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1 Corinthians 6:10 — Word Study

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N1904οὔτε κλέπται οὔτε πλεονέκται οὐ μέθυσοι οὐ λοίδοροι οὐχ ἅρπαγες βασιλείαν θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν.

BSAnoroute thieveskleptēs [covetous, taking what is not theirs] noroute coveters [eager for gain, desiring more] not drunkardsmethusos [intoxicated, under the influence] norou revilersloidoros [revilers, speaking abusively] norou swindlersharpax [rapacious, taking advantage of others] [the] kingdombasileia [God's royal power, dominion] of Godtheos [the one true deity] notou will inherit.klēronomeō [receive as a gift, possess]

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1 Corinthians 6:10quick helps
In a sentencePaul lists various types of people who will not inherit God's kingdom.
Who is speakingThe Apostle Paul, addressing the Corinthian church.
Where we areIn a passage discussing moral behavior and its consequences.
The hard wordκλέπται
Take awayCertain behaviors are incompatible with inheriting God's kingdom.
6 commentators on this verse Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them › clause subjectκλέπτης verbκληρονομέω The sentence as the grammar sees it Open the tree ›
How rare are these words?in the New Testament

Every word here is used elsewhere in the New Testament.

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Deep Study — 1 Corinthians 6:10

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Context — Moral Exhortation in 1 Corinthiansgenerated

9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
12“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

1 Corinthians 6:10 is part of a larger discussion where Paul warns the Corinthian believers about the behaviors that disqualify individuals from inheriting the kingdom of God. He emphasizes that those who engage in immoral acts, including theft and greed, will not be part of God's reign. This serves as a reminder of the standards expected of believers in their conduct.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
1Psalm 50:17–18For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
2Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
3Jeremiah 7:11Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
4Ezekiel 22:13–27Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
5Matthew 21:19Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 11 references, hung on the phrase they belong to


The Key Word κλέπται, kleptēsgenerated

The word κλέπτης (i.e., *kleptēs*) means 'thief' and is derived from the verb κλέπτω (i.e., *kleptō*), which means 'to steal.' It refers to someone who steals secretly or by deceit. In this context, it highlights the seriousness of theft as a moral failing that excludes one from God's kingdom.

This term contrasts with the word for 'robber' and is used in various contexts in the New Testament, emphasizing both literal theft and metaphorical applications, such as deceitful practices.


How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated

This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, which uses the term thieves. Other translations, such as the KJV and ASV, use covetous instead.

The translations differ on the rendering of ἅρπαγες, with the BSB using swindlers, while the DBY opts for rapacious. Furthermore, the term θεοῦ is rendered consistently as of God in most versions, except for the WEB, which simplifies it to God.


Sentence Structuregenerated

The finite verb κληρονομήσουσιν, will inherit, governs the entire clause. It is supported by a series of noun phrases that list the subjects who will not inherit, including κλέπται, πλεονέκται, μέθυσοι, λοίδοροι, and ἅρπαγες.

The structure emphasizes the list of behaviors that exclude individuals from the kingdom, with each noun phrase acting as a subject that is negated by the conjunctions οὔτε.


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

κλέπτης appears in the Septuagint as a translation of the Hebrew word גַּנָּב (H1590), which also means 'thief.' This connection highlights the continuity of moral teachings regarding theft from the Old Testament into the New Testament context.

The term βασιλεία is used in the LXX to refer to God's reign, paralleling its usage in the New Testament, where it often signifies the divine authority and dominion.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

1 Corinthians 6:10 warns that thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbal abusers, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God. This verse serves as a reminder of the moral standards expected of believers.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

What does it mean to inherit the kingdom of God?

To inherit the kingdom of God means to receive a place in God's reign and enjoy the blessings associated with it, as described in various New Testament passages.

Why does Paul list these specific behaviors?

Paul lists these behaviors to illustrate the moral standards that are incompatible with life in God's kingdom, emphasizing the need for repentance and transformation.

Are these behaviors common today?

Yes, these behaviors can be observed in society today, and Paul's warning serves as a timeless reminder for believers to live according to God's standards.

What hope is there for those who have committed these sins?

Paul reassures the Corinthians in the following verse that they can be washed, sanctified, and justified through Jesus Christ, offering hope for transformation and redemption.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. What behaviors do I need to examine in my own life in light of this verse?
  2. How can I encourage others to live in a way that reflects the values of God's kingdom?
  3. In what ways can I seek forgiveness and transformation for past actions that are mentioned in this passage?
  4. How does understanding the consequences of these behaviors motivate me to live differently?

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

Several early church Fathers comment on this verse, emphasizing the necessity of purity and moral conduct for inheriting God's kingdom.

Origen of AlexandriaCOMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 2.27.67-69 c. 185–253
The kingdom of God must be purified of all sin and immorality, so that God may reign in it.
Early Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 6 →
CyprianEpistle LIV c. 200–258
For since it is written, "Neither shall revilers inherit the kingdom of God," and again the Lord says in His Gospel, "Whosoever shall say to his brother, Thou fool;
Early Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 6 →
AmbrosiasterCOMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES fl. c. 366–384
Paul did not say this because the Corinthians did not know it already. He was rather reawakening their reverence for the divine commandment and bringing them closer to readiness for the kingdom of heaven.
Early Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 6 →

Commentators on this verse — 6 expositors, verse by verse

Each of these wrote on 1 Corinthians 6:10 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.

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

Nor thieves,.... Who take away another man's property, secret or openly, by fraud or force.

Read John Gill on 1 Corinthians 6 →
Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. No JFB commentary on this verse.

Read Robert Jamieson on 1 Corinthians 6 →
Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Nor thieves; nor such as take away the goods of their neighbours clandestinely, or by violence, without their consent or any just authority. Nor covetous; nor persons who discover themselves excessively to love money, by their endeavours to get it into their hands any way, by oppression, cheating, or defrauding others. Nor drunkards; nor persons that make drinking their business, and use it excessively, without regard to the law and rules of temperance and sobriety. Nor revilers; nor persons that use their tongues intemperately, railing at others, and reviling them with reproachful and opprobrious names. Nor extortioners; nor any such as by violence wring out of people’ s hands what is not…

Read Matthew Poole on 1 Corinthians 6 →
John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. Ver. 10. Nor thieves, nor covetous] These two be fitly set together, as near akin; so are drunkards and railers. Nor extortioners] Whose sin is properly immoderate getting, as that of the covetous consists in pinching and saving. So 1 Timothy 3:3.

Read John Trapp on 1 Corinthians 6 →
CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

10. nor covetous] See note on ch. 1 Corinthians 5:10.nor drunkards, nor revilers] Here, as in ch. 1 Corinthians 5:11, where the same word is translated railer, we have the inevitable conjunction between drunkenness and strife.

Read Cambridge on 1 Corinthians 6 →
Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nor covetous; - See the note at 1 Corinthians 5:10. It is remarkable that the apostle always ranks “the covetous” with the most abandoned classes of people.

Read Albert Barnes on 1 Corinthians 6 →

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

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

WEBWorld English Bible2000

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

nor the covetous, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

NETBNew English Translation2006

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

RVARevised Version, American1894

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

NWBWebster's Bible1833

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

GNVGeneva Bible1599

Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners shall inherite the kingdome of God.

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor [the] rapacious, shall inherit [the] kingdom of God.

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, slanderers, and swindlers—none of them will inherit the kingdom of God.

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

Nor the effeminate, nor liers with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of God.

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

thieves, greedy, drunkards, abusers, or cheats, will not inherit the kingdom of God.

BBEBible in Basic English1949

Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.

Word by word, the decisions they made

κλέπταιkleptēs thieves G2812 3 different renderings
covetousASV DBY DRA KJV LSV MSB NWB RVA WEB YLT
thievesBSB FBV NETB ULB
thiefBBE
ἅρπαγεςharpax swindlers G727 2 different renderings
swindlersBSB MSB NETB ULB
rapaciousDBY
θεοῦtheos of God G2316 2 different renderings
of godASV BBE BSB DBY DRA FBV GNV KJV LSV MSB NETB NWB RVA ULB YLT
godWEB
κληρονομήσουσιν.klēronomeō will inherit. G2816 3 different renderings
inheritASV DBY FBV KJV NETB NWB RVA YLT
will inheritBSB LSV MSB ULB WEB
possessDRA

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.

clausenoun phrase · subjectοὔτεneitherπόρνοιthe sexually immoralοὔτεnorεἰδωλολάτραιidolatersοὔτεnorμοιχοὶadulterersοὔτεnorμαλακοὶeffeminateοὔτεnorἀρσενοκοῖταιhomosexualsοὔτεnorκλέπταιthievesοὔτεnorπλεονέκταιcovetersοὐnotμέθυσοιdrunkardsοὐnorλοίδοροιverbal abusersοὐχnorἅρπαγεςswindlersnoun phrase · objectβασιλείαν[the] kingdomΘεοῦof Godverbκληρονομήσουσινwill inherit

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

neque molles, neque masculorum concubitores, neque fures, neque avari, neque ebriosi, neque maledici, neque rapaces regnum Dei possidebunt.

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

ܘܠܐ ܥܠܘܒܐ ܘܠܐ ܓܢܒܐ ܘܠܐ ܪܘܝܐ ܘܠܐ ܡܨܥܪܢܐ ܘܠܐ ܚܛܘܦܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܡܠܟܘܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܠܐ ܝܪܬܝܢ

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

οὔτε κλέπται οὔτε πλεονέκται οὐ μέθυσοι οὐ λοίδοροι οὐχ ἅρπαγες βασιλείαν θεοῦ κληρονομήσουσιν.

The standard critical text of the New Testament.

Nestle-Aland 27th edition1993 · Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

οὔτε κλέπται οὔτε πλεονέκται οὐ μέθυσοι οὐ λοίδοροι οὐχ ἅρπαγες βασιλείαν θεοῦ κληρονομήσουσιν.

The previous edition, still widely cited.

SBL Greek New Testament2010 · Michael Holmes

οὔτε κλέπται οὔτε πλεονέκται οὐ μέθυσοι οὐ λοίδοροι οὐχ ἅρπαγες βασιλείαν θεοῦ κληρονομήσουσιν.

The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.

Westcott–Hort1881 · Westcott and Hort

οὔτε κλέπται οὔτε πλεονέκται οὐ μέθυσοι οὐ λοίδοροι οὐχ ἅρπαγες βασιλείαν θεοῦ κληρονομήσουσιν.

The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.

Tregelles1857–1879 · Samuel Prideaux Tregelles

οὔτε κλέπται οὔτε πλεονέκται οὐ μέθυσοι οὐ λοίδοροι οὐχ ἅρπαγες βασιλείαν θεοῦ κληρονομήσουσιν.

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

Tyndale House Greek NT2017 · Tyndale House, Cambridge

οὔτε κλέπται οὔτε πλεονέκται οὐ μέθυσοι οὐ λοίδοροι οὐχ ἅρπαγες βασιλείαν θεοῦ κληρονομήσουσιν.

A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.

Byzantine majority text2018 · Robinson–Pierpont

οὔτε οὔτε μέθυσοι οὐ λοίδοροι οὐχ ἅρπαγες βασιλείαν θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν.

The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.

Textus Receptus1550/1894 lineage

οὔτε κλέπται οὔτε πλεονέκται μέθυσοι οὐ λοίδοροι οὐχ ἅρπαγες βασιλείαν θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν.

The printed tradition behind the King James Version.

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

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

Word by word, across the editions

WordEditions carrying itMissing from
κλέπται thievesNA28, NA27, Tyn, SBL, WH, Treg, TRByz
πλεονέκται covetersNA28, NA27, Tyn, SBL, WH, Treg, TRByz
οὐ notNA28, NA27, Tyn, SBL, WH, TregTR, Byz
οὐ notTR, ByzNA28, NA27, SBL, WH, Treg, Tyn

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.

1 Corinthians 6:10οὔτεnornorοὔτεκλέπτηςthievesthievesκλέπτηςοὔτεnornorοὔτεπλεονέκτηςcoveterscovetersπλεονέκτηςοὐnotnotοὐμέθυσοςdrunkardsdrunkardsμέθυσοςοὐnornorοὐλοίδοροςrevilersrevilersλοίδοροςοὐnornorοὐἅρπαξswindlersswindlersἅρπαξβασιλεία[the] kingd[the] kingdomβασιλείαθεόςof Godof Godθεόςοὐnotnotοὐκληρονομέωwill inheriwill inherit.κληρονομέωοὐNeg.prt. nNeg.prt. no, noοὐμήNeg.prt. nNeg.prt. not, lμήκλέπτωv. I stealv. I stealκλέπτωμεθύωv. I am drv. I am drunkμεθύωἁρπάζωv. I seizev. I seize, snaἁρπάζωβασιλεύςn.m. a kinn.m. a king, ruβασιλεύςκληρονόμοςn.m. an hen.m. an heir, iκληρονόμοςArticle thArticle theἔξεστι(ν)v. it is pv. it is permitἔξεστι(ν)μόνοςAdv alone,Adv alone, but,μόνοςψυχρόςAdj cold, Adj cold, cold-ψυχρόςγαμίζωv. I give v. I give in maγαμίζωἀφανίζωv. I causev. I cause to dἀφανίζωγρηγορέωv. I am awv. I am awake, γρηγορέωεἰδωλολάτρηςn.m. a worn.m. a worshippεἰδωλολάτρηςοὔτεNeg.cj. anNeg.cj. and notοὔτεDisj.prt. Disj.prt. or, tὁμοιόωv. I make v. I make like,ὁμοιόω
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 1 Corinthians 6:10

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.

nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
οὔτεoute nor G3777 Conjunction · negative
91× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Corinthians than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
Neither means not one or the other, like when Jesus says we cannot serve two masters in Matthew 6:20 and Mark 12:25.
Tyndale gloss
neither
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word οὔτε (i.e., *oute*) is a negative particle meaning 'neither' or 'nor.' It is often used to connect negative clauses, as in 'neither... nor...' and can appear in various forms, such as οὐ... οὔτε. The New Testament uses it in several verses, including Galatians 1:12 and Revelation 5:4.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

οὔτε,

negative particle, related to μήτε as οὐ to μή,

and not, neither, nor: οὐδεὶς . . . οὔτε, Re 5:4; οὐδὲ . . . οὔτε, Ga 1:12; οὔτε . . . καί, Jo 4:11; after a question with μή interrog., Ja 3:12; οὔτε . . . οὔτε, neither . . . nor, Mt 6:20, Mk 12:25, Jo 4:21, Ac 15:10, Ro 8:38, 39, Ga 5:6, al.

