόοιο (sc. οἴκῳ) Od.; εἰν Ἀΐδαο Il.; ἐν παιδοτρίβου at the school of the training master, Ar.

in, upon, ἐν οὔρεσι Hom., etc.

in the number of, amongst, ἐν Δαναοῖς, etc., Hom.; and with Verbs of ruling, ἄρχειν, ἀνάσσειν ἐν πολλοῖς to be first or lord among many, i. e. over them, id. Hom.; cf. ὁ, τό B. III. 3.

in one's hands, within one's reach or power, Lat. penes, Hom., etc.; ἐν σοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν Soph.; ἐν τῷ θεῷ τὸ τέλος ἦν Dem.

in respect of, ἐν γήρᾳ in point of age, Soph.

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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
79%in
in79% · 2226×with5% · 135×among5% · 132×by4% · 112×on3% · 72×other renderings4% · 116×other renderings1% · 40×

2,833 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 36 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
adverbial82%predicate11%object3%subject3%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 2,743 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,πᾶςall, the whole, σύ
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςσύεἰμίI am, exist
αὐτός
καίand, even, also,λέγωI say, speakδέbut, on the othe
εἰμίI am, exist
Article theκαίand, even, also,οὐNeg
ἐγώ
μετάπατήρfather, Father, εἰς
ἐνwith2743×
what comes after →
Article the
οὐρανόςthe sky, the heaἡμέραa dayκαρδίαthe heart, inner
αὐτός
καίand, even, also,Article theμένωI remain, abide
σύ
εἰμίI am, existμένωI remain, abideκαίand, even, also,
ὅς
καίand, even, also,εἰμίI am, existArticle the
πᾶςall, the whole, ever
Article theτόποςa placeσοφίαwisdom

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

Concordanceἐν · 2,743× in the New Testament
Luke Matthew Acts John Romans 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Revelation Mark Ephesians Colossians 1 John

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

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
He has shown strength with [the] arm of Him; He has scattered [the] proud in [the] thought of heart of them;
βραχίονιbrachiōn [the] arm G1023 Noun · dative · singular · masculine
3× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Luke than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
The arm, representing strength or power, as seen in Luke 1:51 where Mary praises God's mighty arm. It is often used metaphorically to describe God's power and authority, as in John 12:38 and Acts 13:17.
Amplified meaning
strength or power
Tyndale gloss
arm
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word βραχίων (brachion) means 'arm' and is often used metaphorically to signify strength or divine power, particularly in reference to God. It appears in the New Testament in contexts that highlight God's might, such as in Luke 1:51 and John 12:38. The term is derived from a comparative form related to the word for 'short' and has connections to both the Septuagint and classical literature.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

βραχίων, -ὀνος, ὁ,

[in LXX, β. Κυρίου, freq. for זְרוֹעַ יהוָֹה ;]

the arm; as in OT, β. Κυρίου, metaph., for the Divine power: Lk 1:51, Jo 12:38 (LXX), Ac 13:17.†

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

βραχίων, -ovos, 6, [fr. Hom. down], the arm: the βραχίων of God is spoken of Hebraistically for the might, the power of God, Lk. i. 51 (cf. Deut. iv. 34; v. 15 ; xxvi. 8) ; Jn. xii. 38 (Is. lili. 1); Acts xiii. 17.

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

βραχίων. P Oxy III. 490!* (a will—a.p. 124) οὐλὴ βραχείονι δεξιῷ : similarly P Amh II. 1128 (a.p. 128); P Ryl IL 1798 A.D. 127), ete. In Syl/ 615%? (iii/ii Parr IL. ( βρέχω ταύρου δίδοται γλῶσσα καὶ βραχίων, it means a ‘ shoulder” of meat, and so of a ram in 1.8

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

βραχίων (brachiōn) — arm.

βρᾰχίων

[Ionic dialect ῐ, Attic dialect ῑ], βράχιστος, comparative and superlative of βραχύς.

Strong's Greek Dictionary

βραχίων

brachion

properly, comparative of 1024, but apparently in the sense of

brasso (to wield); the arm, i.e. (figuratively)

strength:--arm.

see GREEK for 1024

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

βραχίων, ονος, ὁ

n.m.

the arm, strength

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

βραχίων brachiōn 3x

the arm; the arm as a symbol of power, Lk. 1:51; Jn. 12:38; Acts 13:17*

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
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

arm (zeroa`, 'ezroa`, dera`; brachion; chotsen, katheph): The usual form is zeroa` from the root zara`, "to spread." The arm may be "stretched out." 'Ezroa` is this form with prosthetic 'aleph (Job 31:22; Jer 32:21), and dera` is the Aramaic form. Chotsen is really "bosom," thus the Revised Version (British and American) (Isa 49:22); and katheph is "shoulder," thus the Revised Version (British and American) (Job 31:22). Compare cheir, also, in Ac 11:21.

