Quick Definition
ἔτος, ους, τό n.n. a year
Strong's Definition
apparently a primary word; a year
KJV Usage: year
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ους | διετία · ἑκατονταετής · τεσσερακονταετής · τριετία
67.167 · Time · Definite Units of Time: Year, Month, Week, Day, Hour
year a unit of time involving a complete cycle of seasons In a number of languages, years are described in terms of repeated seasons. For example, some languages would speak of ‘twelve years’ as being ‘twelve winters’ or ‘twelve summers,’ while in other languages one might have an expression such as ‘twelve rainy seasons’ or ‘twelve returns of the sun.’
MAT 9:20 · MRK 5:25 · MRK 5:42 · LUK 2:36 · LUK 2:37 · LUK 2:41 · LUK 2:42 · LUK 3:1 · LUK 3:23 · LUK 4:25 · LUK 8:42 · LUK 8:43 · LUK 12:19 · LUK 13:7 · LUK 13:8 · LUK 13:11 · LUK 13:16 · LUK 15:29 · JHN 2:20 · JHN 5:5 · JHN 8:57 · ACT 4:22 · ACT 7:6 · ACT 7:30 · ACT 7:36 · ACT 7:42 · ACT 9:33 · ACT 13:20 · ACT 13:21 · ACT 19:10 · ACT 24:10 · ACT 24:17 · ROM 15:23 · 2CO 12:2 · GAL 1:18 · GAL 2:1 · GAL 3:17 · 1TI 5:9 · HEB 1:12 · HEB 3:10 · HEB 3:17 · 2PE 3:8 · 2PE 3:8 · REV 20:2 · REV 20:3 · REV 20:4 · REV 20:5 · REV 20:6 · REV 20:7
67.94 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young
Collocation: ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα
a very long time possibly a symbolic temporal expression denoting a very long period of time Though most translations render ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα as ‘forty years,’ the expression probably is to be understood as meaning an unusually long period of time. See also discussion at 67.93.
67.60 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After
Collocation: δι᾽ ἐτῶν
some years later (an idiom, literally: through years) a point of time subsequent to another point of time after an interval of some years
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔτος, -ους, [gen. plur. ἐτῶν, cf. B. 14 (13)], τό, [fr. Hom. down], Hebr. τ), α year: Lk. iii. 1; Acts vii. 80; Heb. i. 12; 2 Pet. iii. 8; Rev. xx. 3, ete.; ἔτη ἔχειν, to have passed years, Jn. viii. 57; with ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ added, Jn. v. 5 [ef. W. § 32, 6]; εἶναι, γίνεσθαι, yeyovevat ἐτῶν, 6. g. δώδεκα, to be twelve years old [ef. Eng. (a boy) of twelve years]: Mk. v.42; Lk. ii. 42; iii. 23 [ef. W. 349 (328)]; viii. 42; Actsiv. 22; γεγονυῖα ἔλαττον ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα, less than sixty years old, 1 Tim. v. 9 [W. 590 (549)]; dat. plur., of the space of time within which a thing is done [W. § 31, 9a.; B. § 133, 26], Jn. ii. 20; Acts xiii. 20; ace., in answer to the quest. how long?: Mt. ix. 20; Mk. ν. 25; Lk. ii. 86; xiii. 7 sq. 11,16; xv. εὖ 256 29; Acts vii. 6, 36, 42; Heb. iii. 10 (9), 17; Rev. xx. 2, 4,6. preceded bya prep.: ἀπό, from... on, since, Lk. viii. 43; Ro. xv. 23; in the same sense ἐκ, Acts ix. 33; xxiv. 10[A. V. of many years}; διά with gen., ... years having intervened, i. 6. after [see διά, 11. 2]: Acts xxiv. 17; Gal. ii. 1; εἰς, for... years, Lk. xii. 19; ἐπί with ace. (see ἐπί, C. II. 1 p. 235
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔτος etos 49x
a year, Lk. 2:41; 3:23
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἔτος, -ους, τό
[in LXX for שָׁנֶה ;]
a year: Lk 3:1, He 1:12, Re 20:3, al.; ἔτη ἔχειν, Jo 5:5 8:57; εἶναι, γίνεσθαι, ἐτῶν, Mk 5:42, Lk 2:42, Ac 4:22, I Ti 5:9; dat. pl. of space of time, Jo 2:20, Ac 13:20; acc, in ans. to how long? Mt 9:20, Mk 5:25, Lk 2:36, Ac 7:6, He 3:9, al.; preceded by a prep.: ἀπό, Lk 8:43, Ro 15:23; διά, c. gen. (v.s. διά), Ac 24:17, Ga 2:1; ἐκ, Ac 24:10; εἰς, Lk 12:19; ἐπί, c. acc, Ac 19:10; μετά, c. acc, Ga 1:18 3:17; πρό, c. gen., II Co 12:2; κατ’ ἔτος, yearly, Lk 2:41
