1 John 5:21 — Word Study
N1904τεκνία, φυλάξατε ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων ἀμήν.¶
BSALittle children,teknion [my dear ones, beloved] do keepphulassō▸ [guard, watch over] yourselvesheautou [your hearts, your souls] fromapo [away from, apart from] <the>ho idolseidōlon [false gods, images, things worshipped in place of God] Amen.amēn
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| τεκνία, | Little children, | Noun, vocative, plural |
| φυλάξατε | do keep | Verb, aorist, active |
| ἑαυτὰ | yourselves | Reflexive pronoun, second person, accusative |
| ἀπὸ | from | Preposition |
| τῶν | <the> | Article, genitive, plural |
| εἰδώλων | idols | Noun, genitive, plural |
| ἀμήν.¶ | Amen. | Hebrew |
Every word in the verse. Click a row to open it in the panel on the left.
| BSB | Little children, keep yourselves from idols. |
| KJV | Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. |
| ASV | My little children, guard yourselves from idols. |
| YLT | Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen. |
| WEB | Little children, keep yourselves from idols. |
| BBE | My little children, keep yourselves from false gods. |
Where they part company is φυλάξατε — see How Translations Differ.
The verse consists of a single main clause, emphasizing the direct command to the readers.
8 commentators on this verse
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clause
verbφυλάσσω
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Every word here is used elsewhere in the New Testament.
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Deep Study — 1 John 5:21
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Context — Final Exhortation in 1 Johngenerated
1 John 5:21 serves as a final warning from John to his readers, reminding them of the importance of remaining vigilant against idolatry. This verse concludes a letter that emphasizes the nature of true fellowship with God and the importance of faith in Jesus Christ. The preceding verses discuss the assurance of salvation and the protection offered by God, culminating in this call to guard against anything that could lead them away from true worship.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 John 2:1 | My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. |
| 2 | Exodus 20:3–4 | You shall have no other gods before Me. |
| 3 | 1 Corinthians 10:7–14 | Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.” |
| 4 | 2 Corinthians 6:16–17 | What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” |
| 5 | Revelation 9:20 | Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 8 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — φυλάσσω, phulassōgenerated
The verb φυλάξατε (phulassate) is an aorist active imperative, meaning it is a command to take action. It conveys the idea of guarding or watching over something carefully. This word is often used in contexts that emphasize the need for protection, such as keeping commandments or safeguarding one's faith.
In this context, John is instructing his readers to actively guard themselves, indicating that vigilance is required to avoid the influence of idols, which can lead to spiritual harm. The imperative form stresses the urgency of this action.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against. The BSB has keep, which is also used in the KJV and WEB, emphasizing the need for ongoing vigilance.
Where translations differ, it is primarily in the rendering of φυλάξατε. The ASV and YLT choose guard, while others, including BBE and KJV, opt for keep. The word εἰδώλων is rendered as idols in most translations, but BBE uses false gods.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main verb of the verse is φυλάξατε, do keep, which governs the action of the subject. The object of this command is ἑαυτὰ, yourselves, indicating what is to be kept or guarded. The structure emphasizes the direct action required from the readers.
The sentence is straightforward, with the command standing as the focal point, supported by the reflexive pronoun that clarifies who is to be kept safe. The simplicity of the structure underscores the urgency of John's message.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
In the Septuagint, the verb φυλάξατε (phulassō) appears in various contexts where it conveys the sense of keeping, watching, or preserving. It is chosen to render the Hebrew שָׁמַר (shamar), which similarly means to keep or guard, emphasizing the importance of vigilance in avoiding idolatry.
The term εἰδώλων (eidōlon), meaning 'idols', is used in the LXX to translate several Hebrew words related to idols, including גִּלּוּל (gilul) and עָצָב (atzav). This choice reflects the broader biblical condemnation of idolatry, underscoring the call to reject false gods and remain faithful.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
1 John 5:21 is a reminder from John to his readers to protect themselves from idols. He uses the term little children to express affection and concern, urging them to remain vigilant against anything that could take God's place in their hearts.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
John is referring to anything that takes the place of God in a person's life, including false gods, images, or anything that distracts from true worship.
This term is used as a term of endearment, expressing John's affection and pastoral concern for his readers, indicating their relationship as spiritual children.