Figurative: The arm denotes influence, power, means of support or conquest. The arms of Moab (Jer 48:25) and of…

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Arm

Used to denote power (Ps. 10:15; Ezek. 30:21; Jer. 48:25). It is also used of the omnipotence of God (Ex. 15:16; Ps. 89:13; 98:1; 77:15; Isa. 53:1; John 12:38; Acts 13:17)

Nave's Topical Bible

→ FIGURATIVE USE OF Ex 6:6; 15:16; De 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 9:29; 11:2; 26:8; 33:27; 1Ki 8:42; 2Ki 17:36; 2Ch 6:32; Ps 77:15; 89:10,13,21; 98:1; 136:12; So 2:6; Isa 33:2; 40:10,11; 51:5,9; 52:10; 53:1; 59:16; 62:8; 63:5,12; Jer 21:5; 27:5; 32:17; Eze 20:33; Lu 1:51;

Across the New Testament3 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 84 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 Clement of Rome Josephus
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 3.134c. AD 40

ὁρᾷς ὅτι οὔκ εἰσιν οὗτοι ἱκανοὶ τὸ στῆθος μόνον λαβεῖν, ἀλλὰ σὺν τῷ βραχίονι, Μωυσῆς δὲ χωρὶς τοῦ βραχίονος.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 4.213c. AD 75–95

ἐπιγράφειν δὲ καὶ τοῖς θυρώμασιν αὐτῶν τὰ μέγιστα ὧν εὐεργέτησεν αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς ἔν τε βραχίοσιν ἕκαστον διαφαίνειν, ὅσα τε τὴν ἰσχὺν ἀποσημαίνειν δύναται τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς εὔνοιαν φέρειν ἐγγεγραμμένα ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς καὶ τοῦ βραχίονος, ὡς…

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 60.3c. AD 96

ναί, δέσποτα, ἐπίφανον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐφ̓ ἡμᾶς εἰς ἀγαθὰ ἐν εἰρήνῃ, εἰς τὸ σκεπασθῆναι ἡμᾶς τῇ χειρί σου τῇ κραταιᾷ καὶ ῥυσθῆναι ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας τῷ βραχίονί σου τῷ ὑψηλῷ, καὶ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν μισούντων ἡμᾶς ἀδίκως.

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2nd c. AD 4th c. AD 1st c. AD 3rd c. AD undated
PSI 9 1057Euhemeria (Arsinoites)AD 32

Θεμίστου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ Ἀειῶν Μάρωνος ὡς ἐτῶν ἑξηκοντα … ὑπόσκνιφος οὐλὴ βραχίονι δεξιῶι Ἀπύνχει Ἡρᾶτος ὡς ἐτῶν ἑξηκονταδύο οὐλὴ καρπῶι δεξιῶι ἔχειν παρʼ αὐτοῦ διὰ χειρὸς

οὐλὴ βραχίονι ἀριστερῷ Φιλίππωι … ὡς ἐτῶν εἴκοσι τριῶν οὐλὴ ἀντικνημίῳ δεξιῷ … … τὸν ὁμολογοῦντα

P.Oxy. 3 490Oxyrhynchos (OxyrhynchitesAD 124

αὐτὸν ἐλευσόμενα εἰς τοὺς ἔγγιστα μου γένους ὄντας ὡς πρόκειται. εἰμὶ ἐτῶν … οὐλὴ βραχίονι δεξιῷ καὶ ἔστιν μου ἡ σφραγὶς δρακοντόμορφος … ἐπιγέγραμμαι τῆς ἀνεψιᾶς μου κύριος καὶ

He has shown strength with [the] arm of Him; He has scattered [the] proud in [the] thought of heart of them;
αὐτοῦ·autos of Him; G846 Personal pronoun · genitive · singular · masculine
5,550× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Luke as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This pronoun refers to a person or thing, like 'he', 'she', or 'it'. It is used in the Bible to emphasize a person or thing, like in John 2:25 where it says 'he himself knew'.
Tyndale gloss
it/s/he
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

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

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

αὐτός, -ή, -ό,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

αὐτός (autos) — it/s/he.

αὐτός

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

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

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

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

αὐτός

autos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

those, together, very, which. Compare 848.

see GREEK for 109

see GREEK for 1438

see GREEK for 848

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό

Pers.pr.

he, she, it, they, them, same

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

αὐτός autos 5x

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

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Pron-GSM — Personal pronoun · genitive · singular · masculine
genitive — of, from, belonging to.
Agrees with anything else marked singular masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

P-GSM Part of Speech: Personal pronoun Case: Genitive Number: Singular Gender: Masculine

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

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

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

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

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
λέγωI say, speak
καίand, even, also,δέbut, on the otheἸησοῦςJesus
πρός
λέγωI say, speakἔρχομαιI come, goδέbut, on the othe
ἐν
Article theαὐτόςεὑρίσκωI find
δέbut, on the other ha
λέγωI say, speakοὗτοςὁράωI see, look upon
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςσύθεόςGod, a god
αὐτόςof Him;5550×
what comes after →
Article the
ἸησοῦςJesusμαθητήςa learner, disciθεόςGod, a god
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theλέγωI say, speakαὐτός
λέγωI say, speak
αὐτόςτίςIrgκύριοςlord, Lord, mast
ἐν
Article theαὐτόςὅς
εἰς
Article theδικαιοσύνηjustice, justnesἹεροσόλυμαJerusalem

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 6th c. AD 4th c. AD 1st c. AD
P.Stras. 2 89Pathyris100 BC

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

P.Adl. 11Pathyris99 BC

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

P.Grenf. 2 35Pathyris99 BC

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

He has shown strength with [the] arm of Him; He has scattered [the] proud in [the] thought of heart of them;
διεσκόρπισενdiaskorpizō He has scattered G1287 Verb · aorist · active · indicative · third person · singular
9× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Luke than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To scatter or disperse, like sheep or people, as in Matthew 26:31 and Luke 1:51. It can also mean to squander or waste, like in Luke 15:13. This word is used to describe separation or dispersal.
Amplified meaning
dispersed, put to flight
Tyndale gloss
to scatter
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word διασκορπίζω (*diaskorpizo*) means to scatter or disperse. It can refer to scattering sheep, winnowing grain, or metaphorically to squandering property. The New Testament uses it in contexts such as scattering a flock (Matthew 26:31) and wasting resources (Luke 15:13). The entries consistently emphasize its meanings related to dispersion and waste.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