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

οὔτε, (ov and τέ), an adjunctive negative conj., [fr. Hom. down], (differing fr. μήτε as οὐ does fr. μή [q. v. ad init.], and fr. οὐδέ as μήτε does fr. μηδέ; see pyre and οὐδέ), neither; and not. 1. Examples in which οὔτε stands singly : a. οὐ... οὔτε, Rev. xii. 8 Rec. (where GL T Tr WH οὐδέ); xx. 4 RG (where L T Tr WH οὐδέν ; οὐδεὶς ἄξιος εὑρέθη ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον οὔτε βλέπειν αὐτό, Rev. ν. 4; cf. W.491 (457); Β. 367 (315); οὐ... οὐδὲ... οὔτε, 1 Th. ii. 8 RG (where L T Tr WH more correctly οὐδέ) [W.493 (459); B. 368 (315)]; οὐδὲ... οὔτε (so that οὔτε answers only to the ov in οὐδέ), Gal. i. 12 Β GT WH txt. [W. 492 (458) ; B. 366 (814). Ὁ. οὔτε. .. καί, like Lat. neque ... et, neither. . .and: Jn. iv. 11; 3 Jn. 10, (Eur. Iph. T. 591; but the more common Grk. usage was ov... τέ, ef. Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2 p. 714; Passow 5. ν. Β. 2; [L. and 5. 8. νυ. II. 4]; W. § 55, 7; [Β. ὃ 149, 13 c.]).…

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

οὔτε. P Petr III. 53 (7)® (iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski?, p. 45) οὐκ οἶμαί σε ἀγνοεῖν οὔτίε. .. . ἀἸπεσχίσθην drdaqd...., P Oxy XIV. 16418 (a loan with right of habitation—a,p. 68) οὐκ οὔσης pe οὔτ᾽ ἄλλῳ οὐδενὶ ἐξουσίας ἐκβάλλιν σε οὐδὲ τοὺς παρὰ σοῦ ἐκ τοῦ ἐνοικισμοῦ, ‘neither I nor any one else having the right to expel you or your agents from the habitation” (Edd.), 25. 1775® (iv/a.D.) οὐχ ὥκνησα οὔτε πάλιν ἠμέλησα. A good ex. of οὔτε. . . οὔτε is afforded by the well-known boy’s letter, P Oxy I. 1198 (ii/iii a.p.) (= Selections, p. 103), where the boy threatens his father thatif he does not take him to Alexandria—ovd μὴ γράψω σε ἐπιστολήν, οὔτε λαλῶ σε, οὔτε viyévw σε εἶτα, ““1 won't write you a letter, or speak to you, or wish you health” : cf. also BGU IT. 530% (i/a.p.) (= Selections, p. 60f.) οὔτε ἀντέγραψας οὔτε ἦλθας, ‘‘ you neither answered nor…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

οὔτε (oute) — neither.

οὔτε,

adverb, (οὐ, τε) joining negative clauses, as τε joins positive, but rare in the simple sense and not, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔτε γὰρ ἐκείνους διδόναι, Latin neque enim, [Refs]; and occasionally in later writers, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. mostly repeated, οὔτε.., οὔτε.. neither.., nor.., Latin neque.., neque.., [Refs 8th c.BC+], as οὔτ᾽ ἂρ.., οὔτε..; οὔτ᾽ ἂρ.., οὔτ᾽ ἂρ..; οὔτ᾽ ἄρ τε.., οὔτ᾽ ἄρα.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔτ᾽ ἄρ.., οὔτε τι.., or οὔτε τι.., οὔτε..,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; so too οὔτε.., οὔτε μὴν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. frequently used to divide up a general negation into two or more parts, ὡς δ᾽ ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται φεύγοντα διώκειν, οὔτ᾽ ἂρ ὁ τὸν δύναται ὑποφεύγειν οὔθ᾽ ὁ διώκειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: without a negative…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

οὔτε

oute

from 3756 and 5037; not too, i.e. neither or nor; by analogy, not

even:--neither, none, nor (yet), (no, yet) not, nothing.

see GREEK for 3756

see GREEK for 5037

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

οὔτε

Neg.cj.

and not, neither, nor

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

οὔτε oute 87x

neither, nor, Lk. 20:36; οὔτε ... οὔτε, or οὐτὲ ... οὔτε, neither ... nor, Lk. 20:35; Gal. 1:12; in NT also used singly in the sense of οὐδέ, not even, Mk. 5:3; Lk. 12:26; 1 Cor. 3:2

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

οὔτε

οὐ τε and not, Il., Hdt.

mostly repeated, οὔτε . . , οὔτε . . , neither . . , nor . . , Lat. neque . . , neque . . , Hom., etc.: —οὔτε may be foll. by a posit. clause with τε, Lat. neque . . , et . . , οὔτ᾽ αὐτὸς κτενέει, ἀπό τ᾽ ἄλλους πάντας ἐρύξει he will both not kill and will defend, Il.:—the former οὔτε is sometimes omitted, ναυσὶ δ᾽ οὔτε πεζός [neither] by sea nor by land, Pind.

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

CONJ-N CONJunction or conjunctive particle Negative

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
64%nor
nor64% · 56×neither32% · 28×other renderings3% · 3×

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

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
subject29%adverbial23%verb11%object4%predicate4%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 91 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
αὐτός
ἀφίημιI send away, relπαραλαμβάνωI take, receiveφόνοςmurder, slaughte
ὅτιthat, since, because
κόραξa ravenΧριστόςanointed, the MeἀπολογέομαιI give a defense
γαμέωI marry
οὔτεNeg
οἶδαI know, remember
οὔτεNegἐγώκαθώςjust as, as
οὗτος
ὄροςa mountainἀνήρa male human beiἐπί
οὔτεnor91×
what comes after →
ἐν
Article theοὗτοςἹεροσόλυμαJerusalem
Article the
πατήρfather, Father, γονεύςa parentσάρξflesh, body
εἰς
Article theγῆthe earth, soil,κόπριονmanure
γαμέωI marry
οὔτεNeg
γαμίζωI give in marriage
ἀλλάbut, except

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

Concordanceοὔτε · 91× in the New Testament
Revelation Acts 1 Corinthians Romans John Luke Matthew 1 Thessalonians Galatians Mark 3 John James
Across the New Testament12 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 4c. AD 40

τὸ μὲν οὖν κάλλος τῶν νοημάτων τῆς κοσμοποιίας οὐδεὶς οὔτε ποιητὴς οὔτε λογογράφος ἀξίως ἂν ὑμνῆσαι δύναιτο·

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.20c. AD 75–95

οὔτε γὰρ αὐτῷ ποτʼ ἂν γενέσθαι νοῦν ἀγαθὸν τῷ νομοθέτῃ ταύτης ἀπολειπομένῳ τῆς θέας, οὔτε τῶν γραφησομένων εἰς ἀρετῆς λόγον οὐδὲν ἀποβήσεσθαι τοῖς λαβοῦσιν, εἰ μὴ πρὸ παντὸς ἄλλου διδαχθεῖεν, ὅτι πάντων πατήρ τε καὶ δεσπότης ὁ θεὸς ὢν καὶ πάντα…

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 2.4c. AD 100

πεφανέρωκεν γὰρ ἡμῖν διὰ πάντων τῶν προφητῶν, ὅτι οὕτε θυσιῶν οὔτε ὁλοκαυτωμάτων οὔτε προσφορῶν χρῄζει, λέγων ὅτε μέν:

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. BC 2nd c. AD 4th c. AD 3rd c. AD 6th c. AD
PSI 4 434Philadelphia (Arsinoites)251 BC

ὁπόσην βούλει ὑπάρχειν σοι. ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τούτων παραγενόμενος αὐτὸς ἐπισκέψει· τὰς δὲ ληνοὺς οὔτε ἐπισκευάζει οὐδεὶς οὔτε ἄλλας οἰκοδομοῦσι, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς πάρεστι· Παχὼνς γὰρ πέρυσι κη ἠρξάμεθα

P.Cair. Zen. 4 59621Arsinoites (?)249 BC–240 BC

καὶ εἰσανηλωκέναι εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν … … Φιλαδελφείαι ἐπʼ Ἀγήνορος τοῦ στρατηγοῦ καὶ Ἀρσινόη οὔτε τοὺς ε … … … … … … οὔτε ὡς ᾠκοδομήκει τὴν οἰκίαν, τοῦ

τῶι νεωτέρας ἀπολελεῖφθαι, ὡς δὲ κατὰ τὸ συνγενικὸν ἐπελθὼν σὺν τοῖς ἐνκαλουμένοις καὶ ἄλλοις οὔτε κατʼ ἀνχιστείαν ἀπογραψάμενοι οὔτε κατὰ διαθήκην ἀπολελειμμένοι ἐπίτροποι κατὰ τὸ σιωπώμενον ἐμβατεύσαντες εἰς τὴν

nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
κλέπταιkleptēs thieves G2812 Noun · nominative · plural · masculine
16× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in 1 Corinthians as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
A thief is someone who steals, taking things that don't belong to them. In the Bible, it's used in Matthew 6:19-20 to warn against storing up treasure on earth, where thieves can steal it.
Amplified meaning
covetous, taking what is not theirs
Tyndale gloss
thief
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word κλέπτης (i.e., *kleptēs*) means 'thief' and is derived from the verb κλέπτω (i.e., *kleptō*), which means 'to steal.' It refers to someone who steals secretly or by deceit, contrasting with λῃστής (i.e., *lēstēs*), which denotes a robber who uses violence. The New Testament uses this term in various contexts, including literal theft and metaphorically for false teachers.

Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament — κλέπτης, λῃστής from a scan

THESE words occur together John x. 1, 8; but do not constitute there! or elsewhere a tautology, or mere rhetorical amplification (cf. Obad. 5; Plato, Rep. i. 851 c). The κλέπτης and the λῃστής alike appropriate what is not theirs, but the κλέπτης by fraud and in secret (Matt. xxiv. 43; John xii. 6; ef. Exod. xxii. 2; Jer. 11. 26); the λῃστής by violence and openly (2 Cor. xi. 26 ; cf. Hos. vii. 1; Jer. vii. 11; Plutarch, De Superst. 8: οὐ φοβεῖται λῃστὰς 6 οἰκουρῶν) ; the one is the ‘thief’ and steals; the other is the ‘robber’ and plunders, as his name, from ληΐς or λεία (as our own ‘robber,’ from ‘Raub,’ booty), sufficiently declares. They are severally the ‘fur’ and ‘latro;’ ‘fures insidiantur et occulta fraude decipiunt ; datrones audacter aliena diripiunt’ (Jerome, In Osee, vii. 1). ‘Larron,’ however, in French, ‘voleur qui dérobe furtivement et par adresse,’ notwithstanding its…

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Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

κλέπτης, -ου, ὁ,

[in LXX for גַּנָּב;]

a thief: Mt 6:19, 20 24:43, Lk 12:33, 39, Jo 10:1, 10 12:6, I Co 6:10, I Pe 4:15. Fig., ὡς κ. ἐν νυκτί, I Th 5:2, 4 (κλέπτας, WH, txt., R, mg.; v. Lft., Notes, 73; but cf. also M, Th., l.c.), II Pe 3:10, Re 3:3 16:15. Metaph., of false teachers, Jo 10:8.†

SYN.: λῃστής, a robber, a brigand who plunders, openly, with violence; κ. is a thief who steals in secret, by fraud and cunning (Tr., Syn., § xliv).

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

κλέπτης, -ov, 6, (κλέπτω), [fr. Hom. down], Sept. for 333, a thief: Mt. vi.19 sq.; xxiv. 43; Lk. xii. 33, 39; Jn. x. 1,10; 1 Co. vi.10; 1 Pet.iv.15; an embezzler, pilferer, Jn. xii. 6; ἔρχεσθαι or ἥκειν ws KA. ἐν νυκτί, i. q. to come unexpectedly, 1 Th. v. 2,4; 2 Pet. iii. 10; Rev. iii. 3; xvi. 15; the name is transferred to false teachers, wlio do not care to instruct men, but abuse their confidence for their own gain, Jn. x. 8. [SyN. see λῃστής, fin.]

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

κλέπτης. PSI IV. 39318 (B.c. 242-1) νυκτὸς παραγενόμενοι κλέπται recalls 1 Thess 52. In P Lond 46:12. (iv/a.p.) (=I. p. 70) we have a charm—}” κλέπτην πιάσαι, ‘to catch a thief,” in which there occurs an invocation to Hermes—*$ κλεπτῶν εὑρέτην. With Paul’s list of vices in 1 Cor 69 ἢ Deissmann (LAE p. 320f.) compares the popular names of vices in Latin on the backs of ¢esserae or counters, which were used in an ancient game resembling draughts : thus corresponding to κλέπται we have fur, and to ἅρπαγες arfax. With the use of κλέπται for ‘‘false teachers’’ in Jn 108 we may perhaps compare the mention of apes in a census-paper containing a list of professions, P Petr III. 59 (a)i-9® (Ptol.). These, as the editors point out, can hardly be ‘‘ thieves” in the ordinary sense of the word: they were more likely ‘searchers for stolen property” on the principle ‘‘set a thief to catch a thief.”’…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

κλέπτης (kleptēs) — thief.

κλέπτ-ης, ου, ὁ,

thief, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἅρπαξ (a robber), [NT+5th c.BC+]; ὁ τοῦ κ. λόγος, a logical fallacy, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. generally, cheat, knave, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

κλέπτης

kleptes

from 2813; a stealer (literally or figuratively):--thief. Compare

3027.

see GREEK for 2813

see GREEK for 3027

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

κλέπτης, ου, ὁ

n.m.

a thief

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

κλέπτης kleptēs 16x

a thief, Mt. 6:19, 20; 24:43; trop. a thief by imposture, Jn. 10:8

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

κλέπτης κλέπτης, ου, κλέπτω a thief, Il., Aesch., etc.: generally, a cheat, knave, Soph.

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

N-NPM Part of Speech: Noun Case: Nominative Number: Plural Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
75%thief
thief75% · 12×thieves25% · 4×

16 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
subject63%predicate19%adverbial19%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 16 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
ὡςas, like as, how, wh
κύριοςlord, Lord, mastσύἥκωI have come, am
ὅπουwhere, whither
καίand, even, also,οὐρανόςthe sky, the hea
Article the
φυλακήa watching, guarὥραan hour, season
ἐκεῖνος
ἀλλαχοῦfrom another qua
ἐγώ
πρό
κλέπτηςthieves16×
what comes after →
οὐNeg
διορύσσωI dig through, bἐγγίζωI come near, appἔρχομαιI come, go
εἰμίI am, exist
καίand, even, also,
ἔρχομαιI come, go
γρηγορέωI am awake, am vοὐNeg
ἐν
νύξthe night, nightὅς
διορύσσωI dig through, break
καίand, even, also,

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

Concordanceκλέπτης · 16× in the New Testament
John Matthew 1 Thessalonians Luke Revelation 1 Corinthians 1 Peter 2 Peter
Across the New Testament8 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 11 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
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 3.32c. AD 40

τούτου χάριν καὶ Μωυσῆς φησιν ὅτι „ἐὰν ἐν τῷ διορύγματι εὑρεθῇ ὁ κλέπτης καὶ πληγεὶς ἀποθάνῃ, οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ φόνος·

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. BC
PSI 4 393Philadelphia (Arsinoites)242 BC

ἀμπελουργῶν τῶν ἐξειληφότων τὸν Ζήνωνος καὶ Σωστράτου ἀμπελῶνα. τῆι ιϛ τοῦ Τῦβι νυκτὸς παραγενόμενοι κλέπται τινὲς ὤιχοντο ἔχοντες ἐκ τοῦ Ζήνωνος καὶ Σωστράτου ἀμπελῶνος ἑξηκονταρούρου τοῦ περὶ Φιλαδέλφειαν ἄξιον

nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
οὔτεoute nor G3777 Conjunction · negative
91× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Corinthians than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
Neither means not one or the other, like when Jesus says we cannot serve two masters in Matthew 6:20 and Mark 12:25.
Tyndale gloss
neither
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word οὔτε (i.e., *oute*) is a negative particle meaning 'neither' or 'nor.' It is often used to connect negative clauses, as in 'neither... nor...' and can appear in various forms, such as οὐ... οὔτε. The New Testament uses it in several verses, including Galatians 1:12 and Revelation 5:4.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

οὔτε,

negative particle, related to μήτε as οὐ to μή,

and not, neither, nor: οὐδεὶς . . . οὔτε, Re 5:4; οὐδὲ . . . οὔτε, Ga 1:12; οὔτε . . . καί, Jo 4:11; after a question with μή interrog., Ja 3:12; οὔτε . . . οὔτε, neither . . . nor, Mt 6:20, Mk 12:25, Jo 4:21, Ac 15:10, Ro 8:38, 39, Ga 5:6, al.