Guarding oneself from idols today involves being aware of anything that distracts from worshiping God, including materialism, relationships, or ideologies that conflict with faith.
The word 'keep' emphasizes the active role believers must take in protecting their faith and hearts from influences that could lead them away from God.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- What are some modern-day idols that I need to be aware of in my life?
- How can I actively guard my heart against distractions from my faith?
- In what ways can I encourage others to remain vigilant against idolatry?
- How does understanding my identity as a 'little child' of God help me in my spiritual journey?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Tertullian and Didymus the Blind reference this verse to emphasize the importance of avoiding idols and the implications for the Christian community.
John did not tell us to keep away from worship, but from idols, that is, from their very likeness. For it is wrong for you, who are created in the image of the living God, to become the image of an idol and a dead man.Early Church Fathers on 1 John 5 →
Even an earthly serpent sucks in men at some distance with its breath. Going still further, John says, "My little children, keep yourselves from idols," -not now from idolatry, as if from the service of it, but from idols-that is,Early Church Fathers on 1 John 5 →
Why is it that after everything else which he has said to his hearers during the course of his letter, John should keep this warning about idols to the very end? In my opinion it is because here he is addressing the church in general.Early Church Fathers on 1 John 5 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on 1 John 5:21 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleLittle children, keep yourselves from idols, Amen. From Heathen idols and idolatry, into which the saints in those times might be liable to be drawn, by reason of their dwelling among Heathen
Read John Gill on 1 John 5 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryAffectionate parting caution. From idols - Christians were everywhere surrounded by idolaters with whom it was impossible to avoid some contact.
Read Robert Jamieson on 1 John 5 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Biblei.e. From those idolatrous communions with the Gentiles in their worship and festivals in their temples, which these pseudo-christians had latitude enough for, as appears by the apostle St. Paul’ s discourses, 10:14 (especially if any danger did urge); wherein, instead of that communion with the Father and the Son, which he was inviting them to, they should have fellowship with devils, as that other apostle tells his Corinthians, ,21. And he might also have reference to the peculiar idolatries, which this sort of men are noted to have been guilty of towards their great sect master.
Read Matthew Poole on 1 John 5 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. Ver. 21. Keep yourselves from idols] Negatively at least (as those 7000 in Israel, that had not bowed their knees to Baal), if not positively, by open declaration of your utter dislike, as did Daniel and his associates. Irenaeus reproveth the heretics called Gnostici, for that they carried about the image of Christ in Pilate’ s time, after his own proportion; using also for declaration of their affection towards it, to set garlands upon the head of it; so soon crept this cursed sin into the primitive Church. Soon after the Council of Nice, arose a sharp contention between Irene the empress and her son Constantine VI, who destroyed…
Read John Trapp on 1 John 5 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) SOME POINTS (1 John 5:18-21). (a) God’s sons do not sin (1 John 5:18). St. John refers back to “that ye may know” in 1 John 5:13, and sums up three points from former portions of the Epistle, describing the true consciousness of the Christian. Each begins with “We know.” (18) Sinneth not.—There is no reason to supply “unto death.” (Comp. the Note on 1 John 3:9.) St. John means strongly to insist, in this the solemn close of his Letter, that the true ideal Christian frame is the absence of wilful sin. Stumbles there may be, even such as need the prayers of friends, but intentional lawlessness there cannot be. But he that is begotten of God keepeth himself.—Rather, he that is begotten of…
Read Charles John Ellicott on 1 John 5 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 21. Little children] τεκνια. Beloved children; he concludes with the same affectionate feeling with which he commenced. Keep yourselves from idols.] Avoid the idolatry of the heathens; not only have no false gods, but have the true God. Have no idols in your houses, none in your churches, none in your hearts. Have no object of idolatrous worship; no pictures, relics, consecrated tapers, wafers, crosses, c., by attending to which your minds may be divided, and prevented from worshipping the infinite Spirit in spirit and in truth. The apostle, says Dr. Macknight cautioned his disciples against going with the heathens into the temple of their idol gods, to eat of their feasts upon the…
Read AdamClarke on 1 John 5 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges21. Farewell WarningLittle children] As usual (1 John 2:1; 1 John 2:12; 1 John 2:28, 1 John 3:7; 1 John 3:18, 1 John 4:4), this refers to all his readers.keep yourselves] Better, as R. V., guard yourselves. It is not the verb used in 1 John 5:18 (τηρεῖν) but that used 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (φυλάσσειν); ‘shall guard you from the evil one’. Both verbs occur John 17:12 : comp. John 12:25; John 12:47. Here the verb is in the aorist imperative; ‘once for all be on your guard and have nothing to do with’. The use of the reflexive pronoun instead of the middle voice intensifies the command to personal care and exertion (φυλάξατεἑαυτά). This construction is frequent in S. John: John 1:8; John 3:3…
Read Cambridge on 1 John 5 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleLittle children - This is a favorite mode of address with John, (see the notes at 1 John 2:1), and it was proper to use it in giving his parting counsel; embracing, in fact, all that he had to say -
Read Albert Barnes on 1 John 5 →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
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
Tyndale line
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
My little children, guard yourselves from idols.