† δια-σκορπίζω

[in LXX for פּוּץ, זרה, etc. ;]

to scatter abroad, disperse: of sheep, Mt 26:31 = Mk 14:27 (LXX); of persons, Lk 1:51, Ac 5:37, opp. to συνάγω, Jo 11:52; of winnowing grain, Mt 25:24, 26; metaph., of property, to squander, waste: Lk 15:13 16:1.†

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

δια-σκορπίζω ; 1 aor. διεσκόρπισα; Pass., pf. ptep. dreσκορπισμένος ; 1 aor. διεσκορπίσθην ; 1 fut. διεσκορπισθήσομαι ; often in Sept., more rarely in Grk. writ. fr. Polyb. 1,47,4; 27, 2,10 on (cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 218; [W. 257); to scatter abroad, disperse: Jn. xi. 52 (opp. to συνάγω) ; of the enemy, Lk. i. 51; Acts v. 37, (Num. x. 35, ete. ; Joseph. antt. 8, 15,4; Ael. v. h. 13, 46 (1, 6) ὁ δράκων τοὺς μὲν διεσκόρπισε, τοὺς δὲ ἀπέκτεινε). of a flock of sheep: Mt. xxvi. 31 (fr. Zech. xiii. 7); Mk. xiv. 27; of property, to squander, waste: Lk. xv. 13; xvi. 1, (like d:aσπείρω in Soph. El. 1291). like the Hebr. 777 (Sept. Ezek. v. 2, 10,12 [Ald.], ete.) of grain, to scatter i. e. to winnow (i. 6. to throw the grain a considerable distance, or up into the air, that it may be separated from the chaff; opp: to συνάγω, to gather the wheat, freed from the chaff, into the granary [cf. BB.DD.…

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

διασκορπίζω. BGU IV. 1049? (a deed of sale—iv/A.D.) ἐν ᾧ vy[t]Kes (4 φοίνικες) διεσκορπισμένοι κτλ. The verb is f yund with reference to the broken bread of the Eucharist in Didache Of: ὥσπερ ἣν τοῦτο κλάσμα διεσκορπισμένον ἐπάνω τῶν ὀρέων καὶ συναχθὲν ἐγένετο ἕν, οὕτω συναχθήτω σου ἡ ἐκκλησία κτλ. The subst. is found P Tebt I. 2455 (B.c. 117) ὑπὸ διασκορπισμὸν τὰ τῆς φορολογίας ἀγάγωσιν, “they might produce the dispersal of this revenue” (Edd.). διασπάω. ᾽ Syil 510}1 (ii/B.c.) οἱ δὲ λαχόντες διαιρεΐτωσαν καθ ods ἂν ἕκαστοι τόπους λάχωσιν μὴ διασπῶντες μήτε τὰ τοῦ

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

διασκορπίζω (diaskorpizō) — to scatter.

διασκορπ-ίζω,

scatter abroad, [LXX]:—passive, [NT+2nd c.BC+]; squander, οὐσίαν [NT]; confound, [Refs]; winnow, συνάγων ὅθεν οὐ διεσκόρπισας [NT]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

διασκορπίζω

diaskorpizo

from 1223 and 4650; to dissipate, i.e. (genitive case) to rout or

separate; specially, to winnow; figuratively, to squander:--disperse,

scatter (abroad), strew, waste.

see GREEK for 1223

see GREEK for 4650

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

διασκορπίζω

v.

I scatter, winnow, disperse, waste

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

διασκορπίζω diaskorpizō 9x

to disperse, scatter, Mt. 26:31; Mk. 14:27; to dissipate, waste, Lk. 15:13; 16:1; to winnow, or, to strew, Mt. 25:24, 26

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

διασκορπίζω fut. σω to scatter abroad, NTest.

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
22%scattered
scattered22% · 2×you did scatter11% · 1×i scattered?11% · 1×they will be scattered11% · 1×will be scattered.’11% · 1×he has scattered11% · 1×he wasted11% · 1×wasting11% · 1×

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

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
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
οὐNeg
ὅθενwhence, wherefor
αὐτός
βραχίωνthe arm, strengtπείθωI persuade, urge
καίand, even, also, nam
ποιμήνa shepherd
πρόβατονa sheep
Article the
ἐκεῖthere, yonder, thith
καίand, even, also,
διασκορπίζωHe has scattered
what comes after →
Article the
πρόβατονa sheepοὐσίαproperty, wealthὑπάρχωI am, exist, am
ὑπερήφανοςproud, arrogant
διάνοιαunderstanding, i
συνάγωI gather together
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

Concordanceδιασκορπίζω · 9× in the New Testament
Luke Matthew Acts John Mark
Across the New Testament5 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 25 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.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. BC
ZPE 76 (1989), p. 246 no. 1Krokodilopolis? (Arsinoites)218 BC

με μετὰ Μενίσκου καὶ Ξεννίου ὃν ἦγεν μεθʼ αὑτοῦ πληγάς μοι πλείους ἐνέβαλεν καὶ διεσκόρπισεν μ … καὶ

He has shown strength with [the] arm of Him; He has scattered [the] proud in [the] thought of heart of them;
ὑπερηφάνουςhuperēphanos [the] proud G5244 Adjective · accusative · plural · masculine
5× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Luke as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
An arrogant person appears superior to others, as described in Romans 1:30 and 2 Timothy 3:2. This haughty attitude is the opposite of humility, and is criticized in Scripture.
Amplified meaning
arrogant, having an inflated sense of self
Tyndale gloss
arrogant
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ὑπερήφανος (huperēphanos) is formed from the components meaning 'above' and 'to appear.' It primarily conveys a negative sense of arrogance or haughtiness, often used in biblical contexts to describe those who are disdainful or overweening (e.g., Romans 1:30, 2 Timothy 3:2). While it can also imply a positive sense of magnificence, this usage is rare.

Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament — ἀλαζών, ὑπερήφανος, ὑβριστής from a scan

THESE words occur all of them together at Rom. i. 30, though in an order exactly the reverse from that in which I have found it convenient to take them. They constitute an interesting subject for synonymous discrimination. ᾿Αλαζών, occurring thrice in the Septuagint (Hab. ii. 5; Job xxviii. 8; Prov. xxi. 24), is found twice in the N. T. (here and at 2 Tim. iii. 2); while ἀλαζονεία, of which the Septuagint knows nothing, appears four times in the Apoerypha (Wisd. v. 8; xvii. 7; 2 Mace. ix. 8; xv. 6), and in the N. T. twice (Jam. iv. 16; 1 John ii. 16). Derived from adm, ‘a wandering about,’ it designated first the vagabond mountebanks (‘marktschreyer’), conjurors, quacksalvers, or exorcists (Acts xix. 13 ; 1 Tim. v. 13) ; being joined with γόης (Lucian, Revivise. 29); with φέναξ (Aristophanes, Ran. 909); with κενός (Plutarch, De Prof. Virt. 10) ; full of empty and boastful professions of…

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Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ὑπερήφανος, -ον

(< ὑπέρ, φαίνομαι, c. η pleonast., v. Kühner3, I, 189)

[in LXX for זֵד, גֵּאֶה, לוּץ, etc. ;]

showing oneself above others;

in good sense (Plat., al.), pre-eminent, splendid;

more freq. in had sense, and so always in Scr., arrogant, haughty, disdainful (v. Westc. Epp. Jo., 65b): Ro 1:30, II Ti 3:2; διανοίᾳ καρδίας, Lk 1:51; opp. to ταπεινός (as in Pr 3:34), Ja 4:6, I Pe 5:5 (LXX).†

SYN.: ἀλαζών, ὑβριστής, v. Tr., Syn., § xxix

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

ὑπερήφανος, -ov, (fr. ὑπέρ and φαίνομαι, with the connective [or Epie extension (ef. Curtius § 392)]y; cf. ὑπερη φερής, Bus λεγής, τανη λεγής; εὐη yerns), fr. Hes. down; 1. showing one’s self above others, overtopping, conspicuous above others, pre-eminent, (Plat., Plut., al.). 2. especially in a bad sense, with an overweening estimate of one’s means or merits, despising others or even treating them with contempt, haughty, [cf. Westcott, Epp. of St. John, p. 64°]: Ro. i. 30; 2 Tim. iii. 2; opp. to ταπεινοί, Jas. iv.6; 1 Pet. v. 5, (in these two pass. after Prov. iii. 34); with διανοίᾳ καρδίας added, Lk. i. 51. (Sept. for 11, 07, 78a, ete.; often in the O. T. Apocr.) [See Trench, Syn. § xxix.; Schmidt ch. 176, 8.]

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

ὑπερήφανος is always used ina bad sense in Biblical Greek, ‘‘ haughty,” “arrogant”: cf. the adj. as a personal epithet in P Oxy III. 530° (ii/A.D.) ἀσπάζου. . . Λεοντᾶν τὸν ὑπερήφανον, “salute Leontas the proud,” and the adv. in P Cairo Zen I. 59080! (B.C. 257) μαστιγῶν ἐμὲ ὑπερηφί dvs. Commenting on Jas 45, Hort has shown how readily the thought of personal arrogance passes into ‘‘insolence” or ‘*scorn,” the adj. thus standing midway between ἀλάζων and ὑβριστής (cf. Rom 139). See further Trench Syz. § 20.

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ὑπερήφανος (huperēphanos) — arrogant.

ὑπερήφᾰν-ος, ον,

Doric dialect ὑπερά- [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—mostly in bad sense, overweening, arrogant, [LXX+8th c.BC+]; -ώτεροι.. καὶ ἀλογιστότεροι[Refs 4th c.BC+] adverb, -νως ἔχειν bear oneself proudly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. ζῶντες living sumptuously, prodigally, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a dish, ὑ. ὄζειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] (but also, insolently, brutally, μαστιγοῦν τινα probably in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]—This sense appears in [Refs 8th c.BC+]participle ὑπερηφανέων (which see).

2. rarely in good sense, magnificent, splendid, σοφία, ἔργον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; sublime, [Refs 5th c.AD+]. adverb -νως, ἀγωνιζόμενος [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

ὑπερήφανος

huperephanos

from 5228 and 5316; appearing above others (conspicuous), i.e.

(figuratively) haughty:--proud.

see GREEK for 5228

see GREEK for 5316

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ὑπερήφανος, ον

Adj

proud, arrogant

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ὑπερλίαν hyperlian 2x

in the highest degree, preeminently, especially, superlatively, 2 Cor. 11:5; 12:11*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὑπερήφανος ὑπερ-ήφα^νος, ον, prob. for ὑπερφανής, η being inserted. in bad sense, overweening, arrogant, haughty, Hes., Aesch., Dem.; οἰκίαι ὑπερηφανώτεραι Dem.;—so in adv., ὑπερηφάνως ἔχειν to bear oneself haughtily, Plat.; ὑπ. ζῆν to live prodigally, Isocr.

in good sense, magnificent, splendid, Plat.