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

οὔτε, (ov and τέ), an adjunctive negative conj., [fr. Hom. down], (differing fr. μήτε as οὐ does fr. μή [q. v. ad init.], and fr. οὐδέ as μήτε does fr. μηδέ; see pyre and οὐδέ), neither; and not. 1. Examples in which οὔτε stands singly : a. οὐ... οὔτε, Rev. xii. 8 Rec. (where GL T Tr WH οὐδέ); xx. 4 RG (where L T Tr WH οὐδέν ; οὐδεὶς ἄξιος εὑρέθη ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον οὔτε βλέπειν αὐτό, Rev. ν. 4; cf. W.491 (457); Β. 367 (315); οὐ... οὐδὲ... οὔτε, 1 Th. ii. 8 RG (where L T Tr WH more correctly οὐδέ) [W.493 (459); B. 368 (315)]; οὐδὲ... οὔτε (so that οὔτε answers only to the ov in οὐδέ), Gal. i. 12 Β GT WH txt. [W. 492 (458) ; B. 366 (814). Ὁ. οὔτε. .. καί, like Lat. neque ... et, neither. . .and: Jn. iv. 11; 3 Jn. 10, (Eur. Iph. T. 591; but the more common Grk. usage was ov... τέ, ef. Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2 p. 714; Passow 5. ν. Β. 2; [L. and 5. 8. νυ. II. 4]; W. § 55, 7; [Β. ὃ 149, 13 c.]).…

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

οὔτε. P Petr III. 53 (7)® (iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski?, p. 45) οὐκ οἶμαί σε ἀγνοεῖν οὔτίε. .. . ἀἸπεσχίσθην drdaqd...., P Oxy XIV. 16418 (a loan with right of habitation—a,p. 68) οὐκ οὔσης pe οὔτ᾽ ἄλλῳ οὐδενὶ ἐξουσίας ἐκβάλλιν σε οὐδὲ τοὺς παρὰ σοῦ ἐκ τοῦ ἐνοικισμοῦ, ‘neither I nor any one else having the right to expel you or your agents from the habitation” (Edd.), 25. 1775® (iv/a.D.) οὐχ ὥκνησα οὔτε πάλιν ἠμέλησα. A good ex. of οὔτε. . . οὔτε is afforded by the well-known boy’s letter, P Oxy I. 1198 (ii/iii a.p.) (= Selections, p. 103), where the boy threatens his father thatif he does not take him to Alexandria—ovd μὴ γράψω σε ἐπιστολήν, οὔτε λαλῶ σε, οὔτε viyévw σε εἶτα, ““1 won't write you a letter, or speak to you, or wish you health” : cf. also BGU IT. 530% (i/a.p.) (= Selections, p. 60f.) οὔτε ἀντέγραψας οὔτε ἦλθας, ‘‘ you neither answered nor…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

οὔτε (oute) — neither.

οὔτε,

adverb, (οὐ, τε) joining negative clauses, as τε joins positive, but rare in the simple sense and not, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔτε γὰρ ἐκείνους διδόναι, Latin neque enim, [Refs]; and occasionally in later writers, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. mostly repeated, οὔτε.., οὔτε.. neither.., nor.., Latin neque.., neque.., [Refs 8th c.BC+], as οὔτ᾽ ἂρ.., οὔτε..; οὔτ᾽ ἂρ.., οὔτ᾽ ἂρ..; οὔτ᾽ ἄρ τε.., οὔτ᾽ ἄρα.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔτ᾽ ἄρ.., οὔτε τι.., or οὔτε τι.., οὔτε..,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; so too οὔτε.., οὔτε μὴν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. frequently used to divide up a general negation into two or more parts, ὡς δ᾽ ἐν ὀνείρῳ οὐ δύναται φεύγοντα διώκειν, οὔτ᾽ ἂρ ὁ τὸν δύναται ὑποφεύγειν οὔθ᾽ ὁ διώκειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: without a negative…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

οὔτε

oute

from 3756 and 5037; not too, i.e. neither or nor; by analogy, not

even:--neither, none, nor (yet), (no, yet) not, nothing.

see GREEK for 3756

see GREEK for 5037

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

οὔτε

Neg.cj.

and not, neither, nor

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

οὔτε oute 87x

neither, nor, Lk. 20:36; οὔτε ... οὔτε, or οὐτὲ ... οὔτε, neither ... nor, Lk. 20:35; Gal. 1:12; in NT also used singly in the sense of οὐδέ, not even, Mk. 5:3; Lk. 12:26; 1 Cor. 3:2

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

οὔτε

οὐ τε and not, Il., Hdt.

mostly repeated, οὔτε . . , οὔτε . . , neither . . , nor . . , Lat. neque . . , neque . . , Hom., etc.: —οὔτε may be foll. by a posit. clause with τε, Lat. neque . . , et . . , οὔτ᾽ αὐτὸς κτενέει, ἀπό τ᾽ ἄλλους πάντας ἐρύξει he will both not kill and will defend, Il.:—the former οὔτε is sometimes omitted, ναυσὶ δ᾽ οὔτε πεζός [neither] by sea nor by land, Pind.

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

CONJ-N CONJunction or conjunctive particle Negative

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
64%nor
nor64% · 56×neither32% · 28×other renderings3% · 3×

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

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
subject29%adverbial23%verb11%object4%predicate4%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 91 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
αὐτός
ἀφίημιI send away, relπαραλαμβάνωI take, receiveφόνοςmurder, slaughte
ὅτιthat, since, because
κόραξa ravenΧριστόςanointed, the MeἀπολογέομαιI give a defense
γαμέωI marry
οὔτεNeg
οἶδαI know, remember
οὔτεNegἐγώκαθώςjust as, as
οὗτος
ὄροςa mountainἀνήρa male human beiἐπί
οὔτεnor91×
what comes after →
ἐν
Article theοὗτοςἹεροσόλυμαJerusalem
Article the
πατήρfather, Father, γονεύςa parentσάρξflesh, body
εἰς
Article theγῆthe earth, soil,κόπριονmanure
γαμέωI marry
οὔτεNeg
γαμίζωI give in marriage
ἀλλάbut, except

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

Concordanceοὔτε · 91× in the New Testament
Revelation Acts 1 Corinthians Romans John Luke Matthew 1 Thessalonians Galatians Mark 3 John James
Across the New Testament12 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 4c. AD 40

τὸ μὲν οὖν κάλλος τῶν νοημάτων τῆς κοσμοποιίας οὐδεὶς οὔτε ποιητὴς οὔτε λογογράφος ἀξίως ἂν ὑμνῆσαι δύναιτο·

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.20c. AD 75–95

οὔτε γὰρ αὐτῷ ποτʼ ἂν γενέσθαι νοῦν ἀγαθὸν τῷ νομοθέτῃ ταύτης ἀπολειπομένῳ τῆς θέας, οὔτε τῶν γραφησομένων εἰς ἀρετῆς λόγον οὐδὲν ἀποβήσεσθαι τοῖς λαβοῦσιν, εἰ μὴ πρὸ παντὸς ἄλλου διδαχθεῖεν, ὅτι πάντων πατήρ τε καὶ δεσπότης ὁ θεὸς ὢν καὶ πάντα…

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 2.4c. AD 100

πεφανέρωκεν γὰρ ἡμῖν διὰ πάντων τῶν προφητῶν, ὅτι οὕτε θυσιῶν οὔτε ὁλοκαυτωμάτων οὔτε προσφορῶν χρῄζει, λέγων ὅτε μέν:

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. BC 2nd c. AD 4th c. AD 3rd c. AD 6th c. AD
PSI 4 434Philadelphia (Arsinoites)251 BC

ὁπόσην βούλει ὑπάρχειν σοι. ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τούτων παραγενόμενος αὐτὸς ἐπισκέψει· τὰς δὲ ληνοὺς οὔτε ἐπισκευάζει οὐδεὶς οὔτε ἄλλας οἰκοδομοῦσι, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς πάρεστι· Παχὼνς γὰρ πέρυσι κη ἠρξάμεθα

P.Cair. Zen. 4 59621Arsinoites (?)249 BC–240 BC

καὶ εἰσανηλωκέναι εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν … … Φιλαδελφείαι ἐπʼ Ἀγήνορος τοῦ στρατηγοῦ καὶ Ἀρσινόη οὔτε τοὺς ε … … … … … … οὔτε ὡς ᾠκοδομήκει τὴν οἰκίαν, τοῦ

τῶι νεωτέρας ἀπολελεῖφθαι, ὡς δὲ κατὰ τὸ συνγενικὸν ἐπελθὼν σὺν τοῖς ἐνκαλουμένοις καὶ ἄλλοις οὔτε κατʼ ἀνχιστείαν ἀπογραψάμενοι οὔτε κατὰ διαθήκην ἀπολελειμμένοι ἐπίτροποι κατὰ τὸ σιωπώμενον ἐμβατεύσαντες εἰς τὴν

nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
πλεονέκται coveters G4123
4× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Corinthians than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
A greedy person who desires more and is eager for gain, as described in 1 Corinthians 5:10-11 and Ephesians 5:5. This type of person is covetous and avaricious.
Amplified meaning
eager for gain, desiring more
Tyndale gloss
greedy
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word πλεονέκτης (i.e., *pleonektes*) is derived from roots meaning 'more' and 'to have.' It refers to someone who is greedy or covetous, desiring more than their due. This term appears in the New Testament, specifically in 1 Corinthians and Ephesians, where it describes individuals eager for gain or defrauding others.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

** πλεονέκτης, -ου, ὁ

(< πλέον, ἔχω),

[in LXX: Si 14:9*;]

= ὁ θέλων πλέον ἔχειν (v. MM, xx),

one desirous of having more, covetous: I Co 5:10, 11 6:10, Eph 5:5.†

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

πλεονέκτης, -ov, 6, (πλέον and χω); 1. one eager to have more, esp. what belongs to others ({[Thue. 1, 40, 1 (cf. Hdt. 7, 158)]; Xen. mem. 1, 5, 3) ; 2. greedy of gain, covetous: 1 Co. v. 10,11; vi. 10; Eph. v. 5; Sir. xiv. 9.

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

πλεονέκτης, ““covetous”’: cf. P Magd § recto? (B.c. 221) πλεονέκτης ὦν. The adv. πλεονεκτικῶς occurs in OG/S 665" (a.p. 48) ὑπὸ τῶν πλεονεκτικῶς Kal ἀναιδῶς ταῖς ἐξουσίαις ἀποχρωμένων. On the fragment of a vellum leaf, P Oxy XV. 1828 recto’, belonging probably to iii/A.D., and containing ethical instructions, reference is made to ὁ Ψψε]ύστης καὶ ὃ πλεονέκτης [kal ὁ ἀποστε]ρητής.

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

πλεονέκτης (pleonektēs) — greedy.

πλεονέκτ-ης, ου, ὁ,

={ὁ πλέον ἔχων}, one who has or claims more than his due, greedy, grasping, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adjective λόγος π. a greedy, arrogant speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative πλεονεκτίστατος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. ἐν παντὶ πλεονέκτην τῶν πολεμίων making gain from their losses, [Refs]

3. metaphorically in in Mathematics texts, of τὸ ὑπερτελές, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

πλεονέκτης

pleonektes

from 4119 and 2192; holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain

(avaricious, hence a defrauder):--covetous.

see GREEK for 4119

see GREEK for 2192

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

πλεονέκτης, ου, ὁ

n.m.

a covetous person

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

πλεονέκτης pleonektēs 4x

one who has or claims to have more than his share; a covetous, avaricious person, one who defrauds for the sake of gain, 1 Cor. 5:10, 11; 6:10; Eph. 5:5*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

πλεονέκτης πλεον-έκτης, ου, ὁ, = ὁ πλέον ἔχων one who has or claims more than his due, greedy, grasping, arrogant, Thuc., etc.:—as adj., λόγος πλ. Hdt.; Sup. πλεονεκτίστατος, Xen.

πλεονέκτης τῶν πολεμίων making gain from their losses, id. Xen.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Into Englishhow translators actually render it
25%covetous
covetous25% · 1×coveter25% · 1×coveters25% · 1×covetous man25% · 1×

4 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%adverbial25%predicate25%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 4 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
Disj
πόρνοςa fornicatorἀκάθαρτοςunclean, impure
Article the
Disj
οὔτεNeg
κλέπτηςa thief
πλεονέκτηςcoveters
what comes after →
καίand, even, also, nam
ἅρπαξrapacious, raven
Disj
εἰδωλολάτρηςa worshipper of
οὐNeg
μέθυσοςa drunkard
ὅς
εἰμίI am, exist

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

Concordanceπλεονέκτης · 4× in the New Testament
1 Corinthians Ephesians
Across the New Testament2 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria The Didache The Epistle of Barnabas The Shepherd of Hermas
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Life of Moses 1.56c. AD 40

καὶ γάρ εἰμι σύμμαχος ταῖς ἀδικουμέναις μετὰ μεγάλης χειρός, ἣν οὐ θέμις πλεονέκταις ὁρᾶν·

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 19.6c. AD 100

οὐ μὴ γένῃ ἐπιθυμῶν τὰ τοῦ πλησίον σου, οὐ μὴ γένῃ πλεονέκτης.

The DidacheThe Didache 2.6c. AD 100

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

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. BC 6th c. AD
P. Lille Gr. 2 5Magdola (Arsinoites)223 BC

εργώμεθα, τοῦ δὲ σπόρου … ἀλλὰ κατεσπείραμεν … μενον ἀνάλωμα καὶ συν … πλεονέκτης ὢν προεστ … διασαφῆσαι ἀμφοτερ … τοῦ κλήρου, ἐν δὲ τῶι … ὑπὸ Λυκομήδους

P.Cair. Masp. 1 67089Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)AD 501–AD 525

παρεγγυᾷ ἢ πρὸς ἀμείνονα μεταρρυθμίζεσθαι γνώμην, ἢ τούτοις εἴκειν τοῖς ἀδεκάστοις καιροῖς. ὁ δὲ πλεονέκτης τὴν ἀκόρεστον φύσιν εἰς αὐτάρκη μεταλλάξει προαίρεσιν· αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ γέγονεν διδάσκαλος, εὐλαβούμενος καὶ πρὸ

nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
οὐ not G3756
1,622× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Corinthians than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This is a strong 'no', used to deny something completely. It appears in the New Testament, such as in Matthew 13:29 and John 1:21. It is a negative answer to a question.
Tyndale gloss
no
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word οὐ (transliterated as ou) is a primary negative particle meaning 'not' or 'no.' It is used to negate verbs or statements, often appearing in various forms depending on the following sound. In the New Testament, it frequently serves to deny facts and is distinct from another negative particle, μή (transliterated as ), which is used for prohibitions or wishes.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Ac 2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., § 409; M, Pr., 44, 244),

[in LXX for לֹא, אַיִן, אֵין;]

neg. particle,

not, no, used generally c. indic. and for a denial of fact (cf . μή);

absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Mt 13:29, Jo 1:21 21:5; οὒ οὔ, Mt 5:37, Ja 5:12.