My little children, guard yourselves from idols.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Litle children, keepe your selues from idoles, Amen.
Strictly literal
Children, keep yourselves from idols.
Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.
Little children, guard yourselves from idols! Amen.
Children, keep yourselves from idols.
From the Latin
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Simplified
Dear friends, stay away from idol worship.
My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.
Word by word, the decisions they made
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.
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.
Filioli, custodite vos a simulacris. Amen.
Jerome revised the Old Latin against the Greek from AD 382; the Latin west read this text for a thousand years.
ܒܢܝ ܛܪܘ ܢܦܫܟܘܢ ܡܢ ܕܚܠܬ ܦܬܟܪܐ
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.
τεκνία, φυλάξατε ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων —
The standard critical text of the New Testament.
τεκνία, φυλάξατε ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων —
The previous edition, still widely cited.
τεκνία, φυλάξατε ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων —
The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.
τεκνία, φυλάξατε ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων —
The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.
τεκνία, φυλάξατε ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων —
An independent critical text built from the oldest witnesses then known.
τεκνία, φυλάξατε ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων —
A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.
τεκνία, φυλάξατε ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων ἀμήν.¶
The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.
τεκνία, φυλάξατε — ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων ἀμήν.¶
The printed tradition behind the King James Version.
A witness that read differently would show its variant word here, marked.
Word by word, across the editions
| Word | Editions carrying it | Missing from |
|---|---|---|
| ἑαυτὰ yourselves | NA28, NA27, Tyn, SBL, WH, Treg, Byz | TR |
| ἀμήν.¶ Amen. | TR, Byz | NA28, 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.
Lexicons — every word in 1 John 5:21
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The Greek word τεκνίον (teknion) is a diminutive form of τέκνον (teknon), meaning 'little child' or 'infant.' It is used in the New Testament as a term of endearment, often addressing Christian converts as 'little children.' This term appears in several verses, including John 13:33 and 1 John 2:1, 12, 28.
† τεκνίον, -ου, τό
(dimin. of τέκνον),
a little child: as a term of endearment, in voc. pl., Jo 13:33, Ga 4:19, I Jo 2:1, 12, 28 3:7, 18 4:4 5:21.†
τεκνίον, -ov, τό, (dimin. of τέκνον, 4. v-; [on the accent, ef. W. 52; Chandler § 3477), a little child; in the N.T. used as a term of kindly address by teachers to their : τὲ καὶ a ‘ 4 ΄ τὸ KQL...TE... Kal, εἴτε... etre, see ei, III. . ἐάν Te, see ἐάν, 1. 3 e. . TEKVOD disciples [always in the plur. little children: Mk. x. 24 Lehm.]; Jn. xiii. 33; Gal. iv. 19 (where L txt. T Tr WH mrg. τέκνα); 1Jn. ii. 1, 12, 28; iii. 7 [WH mrg. παιδία], 18; iv. 4; ν. 21. (Anthol.)