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

→ See PRIDE

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
80%proud
proud80% · 4×arrogant20% · 1×

5 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
object60%predicate40%

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

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
θεόςGod, a god
Article the
διασκορπίζωI scatter, winnow, d
αὐτός
ὑβριστήςan insolent, insulti
θεοστυγήςhating God, hate
ἀλαζώνa boaster
φιλάργυροςmoney-loving, av
ὑπερήφανος[the] proud
what comes after →
ἀντιτάσσωI set myself against
ταπεινόςhumble, lowly
διάνοιαunderstanding, intel
καρδίαthe heart, inner
ἀλαζώνa boaster
ἐφευρετήςan inventor, con
βλάσφημοςslanderous
γονεύςa parent

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

Concordanceὑπερήφανος · 5× in the New Testament
1 Peter 2 Timothy James Luke Romans
Across the New Testament5 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch The Didache
JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 4.224c. AD 75–95

παραχωροίη δὲ οὗτος τοῖς μὲν νόμοις καὶ τῷ θεῷ τὰ πλείονα τοῦ φρονεῖν, πρασσέτω δὲ μηδὲν δίχα τοῦ ἀρχιερέως καὶ τῆς τῶν γερουσιαστῶν γνώμης γάμοις τε μὴ πολλοῖς χρώμενος μηδὲ πλῆθος διώκων χρημάτων μηδʼ ἵππων, ὧν αὐτῷ παραγενομένων ὑπερήφανος ἂν τῶν…

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 30.2c. AD 96

Θεὸς γάρ, φησίν, ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται, ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν.

The DidacheThe Didache 2.6c. AD 100

οὐκ ἔσῃ πλεονέκτης οὐδὲ ἅρπαξ οὐδὲ ὑποκριτὴς οὐδὲ κακοήθης οὐδὲ ὑπερήφανος.

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3rd c. AD
Aegyptus 15 (1935), p. 220-221 no. 7Alexandria (?)AD 201–AD 300

r,ctr Ὑπερήφανος Σενθῶνι τῇ ἀδελφῇ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σαράπιδι. ἔπεμψά

He has shown strength with [the] arm of Him; He has scattered [the] proud in [the] thought of heart of them;
διανοίᾳdianoia in [the] thought G1271 Noun · dative · singular · feminine
12× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Luke as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
The mind or understanding, like the faculties of the heart. This word describes the ability to think and reason, as seen in Luke 1:51 and Ephesians 4:18. It's about the way we think and understand things.
Amplified meaning
imagination, mind
Tyndale gloss
mind
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

διάνοια refers to the mind or understanding, encompassing thoughts, intentions, and the faculty of thinking. It appears in various New Testament contexts, such as Luke 1:51 and Ephesians 4:18, often relating to the disposition of the heart and intellect. The term is derived from roots meaning 'through' and 'to think,' highlighting its connection to deep thought and comprehension.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

διάνοια, -ας, ἡ

[in LXX chiefly for לֵב, לֵבָב ;]

the understanding, mind: Lk 1:51, Eph 4:18, Col 1:21, I Pe 1:13, II Pe 3:1, I Jo 5:20; pl., Eph 2:3; in quotations from LXX, Mt 22:37, Mk 12:30, Lk 10:27, He 8:10 10:16 (Cremer, 79, 438).†

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

διάνοια, -as, ἡ, (διά and vods), Sept. for 35 and 325; very freq. in Grk. writ. fr. [Aeschyl.] Hdt. down; a: the mind as the faculty of understanding, feeling, desiring : Mt. xxii. 37; Mk. xii. 30 [Tr mrg. br.]; Lk.x. 27; Eph. 1.18 Rec. ; iv. 18; Heb. viii. 10; x. 16; 1 Pet. 1.18. 2. understanding: 1 Jn. v. 20. 3. mind i. e. spirit (Lat. animus), way of thinking and feeling: Col. i. 21; Lk. i. 51; 2 Pet. iii. 1. 4. thought; plur. contextually in a bad sense, evi! thoughts: Eph. ii. 3, as in Num. xv. 39 μνησθήσεσθε πασῶν τῶν ἐντολῶν κυρίου . . καὶ ov διαστραφήσεσθε ὀπίσω τῶν διανοιῶν ὑμῶν.

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

διάνοια (dianoia) — mind.

διάνοιᾰ, ἡ,

Aeolic dialect διανοιΐα [Refs 7th c.BC+], poetry also διανοίᾱ accusative to [Refs]:— thought, i.e. intention, purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ διανοίᾳ in the spirit of his action, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δ. with all one's heart, [NT+2nd c.AD+]

2. thought, notion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. process of thinking, thought, ὁ ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς αὑτὴν διάλογος.. ἐπωνομάσθη δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially discursive thought, opposed to νόησις, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

III. thinking faculty, intelligence, understanding, ὡς μεταξύ τι δόξης τε καὶ νοῦ τὴν δ. οὖσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to σῶμα, [LXX+4th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

διάνοια

dianoia

from 1223 and 3563; deep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its

disposition), by implication, its exercise:-- imagination, mind,

understanding.

see GREEK for 1223

see GREEK for 3563

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

διάνοια, ας, ἡ

n.f.

understanding, intellect, mind

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

διάνοια dianoia 12x

pr. thought, intention; the mind, intellect, understanding, Mt. 22:37; Mk. 12:30; Lk. 10:27; an operation of the understanding, thought, imagination, Lk. 1:51; insight, comprehension, 1 Jn. 5:20; mode of thinking and feeling, disposition of mind and heart, the affection, Eph. 2:3; Col. 1:21

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

διάνοια διάνοια, ης, ἡ, from διανοέομαι ndianoi a_hs fem a thought, intention, purpose, Hdt., attic; διάνοιαν ἔχειν ῀ διανοεῖσθαι, c. inf., Thuc.

a thought, notion, opinion, Lat. cogitatum, Hdt., Plat.

intelligence, understanding, id. Plat.

the thought or meaning of a word or passage, id. Plat.; τῇ διανοίᾳ as regards the sense, Dem.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Noun-DSF — Noun · 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

N-DSF Part of Speech: Noun Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

thot: The most frequent word in the Old Testament (machashebheth, from the verb chashabh, "to think") refers to a "device," or a purpose firmly fixed, as in the passage in Isa (55:7-9) where the "thought" of God and of man are contrasted (compare Ps 40:5; 92:5; Jer 29:11). In the New Testament dialogismos (Mt 15:19; 1Co 3:20), refers to the inner reasoning or deliberation of one with himself.