Most freq. negativing a verb or other word, Mt 1:25 10:26, 38, Mk 3:25 9:37, Jo 8:29, Ac 7:5, Ro 1:16, Phl 3:3, al.; in…

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

οὐ before a consonant, οὐκ before a vowel with a smooth breathing, and ody before an aspirated vowel ; but sometimes in the best codd. οὐχ occurs even before a smooth breathing; accordingly LT WH mrg. have adopted οὐχ ἰδού, Acts ii. 7; LT οὐχ ᾿Ιουδαϊκῶς, Gal. ii. 14 (see WH. Introd. § 409); L οὐχ ὀλίγος, Acts xix. 23; οὐχ ἠγάπησαν, Rev. xii. 11; and contrariwise οὐκ before an aspirate, as οὐκ ἕστηκεν, Jn. viii. 44 T; [οὐκ ἕνεκεν, 2 Co. vii. 12 T]; (οὐκ εὗρον, Lk. xxiv. 3; [οὐκ ὑπάρχει, Acts iii. 6] in cod. x [alsoC*; ef. cod. Alex. in 1 ἔβαν. iv. 2,12; Job xix. 16; xxxviiil. 11, 26]); cf. W. $5, 14d. 14; Β. τ; [A. v. Schiitz, Hist. Alphab. Att., Berol. 1875, pp: 54-58 ; Sophocles, Hist. of Grk. Alphab., 1st ed. 1848, p- 64 sq. (on the breathing); Tdf Sept., ed. 4, Proleg. pp: Xxxiii. xxxiv.; Scrivener, Collation ete., 2d ed., p. lv. no. 9; id. cod. Bezae p. xlvii. no. 11 (ef. p. xlii.…

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

ου to make the voyage” (Edd.), and P Amh II. 78?! (a.p. 184) τοιαύτης ο[ὖ]ν αὐθαδίας ἐν αὐτῷ οὔσης οὐ δυνάμενος [ἐν]καρτερεῖν ἐπιδίδωμι, ‘“ his audacity having reached this pitch I can endure no longer and present this petition.” See further Proleg. p. 231 f. In support of the translation ‘‘ I determined not to know” in 1 Cor 2, we may cite P Par 2657 (B.c. 163) (= UPZi. Ρ-. 248) οὐκ ἐκρίναμεν καταχωρῆσαι, ‘we determined not to record,” P Tebt I. 124° (c. B.c. 118) οὐκ (ἐκδρίναμεν ἐξαρ[ιθ]μεῖ[σθαι, “we determined not to be counted,” and the classical formula in P Hamb I. 27° (B.c. 250 (249)) οὐκ ἔφη εἰδέναι, ‘he said that he did not know.” The origin of the double negative οὐ μή is fully discussed by Moulton Pro/eg. p. 187 ff. When we pass to its actual occurrences in the NT, we find that these for the most part are found in passages derived from the OT and in the Sayings of our Lord…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

οὐ (ou) — no.

οὐ,

the negative of fact and statement, as μή of will and thought; οὐ denies, μή rejects; οὐ is absolute, μή relative; οὐ objective, μή subjective. —The same differences hold for all compounds of οὐ and μή, and some examples of οὐδέ and οὐδείς are included below.—As to the Form, see infr. G. USAG[Refs 5th c.BC+]

I. as the negative of single words,

II. as the negative of the sentence.

I. οὐ adhering to single words so as to form a quasi-compound with them:—with Verbs: οὐ δίδωμι withhold, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ εἰῶ prevent, [Refs]; οὐκ ἐθέλω refuse, [Refs]; οὔ φημι deny, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but sometimes οὐ is retained, εἰ δ᾽ ἂν.. οὐκ ἐθέλωσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐάντε.. οὐ (variant{μή}) φῆτε ἐάντε φῆτε [Refs 8th c.BC+] —On the use of οὐ in contrasts, see below [Refs 5th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

οὐ

ou

ouk ook, and (before an aspirate)

ouch ookh

a primary word; the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or

not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, +

nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also

3364, 3372.

see GREEK for 3361

see GREEK for 3364

see GREEK for 3372

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

οὐ

Neg.prt.

no, not

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

οὐ ou 1x

negative adverb, originally the gen. of ὅς, spelled οὐκ if followed by a word beginning with a vowel and a smooth breathing, οὐχ if followed by a vowel and rough breathing, not, no, Mt. 5:37; 12:43; 23:37; for the peculiarities of its usage (especially as distinct from μή) consult a grammar

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Into Englishhow translators actually render it
82%not
not82% · 1383×certainly6% · 96×surely4% · 70×no longer3% · 50×no2% · 39×other renderings3% · 51×

1,689 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 17 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%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,622 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
εἰμίI am, existἐγώαὐτός
ὅς
ἐγώθερίζωI reap, gatherδέbut, on the othe
ὅτιthat, since, because
σύαὐτόςἐγώ
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakἐνἐπί
σύ
λέγωI say, speakγάρforὅς
οὐnot1622×
what comes after →
εἰμίI am, exist
ἐκArticle theἐγώ
μήNeg
παρέρχομαιI pass byεἰσέρχομαιI go in, come inπίνωI drink, imbibe
οἶδαI know, remember
ὅτιthat, since, becArticle theτίςIrg
γάρfor
εἰμίI am, existθέλωI will, wish, deArticle the
δύναμαιI am powerful, am ab
ἔρχομαιI come, goσῴζωI save, healArticle 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

Concordanceοὐ · 1,622× in the New Testament
John Matthew Luke 1 Corinthians Romans Mark Acts 2 Corinthians Revelation Hebrews 1 John Galatians

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

Across the New Testament26 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 6c. AD 40

ὡς γὰρ τῶν κολοσσιαίων μεγεθῶν τὰς ἐμφάσεις καὶ ἡ βραχυτάτη σφραγὶς τυπωθεῖσα δέχεται, οὕτως τάχα που καὶ τὰ τῆς ἀναγραφείσης ἐν τοῖς νόμοις κοσμοποιίας ὑπερβάλλοντα κάλλη καὶ ταῖς μαρμαρυγαῖς τὰς τῶν ἐντυγχανόντων ψυχὰς ἐπισκιάζοντα βραχυτέροις…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.11c. AD 75–95

ὁ δὲ τῶν παρʼ ἡμῖν ἀρχιερέων οὐδενὸς ἀρετῇ δεύτερος Ἐλεάζαρος τῷ προειρημένῳ βασιλεῖ ταύτης ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς ὠφελείας οὐκ ἐφθόνησε πάντως ἀντειπὼν ἄν, εἰ μὴ πάτριον ἦν ἡμῖν τὸ μηδὲν ἔχειν τῶν καλῶν ἀπόρρητον.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.8c. AD 100

ἐγὼ δὲ οὐχ ὡς διδάσκαλος, ἀλλ̓ ὧς εἰς ἐξ ὑμῶν ὑποδείξω ὀλίγα, δἰ ὧν ἐν τοῖς παροῦσιν εὐφρανθήσεσθε.

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

δὲ γενόμεναι κατὰ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον κληρονομήσασαι ταξάμεναι τὰ καθήκοντα τέλη θεᾶι Βερενίκηι κυριεύομεν. ὅθεν οὐκ ἀποδιδόντων τὰ ἡμέτερα ἐπεδώκαμεν ἐν τῶι λ ἔτει προσανγελίαν Ἡρακλείδει γενομένωι ἀρχιφυλακίτηι τοῦ Παθυρίτου

C.Erbstreit16Diospolis Magna (Theben)135 BC

ι ἀρουρῶν πρόκτησιν … ένου αὐτὸν ἐν συνεδρίωι καὶ συγχώρησιν … ειν, ἐν ἧι οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ὁ πατήρ. ὅθεν καταβεβραβευμένοι … ήρου συνεριου ἀξιοῦμεν, ἐὰν φαίνηται, συντάξαι γράψαι, οἷς

P.Adl. 2Pathyris125 BC

ὠνῆς ἐν πίστει διὰ τῶν περὶ τὸν Πανεβχοῦνιν ἐκτελειωθεῖσαν τῶι … ἔτει ἀντὶ ὀφειλημάτων, οὐκ ἐπελευσομένους τὸν Πανερέα καὶ τὴν Σενενοῦπιν περὶ ὀφειλημάτων μηδὲ περὶ ἄλλου μηδενός. ταῦτα δὲ

nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
μέθυσοιmethusos drunkards G3183 Noun · nominative · plural · masculine
2× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Corinthians than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
A drunkard, someone who is intoxicated, as described in 1 Corinthians 5:11 and 6:10. This noun refers to a person who is habitually drunk. It is used to warn against excessive drinking.
Amplified meaning
intoxicated, under the influence
Tyndale gloss
drunkard
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word μέθυσος (i.e. *methusos*) means 'drunkard' or 'drunken.' It is derived from the verb for being intoxicated and was originally used mainly for women but later also applied to men. The New Testament references it in 1 Corinthians 5:11 and 6:10, where it describes a person who is habitually intoxicated.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

μέθυσος, -α, -ον

(also -ος, -ον; prop., only of women, but in late writers also = μεθυστικός, of men),

[in LXX: Pr 23:21 (סבא) 26:9 (שִׁכּוֹר), Si 19:1 26:8, IV Mac 2:7*;]

drunken: I Co 5:11 6:10.†

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

μέθυσος, -ύση. -voov, in later Grk. also of two terminations, (μέθυ. see μέθη), drunken, intoxicated: 1 Co. v.11; vi. 10. (Phryn.: μέθυσος ἀνήρ. οὐκ ἐρεῖς. ἀλλὰ peθυστικός - γυναῖκα δὲ ἐρεῖς μέθυσον καὶ μεθύσην [ Arstph.]; but Menand., Plut., Leian., Sext. Empir., al., [Sept. Prov. xxiii. 21, ete.; Sir. xix. 1, ete.] use it also of men; cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 151.)

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

μέθυσος. Deissmann (ZAZ, p. 321) gives a striking series of parallels to the vices enumerated in 1 Cor 697: from counters used in anancient game: thus to μέθυσοι correspond on the counters eb77ose and winose. For μέθυσος applied to men, as in 1 Cor é.c., 5! (cf. Lob. PAryn. ἘΣ 151), see the exx. in Durham Afenander, p. 77f., and add P Oxy XV. 1828 (c. iii/A.D.), where πλεονέκτης also occurs (as in I Cor //. ¢.). See σῦν μεθύσκω, and add P Hal 11% (mid. iii/B.c.) μεθύοντος ἀδικιῶν. ὅταν τις τῶν εἰς TO σῶ[μ]α ἀδικημάτ[ων] | μεθύων ἢ νύκτωρ ἢ ἐν ἱερῶι ἢ ἐν ἀγορᾶι ἀδικήσηι, διπλασί[αν] and compares Ζό. 3384 (ii/B.C.) μεθισήτάμενος ἐξ ἀνθρώπων | ἀπολέλοιπεν τὴϊμ πατρί]δα ἡμῶν ἐλευθέραν (of Attalus © τὴν ζημίαν ἀποτεισάτω τῆς γεγραμμένης, and the temple scribbling at Abydos Prezsigke 1079 Νικάνωρ ἥκω μεθ᾽ Ἡρακλέας [Δ]Ἰρυγχίτιδος μεθύων, where, however, we ought See also the new Logion P Oxy…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

μέθυσος (methusos) — drunkard.

μέθῠσος,

drunk with wine, properly only feminine, μέθυσος Ἀμαζών [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. later also, of men, μεθύσους τοὺς ἐμπόρους ποιεῖ [NT+4th c.BC+]; drunken, intemperate, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

μέθυσος

methusos

from 3184; tipsy, i.e. (as noun) a sot:--drunkard.

see GREEK for 3184

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

μέθυσος, ου, ὁ

n.m.

a drunkard

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

μέθυσος methysos 2x

drunken; a drunkard, 1 Cor. 5:11; 6:10*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

μέθυσος μέθυ^σος, η, ον μεθύω drunken, Ar., etc.

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

N-NPM Part of Speech: Noun Case: Nominative Number: Plural Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
50%drunkard
drunkard50% · 1×drunkards50% · 1×

2 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.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
Disj
λοίδοροςa railer, revile
οὐNeg
πλεονέκτηςa covetous perso
μέθυσοςdrunkards
what comes after →
Disj
ἅρπαξrapacious, raven
οὐNeg
λοίδοροςa railer, revile

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

Concordanceμέθυσος · 2× in the New Testament
1 Corinthians
Across the New Testament1 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
The Shepherd of Hermas
The Shepherd of HermasThe Shepherd of Hermas 23.5.5c. AD 140

Πᾶσα, φησί, πρᾶξις τρυφή ἐστι τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, ὃ ἐὰν ἡδέως ποιῇ: καὶ γὰρ ὁ ὀξύχολος τῷ ἑαυτοῦ πάθει τὸ ἱκανὸν ποιῶν τρυφᾷ: καὶ ὁ μοιχὸς καὶ ὁ μέθυσος καὶ ὁ κατάλαλος καὶ ὁ ψεύστης καὶ ὁ πλεονέκτης καὶ ὁ ἀποστερητὴς καὶ ὁ τούτοις τὰ ὅμοια ποιῶν ἰδίᾳ νόσῳ…

nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
οὐou nor G3756 Particle · negative
1,622× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Corinthians than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This is a strong 'no', used to deny something completely. It appears in the New Testament, such as in Matthew 13:29 and John 1:21. It is a negative answer to a question.
Tyndale gloss
no
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word οὐ (transliterated as ou) is a primary negative particle meaning 'not' or 'no.' It is used to negate verbs or statements, often appearing in various forms depending on the following sound. In the New Testament, it frequently serves to deny facts and is distinct from another negative particle, μή (transliterated as ), which is used for prohibitions or wishes.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Ac 2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., § 409; M, Pr., 44, 244),

[in LXX for לֹא, אַיִן, אֵין;]

neg. particle,

not, no, used generally c. indic. and for a denial of fact (cf . μή);

absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Mt 13:29, Jo 1:21 21:5; οὒ οὔ, Mt 5:37, Ja 5:12.

Most freq. negativing a verb or other word, Mt 1:25 10:26, 38, Mk 3:25 9:37, Jo 8:29, Ac 7:5, Ro 1:16, Phl 3:3, al.; in…

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

οὐ before a consonant, οὐκ before a vowel with a smooth breathing, and ody before an aspirated vowel ; but sometimes in the best codd. οὐχ occurs even before a smooth breathing; accordingly LT WH mrg. have adopted οὐχ ἰδού, Acts ii. 7; LT οὐχ ᾿Ιουδαϊκῶς, Gal. ii. 14 (see WH. Introd. § 409); L οὐχ ὀλίγος, Acts xix. 23; οὐχ ἠγάπησαν, Rev. xii. 11; and contrariwise οὐκ before an aspirate, as οὐκ ἕστηκεν, Jn. viii. 44 T; [οὐκ ἕνεκεν, 2 Co. vii. 12 T]; (οὐκ εὗρον, Lk. xxiv. 3; [οὐκ ὑπάρχει, Acts iii. 6] in cod. x [alsoC*; ef. cod. Alex. in 1 ἔβαν. iv. 2,12; Job xix. 16; xxxviiil. 11, 26]); cf. W. $5, 14d. 14; Β. τ; [A. v. Schiitz, Hist. Alphab. Att., Berol. 1875, pp: 54-58 ; Sophocles, Hist. of Grk. Alphab., 1st ed. 1848, p- 64 sq. (on the breathing); Tdf Sept., ed. 4, Proleg. pp: Xxxiii. xxxiv.; Scrivener, Collation ete., 2d ed., p. lv. no. 9; id. cod. Bezae p. xlvii. no. 11 (ef. p. xlii.…

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ου to make the voyage” (Edd.), and P Amh II. 78?! (a.p. 184) τοιαύτης ο[ὖ]ν αὐθαδίας ἐν αὐτῷ οὔσης οὐ δυνάμενος [ἐν]καρτερεῖν ἐπιδίδωμι, ‘“ his audacity having reached this pitch I can endure no longer and present this petition.” See further Proleg. p. 231 f. In support of the translation ‘‘ I determined not to know” in 1 Cor 2, we may cite P Par 2657 (B.c. 163) (= UPZi. Ρ-. 248) οὐκ ἐκρίναμεν καταχωρῆσαι, ‘we determined not to record,” P Tebt I. 124° (c. B.c. 118) οὐκ (ἐκδρίναμεν ἐξαρ[ιθ]μεῖ[σθαι, “we determined not to be counted,” and the classical formula in P Hamb I. 27° (B.c. 250 (249)) οὐκ ἔφη εἰδέναι, ‘he said that he did not know.” The origin of the double negative οὐ μή is fully discussed by Moulton Pro/eg. p. 187 ff. When we pass to its actual occurrences in the NT, we find that these for the most part are found in passages derived from the OT and in the Sayings of our Lord…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

οὐ (ou) — no.