τεκνίον. For this dim. of τέκνον cf. P Oxy XIV. 176614 (11|{|4.}.) ἀσπάζομαι... τὰ ἀβάσκαντα texvia, “I greet your children, whom the evil eye will not harm.” TEKVOYOVEO. With this NT ἅπ. eip. (1 Tim 513) = ‘‘bear a child,”’ we may compare the similar compa, τεκνοποιέομαι in the marriage contract P Eleph 1° (B.c. 311-10) (= Se/ections, p- 3), where the husband is bound down μηδὲ τεκνοποιεῖσθαι ἐξ ἄλλης γυναικός, ‘not to beget children by another woman.” In UPZ i. 45 (B.C. 164) ἕνεκ[α] τοῦ. . . τεκνοπ[ο]ήσασθαί -- θαι) αὐτήν, the meaning is “adopt” (cf. Wilcken’s note). See also s.v. τεκνογονία. τεκνογογία. Ramsay TZeaching p. 170ff. tries to show that, while Tekvoyovew is used in a physical sense in 1 Tim 5‘, the abstract noun τεκνογονία in 1 Tim 215 points rather to ‘‘the power of maternal instinct ”’ or ‘‘ motherhood.”’ But it is by no means clear that the writer did not use the two…
Read the full entry →τεκνίον (teknion) — children.
τεκν-ίον, τό,
= {τεκνίδιον}, [NT+2nd c.AD+].
τεκνίον
teknion
diminutive of 5043; an infant, i.e. (plural figuratively) darlings
(Christian converts):--little children.
see GREEK for 5043
τεκνίον, ου, τό
n.n.
a little child
τεκνίον τεκνίον, ου, τό, Dim. of τέκνον a little child, Anth., NTest.
Noun-VPN — Noun · vocative · plural · neutervocative — the one being addressed.
Agrees with anything else marked plural neuter.
N-VPN Part of Speech: Noun Case: Vocative Number: Plural Gender: Neuter
The blessing of offspring, but especially of the male sex, is highly valued among all eastern nations, while a the absence is regarded as one of the severest punishments. (Genesis 16:2; 7:14; 1 Samuel 1:6; 2 Samuel 6:23; 2 Kings 4:14; Isaiah 47:9; Jeremiah 20:15; Psalms 127:3,5) As soon as the child was born it was washed in a bath, rubbed with salt and wrapped in swaddling clothes. (Ezekiel 16:4; Job 38:9; Luke…
A numerous offspring was regarded as a signal blessing, Ps 127:3-5, and childless wives sought various means to escape the reproach of barrenness, which was deprecated in the blessing given to a newly married couple, Ru 4:11. The pangs of childbirth, in their suddenness and sharpness, are often alluded to in Scripture. The apostle Paul speaks of them as fruits and evidences of the fall; but assures those who abide in faith, that, amid all the suffering that reminds them that woman was first in the transgression, Ge 3:16, they may yet look trustfully to God for acceptance and salvation, 1Ti 2:15.
→ In answer to prayer
To Abraham Ge 15:2-5; with 21:1,2
Isaac Ge 25:21
Leah Ge 30:17-22
Rachel Ge 30:22-24
Hannah 1Sa 1:9-20
Zacharias Lu 1:13
→ Treatment of, at birth Eze 16:4-6; Lu 2:7,12
→ Circumcision of
→ See CIRCUMCISION
→ Dedicated to God in infancy
Samson Jud 13:5,7
Samuel 1Sa 1:24-28
- Christ was an example to
- Are a gift from God
- Are capable of glorifying God
- SHOULD BE
. Brought to Christ
. Brought early to the house of God
. Instructed in the ways of God
. Judiciously trained
8 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 1 different way. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 8 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
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
σοι ταῦτα τὰ γράμματά μου. ἄσπασαι τὴν γλυκυτάτην ἐμὴν μητέρα καὶ τὰ ἀβάσκαντά σου τεκνία καὶ τοὺς σοὺς πάντας. πέμψον μοι τὸ αἰγίδιον. ἐρρῶσθαι σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς ἔτεσιν.