See THINK.

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
67%mind
mind67% · 8×understanding17% · 2×thoughts8% · 1×thought8% · 1×

12 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 4 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
adverbial67%object33%

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
ὅλοςall, the whole, καίand, even, also,σκοτόωI darken
ὑπερήφανοςproud, arrogant
διασκορπίζωI scatter, winno
εἰλικρινήςpure, uncontaminated
Article the
ἐγώ
δίδωμιI offer, give
διάνοιαin [the] thought12×
what comes after →
σύ
καίand, even, also,νήφωI am calm, vigil
αὐτός
καίand, even, also,ἐπιγράφωI write upon, in
καρδίαthe heart, inner lif
αὐτός
καίand, even, also, nam
εἰμίI am, exist
εἰμίI am, exist
ἀπαλλοτριόωI estrange, alie

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

Concordanceδιάνοια · 12× in the New Testament
Ephesians Hebrews Luke 1 John 1 Peter 2 Peter Colossians Matthew Mark
Across the New Testament9 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 40 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus Clement of Rome The Shepherd of Hermas Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 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 1.44c. AD 75–95

τὸ γὰρ φυτὸν ὀξύτητος καὶ διανοίας ὑπῆρχε.

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 19.3c. AD 96

ἴδωμεν αὐτὸν κατὰ διάνοιαν καὶ ἐμβλέψωμεν τοῖς ὄμμασιν τῆς ψυχῆς εἰς τὸ μακρόθυμον αὐτοῦ βούλημα: νοήσωμεν, πῶς ἀόργητος ὑπάρχει πρὸς πᾶσαν τὴν κτίσιν αὐτοῦ.

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 2nd c. BC 5th c. AD
P.Mil.Vogl. 1 24Tebtynis (Arsinoites)AD 117

ἐξ αὐτοψίας ἐθεάσατό με κλαίοντα πλείστοις δάκρυσιν. τί οὖν ἐστιν; ἐγὼ πεπεισμένος μου τῇ διανοίᾳ μηθὲν κακῷ ἢ πονηρῷ συνειδώς, δοκῶ μηδὲν παθεῖν· ὃ ἐὰν οὖν ἐφίδω πῶς μου

P.Worp 24Hermopolis bzw. Panopolis (?)AD 201–AD 400

αὐτῷ ἐ.είνετο. ἄλλως γὰρ χλαμύδας ε … ἄλλως δὲ ὑμεῖς ἔχετε πρὸς ἐμὲ τὴν διάνοιαν ὑμῶν … θε … … τιεχω ἠνέγκαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἵνα λοιπὀν τὴν μονήν

P.Berl.Zill. 6AntinoopolisAD 527–AD 565

καὶ ἑξῆς ἅπαντα χρόνον ἑκουσίᾳ γνώμῃ καὶ προαιρέσει διὰ ἀμετανοήτῳ καὶ ἀδόλῳ βουλήσει, ὀρθῇ διανοίᾳ, ἅμα δὲ καὶ ὀμνύμενοι τὴν ἁγίαν καὶ ὁμοούσιον τριάδα καὶ τὴν νίκην καὶ διαμονὴν

He has shown strength with [the] arm of Him; He has scattered [the] proud in [the] thought of heart of them;
καρδίαςkardia of heart G2588 Noun · genitive · singular · feminine
156× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Luke as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
The Greek word for heart refers to the seat of thoughts, feelings, and emotions, like in 2 Kings 18:14. It's where our moral and spiritual condition lies. The KJV translates it as heart or broken-hearted.
Amplified meaning
the seat of emotions, inner being
Tyndale gloss
heart
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

καρδία (kardia) means 'heart' and encompasses both the physical organ and the metaphorical seat of life, emotions, thoughts, and intentions. It appears in various contexts in the New Testament, often relating to spiritual and moral conditions (e.g., Matthew 5:8). The term is derived from a root meaning to quiver or palpitate, linking it to feelings and desires.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

καρδία, -ας, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly for לֵב, לֵבָב;]

the heart,

the bodily organ which is regarded as the seat of life (II Ki 18:14, IV Ki 9:24, al.).