οὐ,

the negative of fact and statement, as μή of will and thought; οὐ denies, μή rejects; οὐ is absolute, μή relative; οὐ objective, μή subjective. —The same differences hold for all compounds of οὐ and μή, and some examples of οὐδέ and οὐδείς are included below.—As to the Form, see infr. G. USAG[Refs 5th c.BC+]

I. as the negative of single words,

II. as the negative of the sentence.

I. οὐ adhering to single words so as to form a quasi-compound with them:—with Verbs: οὐ δίδωμι withhold, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ εἰῶ prevent, [Refs]; οὐκ ἐθέλω refuse, [Refs]; οὔ φημι deny, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but sometimes οὐ is retained, εἰ δ᾽ ἂν.. οὐκ ἐθέλωσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐάντε.. οὐ (variant{μή}) φῆτε ἐάντε φῆτε [Refs 8th c.BC+] —On the use of οὐ in contrasts, see below [Refs 5th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

οὐ

ou

ouk ook, and (before an aspirate)

ouch ookh

a primary word; the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or

not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, +

nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also

3364, 3372.

see GREEK for 3361

see GREEK for 3364

see GREEK for 3372

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

οὐ

Neg.prt.

no, not

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

οὐ ou 1x

negative adverb, originally the gen. of ὅς, spelled οὐκ if followed by a word beginning with a vowel and a smooth breathing, οὐχ if followed by a vowel and rough breathing, not, no, Mt. 5:37; 12:43; 23:37; for the peculiarities of its usage (especially as distinct from μή) consult a grammar

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Particle-N — Particle · negative
particle — a small word colouring the clause; it does not decline.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

PRT-N PaRTicle, disjunctive particle Negative

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
82%not
not82% · 1383×certainly6% · 96×surely4% · 70×no longer3% · 50×no2% · 39×other renderings3% · 51×

1,689 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 17 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%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,622 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
εἰμίI am, existἐγώαὐτός
ὅς
ἐγώθερίζωI reap, gatherδέbut, on the othe
ὅτιthat, since, because
σύαὐτόςἐγώ
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakἐνἐπί
σύ
λέγωI say, speakγάρforὅς
οὐnor1622×
what comes after →
εἰμίI am, exist
ἐκArticle theἐγώ
μήNeg
παρέρχομαιI pass byεἰσέρχομαιI go in, come inπίνωI drink, imbibe
οἶδαI know, remember
ὅτιthat, since, becArticle theτίςIrg
γάρfor
εἰμίI am, existθέλωI will, wish, deArticle the
δύναμαιI am powerful, am ab
ἔρχομαιI come, goσῴζωI save, healArticle 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

Concordanceοὐ · 1,622× in the New Testament
John Matthew Luke 1 Corinthians Romans Mark Acts 2 Corinthians Revelation Hebrews 1 John Galatians

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

Across the New Testament26 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 6c. AD 40

ὡς γὰρ τῶν κολοσσιαίων μεγεθῶν τὰς ἐμφάσεις καὶ ἡ βραχυτάτη σφραγὶς τυπωθεῖσα δέχεται, οὕτως τάχα που καὶ τὰ τῆς ἀναγραφείσης ἐν τοῖς νόμοις κοσμοποιίας ὑπερβάλλοντα κάλλη καὶ ταῖς μαρμαρυγαῖς τὰς τῶν ἐντυγχανόντων ψυχὰς ἐπισκιάζοντα βραχυτέροις…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.11c. AD 75–95

ὁ δὲ τῶν παρʼ ἡμῖν ἀρχιερέων οὐδενὸς ἀρετῇ δεύτερος Ἐλεάζαρος τῷ προειρημένῳ βασιλεῖ ταύτης ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς ὠφελείας οὐκ ἐφθόνησε πάντως ἀντειπὼν ἄν, εἰ μὴ πάτριον ἦν ἡμῖν τὸ μηδὲν ἔχειν τῶν καλῶν ἀπόρρητον.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.8c. AD 100

ἐγὼ δὲ οὐχ ὡς διδάσκαλος, ἀλλ̓ ὧς εἰς ἐξ ὑμῶν ὑποδείξω ὀλίγα, δἰ ὧν ἐν τοῖς παροῦσιν εὐφρανθήσεσθε.

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

δὲ γενόμεναι κατὰ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον κληρονομήσασαι ταξάμεναι τὰ καθήκοντα τέλη θεᾶι Βερενίκηι κυριεύομεν. ὅθεν οὐκ ἀποδιδόντων τὰ ἡμέτερα ἐπεδώκαμεν ἐν τῶι λ ἔτει προσανγελίαν Ἡρακλείδει γενομένωι ἀρχιφυλακίτηι τοῦ Παθυρίτου

C.Erbstreit16Diospolis Magna (Theben)135 BC

ι ἀρουρῶν πρόκτησιν … ένου αὐτὸν ἐν συνεδρίωι καὶ συγχώρησιν … ειν, ἐν ἧι οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ὁ πατήρ. ὅθεν καταβεβραβευμένοι … ήρου συνεριου ἀξιοῦμεν, ἐὰν φαίνηται, συντάξαι γράψαι, οἷς

P.Adl. 2Pathyris125 BC

ὠνῆς ἐν πίστει διὰ τῶν περὶ τὸν Πανεβχοῦνιν ἐκτελειωθεῖσαν τῶι … ἔτει ἀντὶ ὀφειλημάτων, οὐκ ἐπελευσομένους τὸν Πανερέα καὶ τὴν Σενενοῦπιν περὶ ὀφειλημάτων μηδὲ περὶ ἄλλου μηδενός. ταῦτα δὲ

nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
λοίδοροιloidoros revilers G3060 Adjective · nominative · plural · masculine
2× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Corinthians than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
A reviler is someone who speaks abusively, as seen in 1 Corinthians 5:11 and 6:10. This behavior is considered unacceptable. In the Bible, it refers to a person who uses harsh words.
Amplified meaning
revilers, speaking abusively
Tyndale gloss
reviler
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word λοίδορος (i.e., *loidoros*) means 'railing' or 'abusive.' It can function as an adjective or a noun, referring to someone who reviles or abuses others. The New Testament uses it specifically in 1 Corinthians 5:11 and 6:10. The word's derivation is uncertain, but it is linked to mischief.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

λοίδορος, -ον,

[in LXX: Pr 25:24 26:21 27:15 (מִדְיָן) Si 23:8*;]

railing, abusive; as subst., ὁ λ., a railer: I Co 5:11 6:10.†

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

λοίδορος. For this adj., which in the NT is confined to 1 Cor 5", 6!°, we may cite Cagzat I. 307° (Rome), where a certain Menophilus is described as—ovSéva λυπήσας, οὐ AolSopa ῥήματα πέμψας. Cf. also Zest. xii. fatr, Benj. v. 4 ἐὰν yap ὑβρίσει ἄνδρα ὅσιον μετανοεῖ, ἐλεεῖ yap ὁ ὅσιος τὸν λοίδωρον καὶ σιωπᾷ, ‘for if any one does violence to a holy man, he repenteth; for the holy man is merciful to his reviler, and holdeth his peace ’’ (Charles).

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

λοίδορος (loidoros) — reviler.

λοίδορ-ος, ον,

railing, abusive, ἔρις [Refs 5th c.BC+] W. adverb -ρως [Refs 1st c.BC+]

2. as substantive λ., ὁ, railer, [NT+4th c.BC+]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

λοίδορος

loidoros

from loidos (mischief); abusive, i.e. a blackguard:--railer, reviler.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

λοίδορος, ου, ὁ

Adj

a railer, reviler, abuser

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

λοίδορος loidoros 2x

reviling, railing; as a subst. a reviler, railer, 1 Cor. 5:11; 6:10*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

λοίδορος λοίδορος, ον railing, abusive, Eur.:—adv. -ρως, Strab.

deriv. uncertain

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

A-NPM Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Nominative Number: Plural Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
50%verbal abuser
verbal abuser50% · 1×revilers50% · 1×

2 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.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
Disj
εἰδωλολάτρηςa worshipper of
οὐNeg
μέθυσοςa drunkard
λοίδοροςrevilers
what comes after →
Disj
μέθυσοςa drunkard
οὐNeg
ἅρπαξrapacious, raven

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

Concordanceλοίδορος · 2× in the New Testament
1 Corinthians
Across the New Testament1 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
οὐχou nor G3756 Particle · negative
1,622× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Corinthians than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This is a strong 'no', used to deny something completely. It appears in the New Testament, such as in Matthew 13:29 and John 1:21. It is a negative answer to a question.
Tyndale gloss
no
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word οὐ (transliterated as ou) is a primary negative particle meaning 'not' or 'no.' It is used to negate verbs or statements, often appearing in various forms depending on the following sound. In the New Testament, it frequently serves to deny facts and is distinct from another negative particle, μή (transliterated as ), which is used for prohibitions or wishes.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Ac 2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., § 409; M, Pr., 44, 244),

[in LXX for לֹא, אַיִן, אֵין;]

neg. particle,

not, no, used generally c. indic. and for a denial of fact (cf . μή);

absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Mt 13:29, Jo 1:21 21:5; οὒ οὔ, Mt 5:37, Ja 5:12.

Most freq. negativing a verb or other word, Mt 1:25 10:26, 38, Mk 3:25 9:37, Jo 8:29, Ac 7:5, Ro 1:16, Phl 3:3, al.; in…

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

οὐ before a consonant, οὐκ before a vowel with a smooth breathing, and ody before an aspirated vowel ; but sometimes in the best codd. οὐχ occurs even before a smooth breathing; accordingly LT WH mrg. have adopted οὐχ ἰδού, Acts ii. 7; LT οὐχ ᾿Ιουδαϊκῶς, Gal. ii. 14 (see WH. Introd. § 409); L οὐχ ὀλίγος, Acts xix. 23; οὐχ ἠγάπησαν, Rev. xii. 11; and contrariwise οὐκ before an aspirate, as οὐκ ἕστηκεν, Jn. viii. 44 T; [οὐκ ἕνεκεν, 2 Co. vii. 12 T]; (οὐκ εὗρον, Lk. xxiv. 3; [οὐκ ὑπάρχει, Acts iii. 6] in cod. x [alsoC*; ef. cod. Alex. in 1 ἔβαν. iv. 2,12; Job xix. 16; xxxviiil. 11, 26]); cf. W. $5, 14d. 14; Β. τ; [A. v. Schiitz, Hist. Alphab. Att., Berol. 1875, pp: 54-58 ; Sophocles, Hist. of Grk. Alphab., 1st ed. 1848, p- 64 sq. (on the breathing); Tdf Sept., ed. 4, Proleg. pp: Xxxiii. xxxiv.; Scrivener, Collation ete., 2d ed., p. lv. no. 9; id. cod. Bezae p. xlvii. no. 11 (ef. p. xlii.…

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ου to make the voyage” (Edd.), and P Amh II. 78?! (a.p. 184) τοιαύτης ο[ὖ]ν αὐθαδίας ἐν αὐτῷ οὔσης οὐ δυνάμενος [ἐν]καρτερεῖν ἐπιδίδωμι, ‘“ his audacity having reached this pitch I can endure no longer and present this petition.” See further Proleg. p. 231 f. In support of the translation ‘‘ I determined not to know” in 1 Cor 2, we may cite P Par 2657 (B.c. 163) (= UPZi. Ρ-. 248) οὐκ ἐκρίναμεν καταχωρῆσαι, ‘we determined not to record,” P Tebt I. 124° (c. B.c. 118) οὐκ (ἐκδρίναμεν ἐξαρ[ιθ]μεῖ[σθαι, “we determined not to be counted,” and the classical formula in P Hamb I. 27° (B.c. 250 (249)) οὐκ ἔφη εἰδέναι, ‘he said that he did not know.” The origin of the double negative οὐ μή is fully discussed by Moulton Pro/eg. p. 187 ff. When we pass to its actual occurrences in the NT, we find that these for the most part are found in passages derived from the OT and in the Sayings of our Lord…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

οὐ (ou) — no.

οὐ,

the negative of fact and statement, as μή of will and thought; οὐ denies, μή rejects; οὐ is absolute, μή relative; οὐ objective, μή subjective. —The same differences hold for all compounds of οὐ and μή, and some examples of οὐδέ and οὐδείς are included below.—As to the Form, see infr. G. USAG[Refs 5th c.BC+]

I. as the negative of single words,

II. as the negative of the sentence.

I. οὐ adhering to single words so as to form a quasi-compound with them:—with Verbs: οὐ δίδωμι withhold, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ εἰῶ prevent, [Refs]; οὐκ ἐθέλω refuse, [Refs]; οὔ φημι deny, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but sometimes οὐ is retained, εἰ δ᾽ ἂν.. οὐκ ἐθέλωσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐάντε.. οὐ (variant{μή}) φῆτε ἐάντε φῆτε [Refs 8th c.BC+] —On the use of οὐ in contrasts, see below [Refs 5th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

οὐ

ou

ouk ook, and (before an aspirate)

ouch ookh

a primary word; the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or

not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, +

nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also

3364, 3372.

see GREEK for 3361

see GREEK for 3364

see GREEK for 3372

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

οὐ

Neg.prt.

no, not

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

οὐ ou 1x

negative adverb, originally the gen. of ὅς, spelled οὐκ if followed by a word beginning with a vowel and a smooth breathing, οὐχ if followed by a vowel and rough breathing, not, no, Mt. 5:37; 12:43; 23:37; for the peculiarities of its usage (especially as distinct from μή) consult a grammar

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Particle-N — Particle · negative
particle — a small word colouring the clause; it does not decline.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

PRT-N PaRTicle, disjunctive particle Negative

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
82%not
not82% · 1383×certainly6% · 96×surely4% · 70×no longer3% · 50×no2% · 39×other renderings3% · 51×

1,689 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 17 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%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,622 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
εἰμίI am, existἐγώαὐτός
ὅς
ἐγώθερίζωI reap, gatherδέbut, on the othe
ὅτιthat, since, because
σύαὐτόςἐγώ
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakἐνἐπί
σύ
λέγωI say, speakγάρforὅς
οὐnor1622×
what comes after →
εἰμίI am, exist
ἐκArticle theἐγώ
μήNeg
παρέρχομαιI pass byεἰσέρχομαιI go in, come inπίνωI drink, imbibe
οἶδαI know, remember
ὅτιthat, since, becArticle theτίςIrg
γάρfor
εἰμίI am, existθέλωI will, wish, deArticle the
δύναμαιI am powerful, am ab
ἔρχομαιI come, goσῴζωI save, healArticle 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

Concordanceοὐ · 1,622× in the New Testament
John Matthew Luke 1 Corinthians Romans Mark Acts 2 Corinthians Revelation Hebrews 1 John Galatians

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

Across the New Testament26 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 6c. AD 40

ὡς γὰρ τῶν κολοσσιαίων μεγεθῶν τὰς ἐμφάσεις καὶ ἡ βραχυτάτη σφραγὶς τυπωθεῖσα δέχεται, οὕτως τάχα που καὶ τὰ τῆς ἀναγραφείσης ἐν τοῖς νόμοις κοσμοποιίας ὑπερβάλλοντα κάλλη καὶ ταῖς μαρμαρυγαῖς τὰς τῶν ἐντυγχανόντων ψυχὰς ἐπισκιάζοντα βραχυτέροις…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.11c. AD 75–95

ὁ δὲ τῶν παρʼ ἡμῖν ἀρχιερέων οὐδενὸς ἀρετῇ δεύτερος Ἐλεάζαρος τῷ προειρημένῳ βασιλεῖ ταύτης ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς ὠφελείας οὐκ ἐφθόνησε πάντως ἀντειπὼν ἄν, εἰ μὴ πάτριον ἦν ἡμῖν τὸ μηδὲν ἔχειν τῶν καλῶν ἀπόρρητον.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.8c. AD 100

ἐγὼ δὲ οὐχ ὡς διδάσκαλος, ἀλλ̓ ὧς εἰς ἐξ ὑμῶν ὑποδείξω ὀλίγα, δἰ ὧν ἐν τοῖς παροῦσιν εὐφρανθήσεσθε.