SYN.: ἐνιαυτός, q.v.; cf. LS, s.v. ἐνιαυτός
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔτος. P Tebt 11. 412% (late ii/A.D.) ἄνελθε εἰς τὴν μητρόπολιν τοῦ νέου ἔτους, ‘‘come up to the metropolis at the New Year.” For κατ᾽ ἔτος, ‘‘ yearly,” as in Lk 2", cf. P Amh Il. 86" (a.p. 78) ds (sc. δραχμὰς) Kal ἀπίοδ]ώσω kar’ ἔτος ἐξενίαυτα, the yearly charge was to be paid annually, P Oxy IV. 725%* (a contract of apprenticeship—a.D. 183) ἀργήσει δὲ ὁ παῖς els λόγον ἑορτῶν κατ᾽ ἔτος ἡμέρας εἴκοσι, “the boy shall have 20 holidays in the year on account of festivals’ (Edd.): for καθ᾽ ἔτος see P Tebt II. 31125 (A.D. 134), 373!%14 (A D. 110-1), α΄ The aspirated form καθ᾽ éros is also fairly common, e.g. P Petr III. r9(c)3* (B.c. 224) where the words καθ᾽ éros have been added above the line, and the editor explains the form as due to false analogy with καθ᾽ ἡμέραν : see further Meyer ΟἿ. p- 326f., Proleg. p. 44. Ka’ ἕτος is read guater in P Ryl II. 166 (A.D. 26), and ἐφ᾽ ros in P Oxy X. 12998 (iv/A.D.) : In P Oxy III. 4778 (a.b. 132-3) τὸ [π]έμπτον ἔτ[ο]ς Δομιτιανοῦ, ‘‘in the fifth year of Domitian,” we have a good ex. of the acc. denoting a point of time, as occasionally in the NT (Jn 253: Ac 2018, Rev 3%): cf. Proleg. p- 63, CR xviii. p. 152. On the other hand, the instrumental dat. of extension of time (see Pro/eg. p- 75) may be illustrated by Sy// 60738 (iii/iv A.D.) ἐβ(όησεν) ὃ δ(ῆμος)" “ πολλοῖς ἔτεσι τοὺς vewkdpous,” ‘‘ Long live the temple-wardens,”’ and by the ἵν Α. Ὁ. inscr. regarding a Lycaonian Bishop—“elkoou πέντε ὅλοις ἔτεσιν τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν . . διοι[κἸήσας (see Hxf. VII. vi. p. 387). A new adv. ἀνετεύτως is found joined with ζῆν, ‘‘ to live for countless years,’’ in an imprecatory tablet published by Wiinsch in Excavations in Palestine, edd. Bliss and Macalister 1902, p. 176, No. 35%.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἔτος (etos) — year. ἔτος, εος, τό, irregular dative ἔτῃ [Refs]:—year, τῶν προτέρων ἐτέων in bygone years, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τόδ᾽ ἐεικοστὸν ἔ. ἐστὶν ἐξ οὗ[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔ. ἐνιαυτῶν, see at {ἐνιαυτό; ἑκάστου ἔτους} [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ ἔτους πέμπτου every fifth year, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ ἔ. every year, [NT+5th c.BC+]; ἔ. εἰς ἔ. year after year, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ ἔτους annually, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; παρὰ ἔ. every other year, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]yearly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρίτῳ ἔτεϊ τούτων in the third year after this, [Refs]; frequently in accusative, ἔ. τόδ᾽ ἤδη δέκατον.. βόσκων now for these ten years, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a person's age, γεγονὼς ἔτη τρία ἀπολείποντα τῶν ἑκατόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; without γεγονώς, τοὺς ὑπὲρ τετταράκοντα ἔτη [Refs], etc.: in genitive, ἐπειδὰν ἐτῶν ᾖ τις τριάκοντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μυρίων ἐτῶν within a period of [Refs]years, [Refs]
2. regnal year, τὸ πέμπτον ἔ. Δομιτιανοῦ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (ϝέτος [Refs 6th c.BC+][same place]; cf. Latin vetus.)