ἡ γὰρ εὐπραγία σου κοινή ἐστιν εὐτυχία. ἀσπάζομαι τὸν πατέρα Ἰσχυρίωνα καὶ τὰ ἀβάσκαντα τεκνία καὶ τὴν ἀγαθήν σου ἀδελφὴν καὶ Θέωνα καὶ Πατερμούθιον καὶ τοὺς φίλους ἡμῶν κατʼ
εσθαι ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ αὐτῶν … τοῖς τοιούτοις. ἀσπάζου τὸν … Σπαρτιάτην καὶ τὰ τεκνία καὶ τοὺς … υς· ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς τὰ παιδία καὶ η … αὐτῶν. ἐρρῶσθαί σε
φυλάσσω is built from the root idea of watching or guarding. It covers a range of meanings including to guard, protect, observe, and keep oneself from something. In the New Testament, it appears in contexts like guarding a person or thing (Acts 12:4), preserving teachings (2 Timothy 1:14), and being on one's guard (Luke 12:15). The lexicons do not show significant disagreement.
φυλάσσω
[in LXX chiefly and very freq. for שָׁמַר, also for נָצַר, etc. ;]
to guard, watch;
to guard or watch: c. cogn. acc., φυλακάς, Lk 2:8; c. acc. pers., Ac 12:4 28:16; pass., Lk 8:29, Ac 23:35; c. acc. rei, Ac 22:20;
to guard or protect: c. acc., Lk 11:21, Jo 12:25 17:12, II Th 3:3, I Ti 6:20, II Ti 1:12, 14, II Pe 2:5; ἑαυτὸν ἀπό…
φυλάσσω ; fut. φυλάξω; 1 aor. ἐφύλαξα; Mid., pres. φυλάσσομαι; 1 aor. ἐφυλαξάμην ; pres. pass. φυλάσσομαι ; fr. Hom. down; Sept. times too many to count for >3¥, occasionally for 7¥3, [ete.]; 1. Act. to guard (Lat. custodio) ; i. e. a. to watch, to keep watch: with φυλακήν added, Lk. ii. 8 (see φυλακή, a.). b. to guard or watch, have an eye upon: twa, one, lest he escape, Acts xii. 4; xxviii. 16; pass., Acts xxiii. 35 ; Lk. viii. 29; τί, any thing, lest it be carried off: τὰ ἱμάτια, Acts xxii. 20. c. to guard a person (or thing) that he may remain safe, i.e. lest he suffer violence, be despoiled, ete., i.q. to protect: τὴν αὐλήν, Lk. xi. 21; ἀπό twos, to protect one from a pers. or thing, 2 Th. iii. 3 [see πονηρός, p- 531°], (Xen. Cyr. 1, 4, 7; Ps. exl. (exli.) 9; cf. B. § 147, 3; [W. 223 (209)]); τὴν παραθήκην (or παρακαταθήκην), to keep from being snatched away, preserve safe and…
Read the full entry →φυλάσσω, (1) “* guard,” ‘‘protect” : P Par 665" (i/B.c.) πρεσβύτεροι οἱ TA χώματα Kal περιχώματα φυλάσσοντες, P Oxy VI. 924" (iv/a.D.) ἢ μὴν φυλάξῃς καὶ συντηρήσῃς ᾿Αρίας ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπιημερινοῦ (1. ᾿Αρίαν. .. τῆς ἐφημερινῆς) φρικός, ‘verily guard and protect Aria from ague by day” (Edd.). (2) ‘‘keep,” ‘‘observe”: Cagnat IV. 66138 (a.1. 85) τοῦτο δὲ τὸ ψήφισμα νενομοθετῆσθαι τῷ αἰῶνι τῆς Ρωμαίων ἡγεμονίας φυλαχθησόμενον (cf. Ac γ58, a/.), P Ryl IL. 1771! (A.D. 246) τὸ δὲ ὑπηλλαγμένον [ἥμισυ μέρος οἰκίας φυ]λάξομ(εν) ἀνεξαλλοτρίωτον, “the mortgaged half share of the house we will preserve unalienated” (Edd.). Cf. also P Ryl II. 116%° (A.D. 194) λόγου por φυλασσομένου περὶ ὧν ἔχω δικαίων πάντων, ‘account being kept of all my claims” (Edd.), 74. 868 (A.D. 195) λόγου φυλασσομένου τῇ πόλει re[pht [o]d [ἔχει παντὸς δ[ικαίο]ν, ‘‘ without prejudice to any right claimed by the city” (Edd.). The verb…
Read the full entry →φυλάσσω (phulassō) — to keep/guard: observe.