In a psychological sense, the seat of man's collective energies, the focus of personal life, the seat of the rational as well as the emotional and volitional elements in human life, hence that wherein lies the moral and religious condition of the man (DB, ii, 317 f.; DGG, ii, 344a);

of the seat of physical life (Jg 19:5, Ps 101 (102):5 103 (104):15): Ac 14:17, Ja 5:5;

of the seat of spiritual life: Mt 5:8, Mk 7:19, Lk 1:51,

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

καρδία, -as, 7, poetic κραδία and καρδίη (in the latter form almost always in Hom. [only at the beginning of a line in three places; everywhere else by metathesis xpadin; Ebeling, Lex. Hom. 5. v.}), [fr. a root signifying to quiver or palpitate; οἵ. Curtius § 39; Vaniéek p. 1097 (Etym. Magn. 491, 56 mapa τὸ κραδαίνω, τὸ σείω " ἀεικίνητος yap ἡ καρδία): allied with Lat. cor; Eng. heart]; Sept. for 37 and 239; the heart; 1. prop. that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the blood, and hence was regarded as the seat of physical life: 2S. xviii. 14; 2 K. ix. 24; Tob. vi. 5 (4), 7 (6) sq.,17(16). Hence 2. univ. καρδία denotes the seat and centre of all physical and spiritual life; and a. the vigor and sense of physical life (Ps. ci. (cii.) 5; στήρισον τὴν καρδίαν σου Ψψωμῷ ἄρτου, Judg. xix. 5; to which add Ps. ciii. (civ.) 15): τρέφειν τὰς καρδίας, Jas. v.55…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

καρδία (kardia) — heart.

καρδί-α, ἡ,

Ionic dialect καρδίη, Epic dialect κρᾰδίη (καρδίη in [Refs 8th c.BC+] only in καρδίῃ ἄλληκτον πολεμίζειν ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] always in Trag., except in some dact. and anapaest meter verses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect κάρζα [Refs] (but καρδία [Refs 7th c.BC+] κορζία (Paph.), [Refs 5th c.AD+]:—heart, ἐν δέ τέ οἱ κραδίη μεγάλα στέρνοισι πατάσσει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πηδᾷ ἡ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially as the seat of feeling and passion, as rage or anger, οἰδάνεται κραδίη Χόλῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; καρδίης πλέως full of heart, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; of fear or courage, κυνὸς ὄμματ᾽ ἔχων, κραδίην δ᾽ ἐλάφοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [σφηκῶν] κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἔχοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν νέον τίνα οἴει κ. ἴσχει; what do you think are his feelings? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sorrow or joy, ἐν κραδίῃ μέγα πένθος ἄεξε [Refs 8th c.BC+]…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

καρδία

kardia

prolonged from a primary kar (Latin cor, "heart"); the heart, i.e.

(figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the

middle:--(+ broken-)heart(-ed).

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

καρδία, ας, ἡ

n.f.

the heart, inner life, intention

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

καρδία kardia 156x

the heart, regarded as the seat of feeling, impulse, affection, desire, Mt. 6:21; 22:37; Phil. 1:7; the heart, as the seat of intellect, Mt. 13:15; Rom. 1:21; the heart, as the inner and mental frame, Mt. 5:8; Lk. 16:15; 1 Pet. 3:4; the conscience, 1 Jn. 3:20, 21; the heart, the inner part, middle, center, Mt. 12:40

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

καρδία καρδία, ἡ, the heart, ἐν στέρνοισι κραδίη πατάσσει Il.; κραδίη ἔξω στήθεος ἐκθρώσκει, of one panic-stricken, id. Il.; οἰδάνεται κραδίη χόλῳ id. Il., etc.; ἐκ τῆς καρδίας φιλεῖν Ar.; τἀπὸ καρδίας λέγειν, Lat. ex animo, to speak freely, Eur.

the stomach, Thuc.

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

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

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hart (lebh, lebhabh; kardia): The different senses in which the word occurs in the Old Testament and the New Testament may be grouped under the following heads:

1. Various Meanings:

It represents in the first place the bodily organ, and by easy transition those experiences which affect or are affected by the body. Fear, love, courage, anger, Joy, sorrow, hatred are always ascribed to the heart--especially in the Old Testament; thus courage for which usually ruach is used (Ps 27:14); joy (Ps 4:7); anger (De 19:6, "while his heart is hot," lebhabh); fear (1Sa 25:37); sorrow (Ps 13:2), etc.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Heart

According to the Bible, the heart is the centre not only of spiritual activity, but of all the operations of human life. “Heart” and “soul” are often used interchangeably (Deut. 6:5; 26:16; comp. Matt. 22:37; Mark 12:30, 33), but this is not generally the case.

The heart is the “home of the personal life,” and hence a man is designated, according to his heart, wise (1 Kings 3:12, etc.), pure (Ps. 24:4; Matt. 5:8, etc.), upright and righteous (Gen. 20:5, 6;

Across the New Testament22 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 405 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
The Shepherd of Hermas Philo of Alexandria Clement of Rome The Epistle of Barnabas Josephus
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 118c. AD 40

τὰ δ’ ἐντὸς λεγόμενα σπλάγχνα στόμαχος, καρδία, πνεύμων, σπλήν, ἧπαρ, νεφροὶ δύο.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 5.193c. AD 75–95

καὶ ὁ μὲν πρὸς τὴν χαρὰν τὴν τοῦ ὀνείρατος ἀνεπήδησεν ἀπὸ τοῦ θρόνου, πλήξας δʼ αὐτὸν Ἰούδης εἰς τὴν καρδίαν καὶ τὸ ξιφίδιον ἐγκαταλιπὼν ἔξεισι προσκλίνας τὴν θύραν.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 2.8c. AD 100

ἀλλ̓ ἡ τοῦτο ἐνετειλάμην αὐτοῖς: ἕκαστος ὑμῶν κατὰ τοῦ πλησίον ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ἑαυτοῦ κακίαν μὴ μνησικακείτω, καὶ ὅρκον ψευδῆ μὴ ἀγαπᾶτε.