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2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 3rd c. BC 4th c. AD 6th c. AD

δὲ γενόμεναι κατὰ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον κληρονομήσασαι ταξάμεναι τὰ καθήκοντα τέλη θεᾶι Βερενίκηι κυριεύομεν. ὅθεν οὐκ ἀποδιδόντων τὰ ἡμέτερα ἐπεδώκαμεν ἐν τῶι λ ἔτει προσανγελίαν Ἡρακλείδει γενομένωι ἀρχιφυλακίτηι τοῦ Παθυρίτου

C.Erbstreit16Diospolis Magna (Theben)135 BC

ι ἀρουρῶν πρόκτησιν … ένου αὐτὸν ἐν συνεδρίωι καὶ συγχώρησιν … ειν, ἐν ἧι οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ὁ πατήρ. ὅθεν καταβεβραβευμένοι … ήρου συνεριου ἀξιοῦμεν, ἐὰν φαίνηται, συντάξαι γράψαι, οἷς

P.Adl. 2Pathyris125 BC

ὠνῆς ἐν πίστει διὰ τῶν περὶ τὸν Πανεβχοῦνιν ἐκτελειωθεῖσαν τῶι … ἔτει ἀντὶ ὀφειλημάτων, οὐκ ἐπελευσομένους τὸν Πανερέα καὶ τὴν Σενενοῦπιν περὶ ὀφειλημάτων μηδὲ περὶ ἄλλου μηδενός. ταῦτα δὲ

nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
ἅρπαγεςharpax swindlers G727 Adjective · nominative · plural · masculine
5× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Corinthians than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This term describes someone who is greedy and takes advantage of others, like a swindler. It is used in Matthew 7:15 and 1 Corinthians 5:10-11.
Amplified meaning
rapacious, taking advantage of others
Tyndale gloss
rapacious
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἅρπαξ (i.e., *harpax*) is derived from ἁρπάζω and generally means 'rapacious' or 'ravenous.' It can refer to a robber or extortioner, appearing in contexts such as Matthew 7:15 and 1 Corinthians 5:10. While most entries agree on its meaning, there is some variation in how it is translated, with suggestions ranging from 'robber' to 'swindler.'

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἅρπαξ, -αγος, ὁ, ἡ

(< ἁρπάζω),

[in LXX: Ge 49:27 (טרף)*;]

rapacious: Mt 7:15, Lk 18:11; as subst., a swindler, an extortioner (MM, s.v.), I Co 5:10, 11 6:10.†

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

ἅρπαξ, -ayos, ὃ, adj., rapacious, ravenous : Mt. vii. 15; Lk. xviii. 11; as subst. a robber, an extortioner: 1 Co. v. 10 sq.; vi. 10. (In both uses fr. [Arstph.], Xen. down.)

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

ἅρπαξ. Deissmann (1.4.8 p. 321 π ἢ) notes that ἅ. was current as a loan-word in Latin comedy: in Paul ‘‘it should probably not be translated ‘robber’ but rendered by some other word like ‘swindler’ (‘ extortioner,’ AV, RV).” ἀρραβών. / A word of undoubted Semitic origin (Ileb. pay, cf. Lagarde A/ittei/, I. p. 212, Lewy Hremdwirter p. 120), spelt ἀρραβών and ἀραβών : see Pro/eg. p. 45 and Thackeray Gr. I. p. 119, and cf. P Lond 3341" * (a.p. 166) (=II. p- 211 f.), where both forms occur. The meaning of ‘*earnest-money” (Scoftice ‘‘arles”’) is well illustrated by P Par 581 (ii/B.c.) (= Witkowski 3, p. 81), where a woman who was selling a cow received 1000 drachmas as ἀραβῶνα. Similarly P Lond 143}5 (a.D. 97) (ΞΞ 11. p. 204), a receipt for 160 drachmas, being the residue of the earnest-money (200 drachmas) for 234, arourae of land, ἀπὸ λόγου appaβῶνος κλήρου κτλ., P Fay gt! (A.D. 99)…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἅρπαξ (harpax) — rapacious.

ἅρπαξ, ᾰγος, ὁ, ἡ,

(ἁρπάζω) robbing, rapacious, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with substantive neuter, ἅρπαγι χείλει[Refs]: superlative ἁρπαγίστατος[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. mostly as substantive,

II.1. ἅρπαξ, ἡ, rapine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.2. ἅρπαξ, ὁ, robber, peculator, τῶν δημοσίων[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντες εἰσὶν ἅρπαγες (i.e. οἱ Ὠρώπιοι) [Refs]

II.3. species of wolf, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

II.4. grappling-iron, used in sea-fights, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; flesh-hook, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἅρπαξ

harpax

from 726; rapacious:--extortion, ravening.

see GREEK for 726

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἅρπαξ, αγος, ὁ

Adj

rapacious, ravenous, a robber, an extortioner

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἅρπαξ harpax 5x

pr. raveneous, ravening, as a wild beast, Mt. 7:15; met. rapacious, given to extortion and robbery, an extortioner, Lk. 18:11; 1 Cor. 5:10, 11; 6:10*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἅρπαξ ἁρπάζω rapacious, Lat. rapax, Ar., Xen.

as Subst.,

ἅρπαξ, rapine, Hes.

ἅρπαξ, a robber, plunderer, Ar.

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

A-NPM Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Nominative Number: Plural Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
60%swindlers
swindlers60% · 3×swindler20% · 1×ravenous20% · 1×

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

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
predicate60%adverbial20%subject20%

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
λύκοςa wolf, jackal
εἰμίI am, exist
ἄνθρωποςa man, one of the hu
Article the
καίand, even, also, nam
πλεονέκτηςa covetous perso
Disj
μέθυσοςa drunkard
οὐNeg
λοίδοροςa railer, revile
ἅρπαξswindlers
what comes after →
ἄδικοςunjust, unrighteous
μοιχόςan adulterer
Disj
εἰδωλολάτρηςa worshipper of
Article the
τοιοῦτος
βασιλείαkingship, sovereignt
θεόςGod, a god

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

Concordanceἅρπαξ · 5× in the New Testament
1 Corinthians Luke Matthew
Across the New Testament3 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
The Didache
The DidacheThe Didache 2.6c. AD 100

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

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. AD 3rd c. BC
P.Mich. Zen. 63Memphites (?)248 BC

τὸ συν … … ηι ἐπὶ μὴν τη … Σπονδάτου … βιαῖοί εἰσιν καὶ ἅρπαγες. γέγραφα οὖν … Ἐπεὶπ γ. Σπονδάτης … … τες ἐμὲ ἀπὸ τῆς φυλακῆς τ

P.Ross.Georg. 5 22Ptolemais Hormu (Arsinoites)AD 245–AD 247

πρᾶγμα κακοτεχνίας μεστὸν … ωνην … ιμου τούτου ἐπιφέρει … … μου τυγχανόντων ἵνα ἅρπαξ τῶν … γέγονέ μοι παρὰ τῷ ἐπιστρατηγήσαντι … … … … … τὸ πρᾶγμα

nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
βασιλείανbasileia [the] kingdom G932 Noun · accusative · singular · feminine
162× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in 1 Corinthians as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
The kingdom refers to God's royal power and dominion, as described in Luke 1:33 and John 18:36, where Jesus' authority is recognized as being from God.
Amplified meaning
God's royal power, dominion
Tyndale gloss
kingdom
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word βασιλεία (*basileia*) means 'kingdom' and is derived from βασιλεύω (*basileuo*), which relates to royal power and dominion. It encompasses both abstract concepts of sovereignty and concrete territories ruled by a king. In the New Testament, it frequently refers to the kingdom of God or the Messiah's reign, appearing in various contexts, including present and future aspects of the kingdom.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

βασιλεία, -ας, ἡ

(< βασιλεύω),

[in LXX chiefly for מַמְלָכָה מַלְכוּת;]

prop. abstract, sovereignty, royal power, dominion: Lk 1:33 22:29, Jo 18:36, Ac 1:6, He 1:8, I Co 15:24; λαβεῖν β., Lk 19:12, 15, Re 17:12; δοῦναι τὴν, Re 17:17; ἔχειν β., Re 17:18; ἔρχεσθαι ἐν τ. (εἰς τὴν) β., Mt 16:28, Lk 23:42; β. τ. θεοῦ, Re…

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

βασιλεία, -as, ἡ, (fr. βασιλεύω ; to be distinguished fr. βασίλεια a queen; cf. iepeia priesthood fr. iepedw, and ἱέρεια a priestess fr. ἱερεύς), [fr. Hdt.down]; 1. royal power, kingship, dominion, rule: Lk. i. 33; xix. 12, 15; xxii. 29; Jn. xviii. 36; Acts i. 6; Heb. i. 8; 1 Co. xv. 24; Rev. xvii. 12; of the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah, in the phrase ἔρχεσθαι ἐν τῇ Bac. αὐτοῦ, i. 6. to come in his kingship, clothed with this power: Mt. xvi. 28; Lk. xxiii. 42 [εἰς τὴν 8. L mrg. Tr mrg. WH txt.]; of the royal power and dignity conferred on Christians in the Messiah’s kingdom: Rev. i. 6 (ace. to Tr txt. WH mre. ἐποίησεν ἡμῖν or L ἡμῶν [yet RG TWH txt. Tr mrg. ἡμᾶς] βασιλείαν [Rec. βασιλεῖς); τοῦ θεοῦ, the royal power and dignity belonging to God, Rev. xu. 10. 2. a kingdom i. 6. the territory subject to the rule of a king: Mt. xii. 25 sq.; xxiv. 7; Mk. iii. 24; vi. 23…

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βασιλεία. As kingship or sovranty in the abstract is necessarily the root meaning of this word, it is easy to see how the passage into the concrete could either be on the lines of our domznzon (cf. “four Sovereign and his dominions”), or follow the outward and visible szex of royalty. All these three meanings are fully illustrated from the inscriptions by Dittenberger in the Index to OG/S, e.g. (1) 331% (ii/B.c.) ty ἔτει τῆς ἐκείνου βασιλείας, (2) 248!° (ii/B.c.) μέχρι τῶν ὁρίων τῆς ἰδίας βασιλείας, and (3) go (Rosetta Stone, B.c. 196) τὰς τοῦ βασιλέως χρυσᾶς βασιλείας δέκα. It is possible that some passages in the NT might gain in force if this last meaning ‘‘a sign of royalty ” were substituted for ‘‘ royalty” in the abstract—one might compare the line taken by the Reyisers with ἐξουσία in 1 Cor 111%. But it may be doubted whether the change can be made very plausible in auy case. For…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

βασιλεία (basileia) — kingdom.

βᾰσιλ-είᾱ,

Ionic dialect βᾰσιλ-ηΐη, ἡ, kingdom, dominion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hereditary monarchy, opposed to τυραννίς, ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς γέρασι πατρικαὶ β. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ πρώτη πολιτεία μετὰ τὰς β. after the age of monarchies, [NT]

2. kingly office, β. καὶ στρατηγία [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. at Athens, the office of the archon βασιλεύς, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

4. passive, being ruled by a king, τῆς ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνου βασιλείας [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. diadem, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

III. reign, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; so αἱ β. the reigns of the Kings, title of book of “VT”; accession to the throne, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

IV. concrete, His Majesty, [LXX]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

βασιλεία

basileia

from 935; properly, royalty, i.e. (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a

realm (literally or figuratively):--kingdom,

+ reign.

see GREEK for 935

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

βασιλεία, ας, ἡ

n.f.

kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, kingdom

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

βασιλεία basileia 162x

a kingdom, realm, the region or country governed by a king; kingly power, authority, dominion, reign; royal dignity, the title and honor of king; ἡ βασιλεία, Mt. 9:35, ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ or τοῦ Χριστοῦ or τοῦ οὐρανοῦ or τῶν οὐρανῶν, the reign or kingdom of the Messiah, both in a false and true conception of it; used also with various limitation, of its administration and coming history, as in the parables; its distinctive nature, Rom. 14:17; its requirements, privileges, rewards, consummation

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

βασιλεία βασιλεύω a kingdom, dominion, Hdt.: hereditary monarchy, opp. to τυραννίς, Thuc., etc.

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

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

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
98%kingdom
kingdom98% · 160×other renderings2% · 4×

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

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
subject40%adverbial32%object27%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 162 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
εἰμίI am, existἐνεἰς
καίand, even, also, nam
ἔθνοςa race, people, θλῖψιςpersecution, aff
ἐπί
βασιλείαkingship, sovere
ἐγώ
πατήρfather, Father, ποιέωI do, makeθεόςGod, a god
πᾶςall, the whole, ever
αὐτός
βασιλεία[the] kingdom162×
what comes after →
Article the
θεόςGod, a godοὐρανόςthe sky, the heaπατήρfather, Father,
αὐτός
Article theπᾶςall, the whole, οὐNeg
καίand, even, also, nam
θεραπεύωI care for, atteArticle theμήNeg
ἐπί
βασιλείαkingship, sovereἑαυτοῦArticle the
σύ
γίνομαιI come into bein

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

Concordanceβασιλεία · 162× in the New Testament
Matthew Luke Mark Revelation Acts 1 Corinthians John Hebrews 2 Timothy Colossians 1 Thessalonians 2 Peter

Every reference is on the Strong's page.

Across the New Testament17 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 158 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome The Epistle of Barnabas
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 148c. AD 40

σοφίας γὰρ καὶ βασιλείας τὸ ἔργον, σοφὸς δ’ ἐκεῖνος αὐτομαθὴς καὶ αὐτοδίδακτος, χερσὶ θείαις γενόμενος, καὶ προσέτι βασιλεύς·

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.295c. AD 75–95

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

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 4.13c. AD 100

ἵνα μήποτε ἐπαναπαύομενοι ὡς κλητοὶ ἐπικαθυπνώσωμεν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἡμῶν, καὶ ὁ πονηρὸς ἄρχων λαβὼν τὴν καθ̓ ἡμῶν ἐξουσίαν ἀπώσηται ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ κυρίου.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
6th c. AD 7th c. AD 3rd c. AD 2nd c. BC 4th c. AD
APF 7 (1924), p. 19-20Alexandria253 BC

κ … Πτολεμαιέως ἀπὸ Βάρκης … … ωδρ … μου οἱ δύο ἀγυιᾶς Ἀρσινόης Βασιλείας Ἐχεδήμωι … συνταγματάρχηι ἀγυιᾶς Ἀρσινόης. … ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἑκατόν . ἀποδότω δὲ Ἐχέδαμος Νέαι

P.Cair. Zen. 4 59707Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)276 BC–227 BC

α 𐅵 γίνεται 𐅵 χοίνικες ϛ 𐅵 καθαρῶν ἐπὶ τράπεζαν τοῖς κεκλημένοις εἰς τὰ Βασίλεια 𐅵 δ χοίνικες ζ γίνεται ἀρτάβη α 𐅵 δ χοίνικες δ σπλαγχνι … ν

P.Petra 3 23Petra (Tertia Palaestina Salutaris)AD 544

βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαουίου Ἰουστινιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου καὶ αὐτοκράτορος Αὐγούστου ἔτους

nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
θεοῦtheos of God G2316 Noun · genitive · singular · masculine
1,311× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Corinthians than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word simply means God, referring to the one true deity. It is used throughout the New Testament, including in Matthew 27:46 and Acts 14:11, to describe the supreme being and creator of the universe.
Amplified meaning
the one true deity
Tyndale gloss
God
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

θεός (theos) means 'God' or 'a god' and is used in both singular and plural forms. It refers to the supreme deity in monotheistic contexts, as well as to lesser deities in polytheistic settings. The New Testament frequently employs this term, notably in verses like Matthew 27:46 and Acts 19:37. Some lexicons note its use as a title for rulers or magistrates, reflecting its broader application in ancient texts.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

θεός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ (Ac 19:37 only; v. M, Pr., 60, 244), late voc., θεέ (Mt 27:46; cf. De 3:24, al.),

[in LXX chiefly for אֱלֹהִים, also for אֵל and other cognate forms, יהוה, etc.;]

a god or deity, God.