φῠλάσσω,
Attic dialect φυλάττω, Epic dialect infinitive φυλασσέμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; poetry imperfect φύλασσε [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future φυλάξω [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἐφύλαξα, Epic dialect φύλ- [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πεφύλᾰχα [LXX+5th c.BC+]:—middle, future -άξομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐφυλαξάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future -αχθήσομαι[Refs 1st c.BC+]: aorist ἐφυλάχθην [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect πεφύλαγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; imperative, only in middle sense in early writers, πεφύλαξο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
Read the full entry →φυλάσσω
phulasso
probably from 5443 through the idea of isolation; to watch, i.e. be on
guard (literally of figuratively); by implication, to preserve, obey,
avoid:--beward, keep (self), observe, save. Compare 5083.
see GREEK for 5443
see GREEK for 5083
φυλάσσω
v.
I keep, guard, observe
φυλάσσω phylassō 31x
to be on watch, keep watch, Lk. 2:8; to have in keeping, Acts 20:20; to have in custody, Acts 28:16; to keep under restraint, confine, Lk. 8:29; Acts 12:4; 23:35; to guard, defend, Lk. 11:21; to keep safe, preserve, Jn. 12:25; 17:12; 2 Thess. 3:3; 2 Pet. 2:5; Jude 24; to keep in abstinence, Acts 21:25; Read the full entry →
φυλάσσω Root ΦΥΛΑΚ absol. to keep watch and ward, keep guard, Hom., attic; σὺν κυσὶ φυλάσσοντες περὶ μῆλα Il.
trans. to watch, guard, keep, defend, Hom., etc.; φυλάττειν τινὰ ἀπό τινος to guard one from a person or thing, Xen.:—also φ. τινὰ μὴ πάσχειν to guard one against suffering, Soph.:—Pass. to be watched, kept under guard, Hdt.
to watch for, lie in wait or ambush for, Hom., Thuc.; φ. τὸ σύμβολον to look out for the signal-fire, Aesch.: to watch, to wait for, observe an appointed time or a fixed event, Hdt., Thuc.; φ. νύκτα to wait for night, Thuc.
metaph. to keep, maintain, cherish, χόλον, ὅρκια Il.; φ. ἔπος to observe a command, id. Il.; νόμον Soph.; φ. σκαιοσύναν to cling to it, foster it, id. Soph.:—Pass., φυλάττεσθαι παρά τινι to be fostered in or by . . , id.…
Verb-AAM-2P — Verb · aorist · active · imperative · second person · pluralaorist active imperative — a completed action, viewed as a whole.
V-AAM-2P Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Aorist Voice: Active Mood: iMperative Person: second Number: Plural
31 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 23 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 31 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
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Counted over the 252 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.
„Καὶ ἐξέβαλε τὸν Ἀδὰμ καὶ κατῴκισεν ἀπέναντι τοῦ παραδείσου τῆς τρυφῆς [καὶ ἔταξε] τὰ Χερουβὶμ καὶ τὴν φλογίνην ῥομφαίαν τὴν στρεφομένην, φυλάσσειν τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς“ (Gen.
μάρτυς δέ μου τῷ λόγῳ μία τῶν ἐν Κύπρῳ πόλεων ἰσχύσασα τὴν προσηγορίαν φυλάξαι·
ἐφ̓ ὅσον ἐστὶν ἐν ἡμῖν, μελετῶμεν τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ φυλάσσειν ἀγωνιζώμεθα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασιν αὐτοῦ εὐφρανθῶμεν.
τὴν ἀπὸ ἀπηλιώτου ἄφεσιν ἱερέων. οἱ τέσσαρες ἱερεῖς τῶν ἀπὸ Τεβτύνεως τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος φυλάσσοντες τὰς προκιμένας ἀφέσεις δύο ὀμνύομεν Τιβέριον Καίσαρα Σεβαστὸν Νέον Αὐτοκράτορα θεοῦ Σεβαστοῦ υἱὸν εἶ
Ἀπίωνι σιτολόγωι. ὀβολοὶ ι ἑτέρα χειρογραφία Παπνεβτύνεως καὶ ἄλλων εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν περὶ … φυλάσσειν τροφάς. ὀβολοὶ γ. … … ὑπομνημάτιον Ὀννόφριος πρὸς Σισένξιν ἀποχῆς φερνῆς δραχμῶν ιϛ. ὀβολοὶ
πάντων σωτῆρα καὶ εὐεργέτην, ἐὰν φαίνηται, γράψαι τῶι τοῦ νομοῦ στρατηγῶι Ἀσινιανῶι ἀπαρανοχλήτους ἡμᾶς φυλάξαι καὶ ἐπισχεῖν μέχρι τῆς σῆς διαγνώσεως ἐπὶ διαλογισμοῦ τοῦ νομοῦ ἄνω, ἵνʼ ὦμεν εὐεργετημένοι.