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4th c. AD 2nd c. AD 5th c. AD 6th c. AD
O.Eleph.Wagner 306ElephantineAD 178–AD 179

ἕως Φαῶφι κ … Ἀντωνίνου Κομμόδου … ἀπὸ μηνὸς Φαῶφι ϛ … κάρδιαι καιναί … ὀφθαλμις … … εχων

P.Lond. 6 1914Herakleopolites bzw. KynopolitesAD 335

ἀκούσαντες οὖν τινὲς στρατιῶται οἱ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ καὶ φόβον θεοῦ ἔχοντες ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ἦρκαν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἔκρυψαν ἐν ταῖς κέλλαις ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ. καὶ ἐκείνων μὴ εὑρεθέντων

P.Lond. 6 1917Herakleopolites bzw. KynopolitesAD 330–AD 340

ἐγὼ Ὡρίων, ἵνα ἐπάρωσιν αὐτῶν τὰς ἁγιωτάτας αὐτῶν χεῖρας πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν ὡς τύπος σταυροῦ καὶ μὴ ἀποστερήσωσί με καὶ μὴ ἐ … ωσί με,

He has shown strength with [the] arm of Him; He has scattered [the] proud in [the] thought of heart of them;
αὐτῶν·autos of them; G846 Personal pronoun · genitive · plural · masculine
5,550× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Luke as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This pronoun refers to a person or thing, like 'he', 'she', or 'it'. It is used in the Bible to emphasize a person or thing, like in John 2:25 where it says 'he himself knew'.
Tyndale gloss
it/s/he
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

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

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

αὐτός, -ή, -ό,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

αὐτός (autos) — it/s/he.

αὐτός

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

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

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

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

αὐτός

autos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

those, together, very, which. Compare 848.

see GREEK for 109

see GREEK for 1438

see GREEK for 848

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό

Pers.pr.

he, she, it, they, them, same

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

αὐτός autos 5x

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

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Pron-GPM — Personal pronoun · genitive · plural · masculine
genitive — of, from, belonging to.
Agrees with anything else marked plural masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

P-GPM Part of Speech: Personal pronoun Case: Genitive Number: Plural Gender: Masculine

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

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

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

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

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
λέγωI say, speak
καίand, even, also,δέbut, on the otheἸησοῦςJesus
πρός
λέγωI say, speakἔρχομαιI come, goδέbut, on the othe
ἐν
Article theαὐτόςεὑρίσκωI find
δέbut, on the other ha
λέγωI say, speakοὗτοςὁράωI see, look upon
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςσύθεόςGod, a god
αὐτόςof them;5550×
what comes after →
Article the
ἸησοῦςJesusμαθητήςa learner, disciθεόςGod, a god
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theλέγωI say, speakαὐτός
λέγωI say, speak
αὐτόςτίςIrgκύριοςlord, Lord, mast
ἐν
Article theαὐτόςὅς
εἰς
Article theδικαιοσύνηjustice, justnesἹεροσόλυμαJerusalem

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 6th c. AD 4th c. AD 1st c. AD
P.Stras. 2 89Pathyris100 BC

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

P.Adl. 11Pathyris99 BC

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

P.Grenf. 2 35Pathyris99 BC

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

Sources on this page. Lexicons and dictionaries imported from the CrossWire SWORD modules — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, Dodson, the Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones, Robinson and Packard, Webster and Cawdrey. Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Harper, 1889 — Grimm’s Wilke’s Clavis Novi Testamenti, translated, revised and enlarged by Joseph Henry Thayer) is public domain and is set here from the Internet Archive page scan greekenglishlex00grim; it is uncorrected OCR, marked as such on the entry itself, and the Strong’s numbers — which Thayer’s own edition does not carry — were matched by lemma against the other modules on this page. Trench’s Synonyms of the New Testament (Macmillan, 1880) and Moulton and Milligan’s Vocabulary of the Greek Testament (Hodder & Stoughton, 1930, which entered the United States public domain on 1 January 2026) are set from Internet Archive page scans synonymsofnewtes00treniala and vocabularyofgree00mouluoft, and are likewise uncorrected OCR matched to Strong’s numbers by lemma. Trench treats a group of words at once, so the same essay stands on the page of each word it compares. The Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary is © 1993 and is used here by permission for non-commercial use, www.teknia.com/greek-dictionary. The full Liddell-Scott-Jones and the Hebrew word data (TAHOT) come from STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs is the OpenScriptures digitisation, public domain. Syntax analysis is the Nestle 1904 Lowfat treebank (biblicalhumanities.org); the concordance and morphology are built from the tagged Nestle 1904 text. Septuagint occurrences use the Open Scriptures Septuagint lemma index, derived from CCAT (University of Pennsylvania) and the Rahlfs 1935 dataset by Eliran Wong, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — used here on a non-commercial ministry site. Greek of Josephus and Barnabas from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA 4.0. Commentaries and the Ante-Nicene Fathers are public-domain texts hosted on this site. Everyday Greek from the Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri, CC BY 3.0, with dates and provenance from the Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis. Philo and the Apostolic Fathers from Open Greek and Latin (First1KGreek), CC BY-SA 4.0. The apparatus and the fifth Greek column are the SBL Greek New Testament, © 2010 SBL and Logos Bible Software, CC BY 4.0. The Latin is the Clementine Vulgate (public domain); the Syriac New Testament is the ETCBC edition (MIT licence). The Hebrew behind the Greek is computed here from the Septuagint index and TAHOT, not taken from any aligned edition. The translation spread and the per-word edition marks come from the Translators Amalgamated Greek NT (STEPBible, CC BY 4.0); clause roles from the Nestle 1904 Lowfat treebank (CC BY-SA 4.0); place identifications and their confidence from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding (CC BY 4.0), with map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Gospel parallels are computed here from shared uncommon vocabulary, not taken from any printed harmony. Cross references are the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and the subject headings are Nave’s Topical Bible, both public domain. Works under Creative Commons licences are used unchanged apart from markup removal.

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