In polytheistic sense, a god or deity: Ac 28:6, I Co 8:4, II Th 2:4, al.; pl., Ac. 14:11 19:26, Ga 4:8, al.

Of the one true God;

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θεός, -οὔ, ὁ and ἡ, voc. θεέ, once in the N. T., Mt. xxvii. 46; besides in Deut. iii. 24; Judg. [xvi. 28;] xxi. 3; [2 S. vii. 25; Is. xxxviii. 20]; Sir. xxiii. 4; Sap. ix. 1; 3 Mace. vi. 3; 4 Mace. vi. 27; Act. Thom. 44 sq. 57; Eus. h. 6. 2, 23,16; [5, 20,7; vit. Const. 2,55, 1.59]; ef. W. §8, 2 ο.; [B. 12 (11)]; ({on the eight or more proposed derivations see Vaniéek p. 386, who follows Curtius (after Doderlein) p. 513 sqq. in connecting it with a root meaning to supplicate, implore; hence the implored ; per contra cf. Max Miiller, Chips ete. iv. 227 sq.; L. and 8. s. v. fin.]); [fr. Hom. down]; Sept. for 58, ΟΝ and m7; a god, a goddess; 1. a general appellation of deities or divinities: Acts xxviii. 6; 1 Co. viii. 4; 2 Th. ii. 4; once ἡ θεός, Acts xix. 37 G LT Tr WH; θεοῦ φωνὴ καὶ οὐκ ἀνθρώπου, Acts xii. 22; ἄνθρωπος ὧν ποιεῖς σεαυτὸν θεόν, Jn. x. 33; plur., of the gods of the…

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θεός. For the application of the title θεός to the Ptolemaic kings it is sufficient to recall Brit. Mus. Inscrr. IV. 1 No. 906% (B.C. 284-273) where a votive offering is dedicated in honour of Πτολεμαίου τοῦ σωτῆρος καὶ θεοῦ, and the description of Ptolemy V. (Epiphanes) on the Rosetta stone—OG/S gol? (B.C. 196) ὑπάρχων θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ Kal θεᾶς : cf. Deissmann LAE, p. 348 and the full discussion by E. Kornemann ‘‘ Zur Geschichte der antiken Herrscherkulte” in Beztrdge zur alten Geschichte [Klio] i., p. 51 ff. (Leipzig, 1902). The same practice is still more strikingly illustrated in the Imperial period, as when in an inscr. from the Fayum district, dated March 17th, B.c. 24, Augustus is described as θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ (OG/S 6557), or as when a votive inscr. is addressed to Nero—daya0a(t) θεῶ(ι) (Cos 927): see Deissmann 7s. p. 349. With this may be compared the frequent use for Augustus of the…

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θεός (theos) — God.

θεός, ὁ,

Boeotian dialect θιός, Laconian dialect σιός (see. below), [Refs 5th c.AD+], Cretan dialect θιός [Refs], Doric dialect also θεύς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; vocative (only late) θεός, also θεέ [LXX+NT]; but classical in compound names, Ἀμφίθεε, Τιμόθεε:—God, the Deity, in general sense, both singular and plural (εἰ καὶ ἐπὶ θεοὺς καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐπὶ θεὸν ἁρμόζει μεταφέρειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σὺν θ. εἰρημένον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in plural, σύν γε θεοῖσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ θεῶν ἄτερ pi.[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑπὲρ θεόν against his will,[Refs 4th c.BC+]; θεῶν συνεθελόντων, βουλομένων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]bless you! good heavens! for heaven's sake! [Refs 8th c.BC+]: doubled in poets, θεὸν θεόν τις ἀγλαϊζέτω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεοί (Cretan dialect θιοί) as an opening formula in Inscrr. (i.e. τύχην ἀγαθὴν διδοῖεν), [Refs].1, etc.: in Prose also with the Article, ὁ θ.…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

θεός

theos

of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme

Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:--X exceeding,

God, god(-ly, -ward).

see GREEK for 3588

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

θεός, οῦ, ὁ

n.f. & n.m.

God, a god

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

θεός theos 1x

a deity, Acts 7:43; 1 Cor. 8:5; an idol, Acts 7:40; God, the true God, Mt. 3:9, et al. freq.; God, possessed of true godhead, Jn. 1:1; Rom. 9:5; from the Hebrew, applied to potentates, Jn. 10:34, 35; τῷ θεῷ, an intensive term, from the Hebrew, exceedingly, Acts 7:20, and, perhaps, 2 Cor. 10:4

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

θεός θεός, ὁ, God, Hom., both in general sense, Θεὸς δώσει God will grant, and in particular sense, θεός τις a god; πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε Hom.:—things are said to happen σὺν θεῷ, σύν γε θεοῖσιν by the will of God, id. Hom., etc.; οὐκ ἄνευ θεοῦ, Lat. non sine diis, Od.; οὐκ ἄνευθε θεοῦ Il.; οὐ θεῶν ἄτερ Pind.;— ἐκ θεόφι Il.;— ὑπὲρ θεόν against his will, id. Il.;— κατὰ θεόν τινα, Lat. divinitus, Eur.:—as an oath, πρὸς θεῶν by the gods, in God's name, Trag.; θεὸς ἴστω Soph., etc.

θεός as fem. for θεά, θέαινα, a goddess, Hom.; θήλεια θεός Il.; ἡ νερτέρα θ. Proserpine, Soph.; often in oaths, νὴ τὼ θεώ id. Soph.; ναὶ τὼ σιώ, with the Spartans, of Castor and Pollux, Xen.; with the Boeotians, of Amphion and Zethus, id.…

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

N-GSM Part of Speech: Noun Case: Genitive Number: Singular Gender: Masculine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

god ('Elohim, 'El, [`Elyon], Shadday, Yahweh; Theos):

I. INTRODUCTION TO THE GENERAL IDEA

1. The Idea in Experience and in Thought

2. Definition of the Idea

3. The Knowledge of God

4. Ethnic Ideas of God

(1) Animism

(2) Fetishism

(3) Idolatry

(4) Polytheism

(5) Henotheism

(6) Pantheism

(7) Deism

(8) Semitic Monolatry

(9) Monotheism

II. THE IDEA OF GOD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

1. The Course of Its Development

2. Forms of Its Manifestation

(1) The Face or Countenance of God

(2) The Voice and Word of God

(3) The Glory of God

(4) The Angel of God

(5) The Spirit of God

(6) The Name of God

(7) Occasional Forms

3. The Names of God

(1) Generic

(2) Attributive

(3) Yahweh

4. Pre-prophetic Conceptions of God

(1) Yahweh Alone Is the God of Israel

(a) His Early Worship

(b) Popular Religion

(c) Polytheistic Tendencies

(i) Coordination

(ii) Assimilation

(iii) Disintegration

(d) No Hebrew Goddesses

(e) Human Sacrifices

Easton's Bible Dictionary

God

(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning to be strong; (2) of ’Eloah_, plural _’Elohim. The singular form, Eloah, is used only in poetry. The plural form is more commonly used in all parts of the Bible, The Hebrew word Jehovah (q.v.), the only other word generally employed to denote the Supreme Being, is uniformly rendered in the Authorized Version by “LORD,” printed in small capitals. The existence of God is taken for granted in the Bible. There is nowhere any argument to prove it. He who disbelieves this truth is spoken of as one devoid of understanding (Ps. 14:1).

The arguments generally adduced by theologians in proof of the being of God are:

(1.) The a priori argument, which is the testimony afforded by reason.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(good). Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures two chief names are used for the one true divine Being--ELOHIM, commonly translated God in our version, and JEHOVAH, translated Lord . Elohim is the plural of Eloah (in Arabic Allah); it is often used in the short form EL (a word signifying strength , as in EL-SHADDAI, God Almighty, the name by which God was specially known to the patriarchs. (Genesis 17:1; 28:3; Exodus 6:3) The etymology is uncertain, but it is generally agreed that the primary idea is that of strength, power of effect , and that it properly describes God in that character in which he is exhibited to all men in his works, as the creator, sustainer and supreme governor of the world. The plural form of Elohim has given rise to much discussion. The fanciful idea that it…

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

This name, the derivation of which is uncertain, we give to that eternal, infinite, perfect, and incomprehensible Being, the Creator of all things, who preserves and governs all by his almighty power and wisdom, and is the only proper object of worship. The proper Hebrew name for God is JEHOVAH, which signifies He is. But the Jews, from a feeling of reverence, avoid pronouncing this name, substituting for it, wherever it occurs in the sacred test, the word ADONAI, Lord; except in the expression, ADONAI JEHOVAH, Lord Jehovah, for which they put, ADONAI ELOHIM, Lord God. This usage, which is not without an element of superstition, is very ancient, dating its origin some centuries before Christ; but there is no good ground for assuming its existence in the days of the inspired Old Testament writers. The proper word for God is ELOHIM, which is plural in its form, being thus used to signify…

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
96%god
god96% · 1289×other renderings3% · 34×other renderings1% · 19×

1,342 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 14 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
subject31%adverbial26%object24%predicate12%indirect object5%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,311 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
βασιλείαkingship, sovereλόγοςa word, speech, υἱόςa son, descenden
δέbut, on the other ha
Article theπαράδικαιοσύνηjustice, justnes
ἀπό
εἰρήνηpeace, peace of ὅτιthat, since, becἐγώ
καίand, even, also, nam
ἈβραάμPropἸσαάκPropΧριστόςanointed, the Me
εἰμίI am, exist
οὐNegυἱόςa son, descendenοὗτος
θεόςof God1311×
what comes after →
Article the
δίδωμιI offer, giveπαντοκράτωρruler of the uniπατήρfather, Father,
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theπατήρfather, Father, αὐτός
ἐγώ
καίand, even, also,Article theἐκβάλλωI throw, cast, p
ἐν
Article theαὐτόςΧριστόςanointed, the Me
εἰμίI am, exist
Article theκαίand, even, also,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

Concordanceθεός · 1,311× in the New Testament
Acts Romans Luke 1 Corinthians Revelation John 2 Corinthians Hebrews 1 John Matthew Mark 1 Peter

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

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 1,637 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas Ignatius of Antioch Clement of Rome
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 7c. AD 40

Τινὲς γὰρ τὸν κόσμον μᾶλλον ἢ τὸν κοσμοποιὸν θαυμάσαντες τὸν μὲν ἀγένητόν τε καὶ ἀίδιον ἀπεφήναντο, τοῦ δὲ θεοῦ πολλὴν ἀπραξίαν ἀνάγνως κατεψεύσαντο, δέον ἔμπαλιν τοῦ μὲν τὰς δυνάμεις ὡς ποιητοῦ καὶ πατρὸς καταπλαγῆναι, τὸν δὲ μὴ πλέον ἀποσεμνῦναι…

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

ὡς πύργος, ὃν οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ ἐφ' ὕβρει τοῦ θεοῦ ᾠκοδόμησαν, καὶ ὡς τὰς φωνὰς αὐτῶν μετέβαλε καὶ ὁ τόπος, ἐν ᾧ τοῦτο γέγονε, Βαβυλὼν ἐκλήθη.

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

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

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6th c. AD 2nd c. AD 7th c. AD 3rd c. AD 4th c. AD
P.Grenf. 2 33Pathyris101 BC

αὐτῷ μέρος ἧς ἐμισθώσατο σὺν Πακοίβι Σχώτου καὶ τοῖς μετόχοις γῆς σιτοφόρου λεγομένης Νεχθαραῦτι θεοῦ μεγάλου παρὰ τῶν ἱερέων ἐτῶν δέκα εἰς τὰ ἐνλιπόντα αὐτῷ ἑτέρων , τεσσάρων εἰς

P.Adl. 20Poinkoris (Diopolites)99 BC

1 βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου τοῦ καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρου θεοῦ Φιλομήτορος καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεᾶς Φιλαδέλφου ἔτους ἑκκαιδεκάτου ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν καὶ

Chrest.Wilck. 12Pathyris89 BC

ἡμῖν Φιλόξενος ὁ ἀδελφὸς διʼ ὧν κεκόμικεν ἡμῖν Ὄρσης γραμμάτων περὶ τοῦ τὸν μέγιστον Θεὸν Σωτῆρα βασιλέα ἐπιβεβληκέναι εἰς Μέμφιν, Ἱέρακα δὲ προκεχειρίσθαι μετὰ δυνάμεων μυρίων ἐπὶ καταστολὴν τῆς

nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
οὐou not G3756 Particle · negative
1,622× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Corinthians than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This is a strong 'no', used to deny something completely. It appears in the New Testament, such as in Matthew 13:29 and John 1:21. It is a negative answer to a question.
Tyndale gloss
no
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word οὐ (transliterated as ou) is a primary negative particle meaning 'not' or 'no.' It is used to negate verbs or statements, often appearing in various forms depending on the following sound. In the New Testament, it frequently serves to deny facts and is distinct from another negative particle, μή (transliterated as ), which is used for prohibitions or wishes.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Ac 2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., § 409; M, Pr., 44, 244),

[in LXX for לֹא, אַיִן, אֵין;]

neg. particle,

not, no, used generally c. indic. and for a denial of fact (cf . μή);

absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Mt 13:29, Jo 1:21 21:5; οὒ οὔ, Mt 5:37, Ja 5:12.

Most freq. negativing a verb or other word, Mt 1:25 10:26, 38, Mk 3:25 9:37, Jo 8:29, Ac 7:5, Ro 1:16, Phl 3:3, al.; in…

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οὐ before a consonant, οὐκ before a vowel with a smooth breathing, and ody before an aspirated vowel ; but sometimes in the best codd. οὐχ occurs even before a smooth breathing; accordingly LT WH mrg. have adopted οὐχ ἰδού, Acts ii. 7; LT οὐχ ᾿Ιουδαϊκῶς, Gal. ii. 14 (see WH. Introd. § 409); L οὐχ ὀλίγος, Acts xix. 23; οὐχ ἠγάπησαν, Rev. xii. 11; and contrariwise οὐκ before an aspirate, as οὐκ ἕστηκεν, Jn. viii. 44 T; [οὐκ ἕνεκεν, 2 Co. vii. 12 T]; (οὐκ εὗρον, Lk. xxiv. 3; [οὐκ ὑπάρχει, Acts iii. 6] in cod. x [alsoC*; ef. cod. Alex. in 1 ἔβαν. iv. 2,12; Job xix. 16; xxxviiil. 11, 26]); cf. W. $5, 14d. 14; Β. τ; [A. v. Schiitz, Hist. Alphab. Att., Berol. 1875, pp: 54-58 ; Sophocles, Hist. of Grk. Alphab., 1st ed. 1848, p- 64 sq. (on the breathing); Tdf Sept., ed. 4, Proleg. pp: Xxxiii. xxxiv.; Scrivener, Collation ete., 2d ed., p. lv. no. 9; id. cod. Bezae p. xlvii. no. 11 (ef. p. xlii.…

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ου to make the voyage” (Edd.), and P Amh II. 78?! (a.p. 184) τοιαύτης ο[ὖ]ν αὐθαδίας ἐν αὐτῷ οὔσης οὐ δυνάμενος [ἐν]καρτερεῖν ἐπιδίδωμι, ‘“ his audacity having reached this pitch I can endure no longer and present this petition.” See further Proleg. p. 231 f. In support of the translation ‘‘ I determined not to know” in 1 Cor 2, we may cite P Par 2657 (B.c. 163) (= UPZi. Ρ-. 248) οὐκ ἐκρίναμεν καταχωρῆσαι, ‘we determined not to record,” P Tebt I. 124° (c. B.c. 118) οὐκ (ἐκδρίναμεν ἐξαρ[ιθ]μεῖ[σθαι, “we determined not to be counted,” and the classical formula in P Hamb I. 27° (B.c. 250 (249)) οὐκ ἔφη εἰδέναι, ‘he said that he did not know.” The origin of the double negative οὐ μή is fully discussed by Moulton Pro/eg. p. 187 ff. When we pass to its actual occurrences in the NT, we find that these for the most part are found in passages derived from the OT and in the Sayings of our Lord…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

οὐ (ou) — no.

οὐ,

the negative of fact and statement, as μή of will and thought; οὐ denies, μή rejects; οὐ is absolute, μή relative; οὐ objective, μή subjective. —The same differences hold for all compounds of οὐ and μή, and some examples of οὐδέ and οὐδείς are included below.—As to the Form, see infr. G. USAG[Refs 5th c.BC+]

I. as the negative of single words,

II. as the negative of the sentence.

I. οὐ adhering to single words so as to form a quasi-compound with them:—with Verbs: οὐ δίδωμι withhold, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ εἰῶ prevent, [Refs]; οὐκ ἐθέλω refuse, [Refs]; οὔ φημι deny, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but sometimes οὐ is retained, εἰ δ᾽ ἂν.. οὐκ ἐθέλωσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐάντε.. οὐ (variant{μή}) φῆτε ἐάντε φῆτε [Refs 8th c.BC+] —On the use of οὐ in contrasts, see below [Refs 5th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

οὐ

ou

ouk ook, and (before an aspirate)

ouch ookh

a primary word; the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or

not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, +

nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also

3364, 3372.

see GREEK for 3361

see GREEK for 3364

see GREEK for 3372

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

οὐ

Neg.prt.

no, not

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

οὐ ou 1x

negative adverb, originally the gen. of ὅς, spelled οὐκ if followed by a word beginning with a vowel and a smooth breathing, οὐχ if followed by a vowel and rough breathing, not, no, Mt. 5:37; 12:43; 23:37; for the peculiarities of its usage (especially as distinct from μή) consult a grammar

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Particle-N — Particle · negative
particle — a small word colouring the clause; it does not decline.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

PRT-N PaRTicle, disjunctive particle Negative

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
82%not
not82% · 1383×certainly6% · 96×surely4% · 70×no longer3% · 50×no2% · 39×other renderings3% · 51×

1,689 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 17 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%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,622 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
εἰμίI am, existἐγώαὐτός
ὅς
ἐγώθερίζωI reap, gatherδέbut, on the othe
ὅτιthat, since, because
σύαὐτόςἐγώ
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakἐνἐπί
σύ
λέγωI say, speakγάρforὅς
οὐnot1622×
what comes after →
εἰμίI am, exist
ἐκArticle theἐγώ
μήNeg
παρέρχομαιI pass byεἰσέρχομαιI go in, come inπίνωI drink, imbibe
οἶδαI know, remember
ὅτιthat, since, becArticle theτίςIrg
γάρfor
εἰμίI am, existθέλωI will, wish, deArticle the
δύναμαιI am powerful, am ab
ἔρχομαιI come, goσῴζωI save, healArticle the

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Concordanceοὐ · 1,622× in the New Testament
John Matthew Luke 1 Corinthians Romans Mark Acts 2 Corinthians Revelation Hebrews 1 John Galatians

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

Across the New Testament26 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 6c. AD 40

ὡς γὰρ τῶν κολοσσιαίων μεγεθῶν τὰς ἐμφάσεις καὶ ἡ βραχυτάτη σφραγὶς τυπωθεῖσα δέχεται, οὕτως τάχα που καὶ τὰ τῆς ἀναγραφείσης ἐν τοῖς νόμοις κοσμοποιίας ὑπερβάλλοντα κάλλη καὶ ταῖς μαρμαρυγαῖς τὰς τῶν ἐντυγχανόντων ψυχὰς ἐπισκιάζοντα βραχυτέροις…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.11c. AD 75–95

ὁ δὲ τῶν παρʼ ἡμῖν ἀρχιερέων οὐδενὸς ἀρετῇ δεύτερος Ἐλεάζαρος τῷ προειρημένῳ βασιλεῖ ταύτης ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς ὠφελείας οὐκ ἐφθόνησε πάντως ἀντειπὼν ἄν, εἰ μὴ πάτριον ἦν ἡμῖν τὸ μηδὲν ἔχειν τῶν καλῶν ἀπόρρητον.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.8c. AD 100

ἐγὼ δὲ οὐχ ὡς διδάσκαλος, ἀλλ̓ ὧς εἰς ἐξ ὑμῶν ὑποδείξω ὀλίγα, δἰ ὧν ἐν τοῖς παροῦσιν εὐφρανθήσεσθε.

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2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 3rd c. BC 4th c. AD 6th c. AD

δὲ γενόμεναι κατὰ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον κληρονομήσασαι ταξάμεναι τὰ καθήκοντα τέλη θεᾶι Βερενίκηι κυριεύομεν. ὅθεν οὐκ ἀποδιδόντων τὰ ἡμέτερα ἐπεδώκαμεν ἐν τῶι λ ἔτει προσανγελίαν Ἡρακλείδει γενομένωι ἀρχιφυλακίτηι τοῦ Παθυρίτου

C.Erbstreit16Diospolis Magna (Theben)135 BC

ι ἀρουρῶν πρόκτησιν … ένου αὐτὸν ἐν συνεδρίωι καὶ συγχώρησιν … ειν, ἐν ἧι οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ὁ πατήρ. ὅθεν καταβεβραβευμένοι … ήρου συνεριου ἀξιοῦμεν, ἐὰν φαίνηται, συντάξαι γράψαι, οἷς

P.Adl. 2Pathyris125 BC

ὠνῆς ἐν πίστει διὰ τῶν περὶ τὸν Πανεβχοῦνιν ἐκτελειωθεῖσαν τῶι … ἔτει ἀντὶ ὀφειλημάτων, οὐκ ἐπελευσομένους τὸν Πανερέα καὶ τὴν Σενενοῦπιν περὶ ὀφειλημάτων μηδὲ περὶ ἄλλου μηδενός. ταῦτα δὲ

nor thieves nor coveters not drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers [the] kingdom of God not will inherit.
κληρονομήσουσιν.klēronomeō will inherit. G2816 Verb · future · active · indicative · third person · plural
18× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Corinthians than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To inherit means to receive something as a gift or legacy, like in Galatians 4:30 where it talks about receiving an inheritance. This word is used to describe receiving a possession or a kingdom.
Amplified meaning
receive as a gift, possess
Tyndale gloss
to inherit
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

κληρονομέω is built from the root for 'heir' and means to inherit or receive by lot. It covers the act of obtaining inheritance, particularly in a biblical context, where it often refers to spiritual blessings and the Messianic Kingdom. The New Testament uses it in verses like Matthew 5:5 and Galatians 4:30. Some lexicons note its use with both genitive and accusative constructions.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

κληρονομέω, -ῶ

(< κληρονόμος),

[in LXX chiefly for ירשׁ, also for נחל, etc.;]

to receive by lot.

to inherit (in cl., usually c. gen. rei): absol., Ga 4:30(LXX); in general, to possess oneself of, receive as one's own, obtain (as De 4:5, al., cf. Ps 24 (25):3, Is 61:7): c. acc. rei (as generally in late Gk., v. M, Pr., 65), of the Messianic Kingdom (cf. Ps 36 (37):11, Si 4:13 37:26, and v. Dalman, Words, 125 ff.) and its blessings and privileges, τ. γῆν, Mt 5:5(cf. LXX); τ. βασιλείαν, β. θεοῦ, Mt 25:34, I Co 6:9, 10 15:50,

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κληρονομέω, -@; fut. κληρονομήσω; 1 aor. ἐκληρονόμησα; pf. κεκληρονόμηκα; (κληρονόμος, q. V-; Cf. οἰκονόμος) ; Sept. for on3 and much oftener for w7; 1. to receive a lot, receive by lot; esp. to receive a part of an inheritance, receive as an inheritance, obtain by right of inheritance; 80, particularly in the Attic orators, w. a gen. of the thing; in later writ. not infreq. w. an ace. of the thing (cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 129; Sturz, De dial. Maced. ete. p. 140; W 200 (188); [B. § 132,8]); absol. to be an heir, to inherit Gal. iv. 30 fr. Gen. xxi. 10. 2. univ, to receive the portion assigned to one, receive an allotted portion, receive as one’s own or as a possession; to become partaker of, to obtain [cf. Eng. “inherit”], (as φήμην, Polyb. 18, 38 (55), 8; τὴν ἐπ᾽ εὐσεβείᾳ δόξαν, 15, 22, 3); in bibl. Grk. everywh. w. the acc. of the thing; so very freq. in the O. T. in the phrase κληρ.…

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κληρονομέω. For this verb in the original sense of ‘‘inherit’’ we may cite BGU I. 194-1 (a petition—a.p. 135) τὰ μαμμῴα (not in LS) κληρονομεῖν, ‘ to inherit her grandmother’s belongings,” P Ryl If. 11718 (A.D. 269) τοὺς μηδὲν [τ]ῶν κατοιχομένων κεκληρονομηκότας μὴ κατέχεσθαι τοῖς ἐκείνων ὀφε[ιλήμασt]v ἢ καὶ ζητήμασιν σαφῶς τοῖς θείοις νόμοις διώρισται, ‘it is clearly stated in the Imperial laws that those who have inherited nothing from deceased persons cannot be held responsible for their debts or the claims made against them ”’ (Edd.), BGU IV. 1o24¥#- 16 (end of iv/a.p.) κληρονομήσι (Z-cer) δέκατον μέρος τῶν ὑπαρχόντων Διοδήμῳ. In all these cases the verb is construed with the acc. of the thing as generally in later writers and in the NT (cf. Schmidt /os. p- 374f.). For the acc. of a person (cf. LXX Prov 1372) see P Oxy VII. 10678 (iii/A.D.) μάθε οὖν ὅτι ἀλλοτρίαν γυναῖκαν (Δ…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

κληρονομέω (klēronomeō) — to inherit.

κληρονομ-έω,

inherit, with genitive of things, ὥσπερ τῆς οὐσίας, οὕτω καὶ τῆς φιλίας τῆς πατρικῆς κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: absolutely, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

2. acquire, obtain, τὴν ἐπ᾽ ἀσεβείᾳ δόξαν [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; τὴν γῆν receive possession of the promised land, Palestine,[LXX] (also, obtain all that God has promised,[LXX+NT]; obtain salvation, ζωὴν αἰώνιον [NT]

II. to be an inheritor or heir, τινος of a person, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: more frequently τινα, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be succeeded in the inheritance, of parents, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

III. leave an heir behind one, υἱοὺς υἱῶν [LXX]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

κληρονομέω

kleronomeo

from 2818; to be an heir to (literally or figuratively):--be heir,

(obtain by) inherit(-ance).

see GREEK for 2818

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

κληρονομέω

v.

I inherit, obtain

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

κληρονομέω klēronomeō 18x

pr. to acquire by lot; to inherit, obtain by inheritance; in NT to obtain, acquire, receive possession of, Mt. 5:5; 19:29; absol. to be heir, Gal. 4:30

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

κληρονομέω κληρονομέω, φυτ. -ήσω κληρονόμος to receive a share of an inheritance, to inherit a portion of property, c. gen., Dem.:—also c. acc. rei, to inherit, Luc.

to be an inheritor or heir, τινός of a person, id. Luc.: also c. acc. to succeed one, Plut., Anth.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-FAI-3P — Verb · future · active · indicative · third person · plural
future active indicative — an action still to come.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-FAI-3P Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Future Voice: Active Mood: Indicative Person: third Number: Plural

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
28%will inherit
will inherit28% · 5×inherit17% · 3×will i inherit?11% · 2×will inherit?6% · 1×does inherit6% · 1×he has inherited6% · 1×inheriting6% · 1×you may inherit6% · 1×other renderings17% · 3×

18 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 11 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

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

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 18 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
αἰώνιοςeternal, unending
ζωήlife
αὐτός
ὅτιthat, since, becπαρά
οὐNeg
βασιλείαkingship, sovereθεόςGod, a god
θεόςGod, a god
βασιλείαkingship, sovere
ἐγώ
πατήρfather, Father,
κληρονομέωwill inherit.18×
what comes after →
Article the
γῆthe earth, soil,ἑτοιμάζωI make ready, prυἱόςa son, descenden
μήNeg
πλανάωI lead astray, d
οὐNeg
δύναμαιI am powerful, a
ὄνομαname, character, rep
σωτηρίαdeliverance, salvati

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

Concordanceκληρονομέω · 18× in the New Testament
1 Corinthians Hebrews Matthew Galatians Luke 1 Peter Mark Revelation
Across the New Testament8 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 93 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 Ignatius of Antioch Josephus Polycarp
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Sacrifices of Abel and Cain 57c. AD 40

„οὐχὶ διὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου οὐδὲ διὰ τὴν ὁσιότητα τῆς καρδίας σου εἰσπορεύῃ τὴν γῆν κληρονομῆσαι αὐτήν, ἀλλὰ“ πρῶτον μὲν „διὰ τὴν ἀνομίαν τῶν ἐθνῶν τούτων“, ὄλεθρον κακίαις ἐπάγοντος θεοῦ, ἔπειθ’ „ἵνα στήσῃ τὴν διαθήκην, ἣν ὤμοσε τοῖς πατράσιν…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 8.359c. AD 75–95

καὶ Νάβωθος μέν, ὡς ἔγραψεν ἡ βασίλισσα, οὕτως καταμαρτυρηθεὶς βλασφημῆσαι τὸν θεόν τε καὶ Ἄχαβον βαλλόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ πλήθους ἀπέθανεν, ἀκούσασα δὲ ταῦτα Ἰεζάβηλα εἴσεισι πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα καὶ κληρονομεῖν τὸν Ναβώθου ἀμπελῶνα προῖκα ἐκέλευσεν.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 13.1c. AD 100

Ἴδωμεν δὲ εἰ οὗτος ὁ λαὸς κληρονομεῖ ἡ ὁ πρῶτος, καὶ εἰ ἡ διαθήκη εἰς ἡμᾶς ἢ εἰς ἐκείνους.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. AD 1st c. AD 4th c. AD 1st c. BC 2nd c. AD
P.Oxy. 42 3014OxyrhynchosAD 1–AD 100

1 τοὺς στρατευομένους καὶ ἀδιαθέτους τελευτῶντας ἐξὸν τέκνοις καὶ συγγενέσιν κληρονομεῖν ὅταν τοῦ αὐτοῦ γένους ὦσιν οἱ μετερχόμενοι. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ

SB 10 10752AD 76–AD 100

ειλαμένη γὰρ … … … ἀπὸ κώμης Ψαμήρεως ἀρουρῶν ὀκτὼ … … … κληρονομεῖν ὡς ἐὰν αἵρηται α … οδει … … … γὰρ εἰς … … παραχωρησι

P. Murabba'ât 2 116MurabaatAD 101–AD 200

πρὸ τοῦ Αὐρηλίου … τὸν βίον μεταλλάξει υἱοὺς οὓς ἂν ἕξει ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ … κληρονομήσουσιν τὴν φερνὴν καὶ τὰ προγεγραμμένα … αρ … … ων

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