The Greek word ἑαυτοῦ (i.e., *heautou*) is a reflexive pronoun meaning 'of himself, herself, itself,' and is used primarily in the third person. It appears in various contexts throughout the New Testament, often indicating actions done by a subject to themselves or emphasizing possession. Additionally, it can serve as a reciprocal pronoun in plural forms, indicating mutual actions among individuals.
ἑαυτοῦ, -ῆς, -οῦ, dat. -ῷ, etc., acc. -όν, etc., pi. -ῶν, etc. (Att. contr. αὑτοῦ, etc);
reflex pron.;
prop, of 3rd person (Lat. sui, sibi, se), of himself, herself, itself, etc.: Mt 27:42, Mk 15:31, Lk 23:35, al.; added to a middle verb, διεμερίσαντο ἑαυτοῖς, Jo 19:24; to an active verb, Ac 14:14 (M, Pr., 157); ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ, Lk 12:57 21:30, Jo 5:19, al. (v.s. ἀπό); δι’ ἑαυτοῦ, Ro 14:14; ἐν ἑ., Mt 3:9, Mk 5:30, al.; εἰς ἑ.,
ἑαυτοῦ (heautou) — themself.
ἑαυτοῦ, ῆς, οῦ, ἑαυτῷ, ῇ, ῷ, ἑαυτόν, ήν, ό,
plural ἑαυτῶν, ἑαυτοῖς, ἑαυτούς άς, ά: Ionic dialect ἑωυτοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ωὑτῆς [Refs 3rd c.BC+] in Papyrus and Inscrr., as [Refs 1st c.BC+]: Attic dialect contraction αὑτοῦ, etc., which is the usual form in Trag., though ἑαυτοῦ, etc., are used (though rarely) when the metre requires, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect ϝιαυτοῦ Kohler-Ziebarth Stadtrecht von Gortyn [Refs]; Doric dialect αὐταυτοῦ, αὐσαυτοῦ (which see); Thess. εὑτοῦ (dative), [Refs]: genitive plural ηὑτῶν [Refs]:—reflexive pronoun of 3rd pers., of himself, herself, itself, etc.; first in [Refs 7th c.BC+], and Attic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+] itself by itself, absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτὸ ἐφ᾽ αὑτοῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν, ἑαυτοῦ, of themselves, himself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, see at…
Read the full entry →ἑαυτοῦ, ῆς, οῦ
Refl.pr.
himself, herself, itself
ἑαυτοῦ heautou 319x
himself, herself, itself, Mt. 8:22; 12:26; 9:21; also used for the first and second persons, Rom. 8:23; Mt. 23:31; also equivalent to ἀλλήλων, Mk. 10:26; Jn. 12:19; ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ, ἀφ’ ἑαυτῶν, of himself, themselves, voluntarily, spontaneously, Lk. 12:57; 21:30; of one’s own will merely, Jn. 5:19; δι’ ἑαυτοῦ, of itself, in its own nature, Rom. 14:14; ἐξ ἑαυτῶν, of one’s own self, 2 Cor.…
Read the full entry →ἑαυτοῦ reflex. Pron. of 3rd pers., Lat. sui, sibi, se, of himself, herself, itself, etc.; first in Hdt. and attic; Hom. has ἕο αὐτοῦ, οἷ αὐτῷ, ἑ αὐτόν:—αὐτὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτό itself by itself, absolutely, Plat.; so τὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτόν Thuc.; αὐτὸ καθ᾽ αὑτό Plat.;— ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ of himself, Thuc., etc.; ἐν ἑαυτοῦ, ἐντὸς ἑαυτοῦ, Lat. sui compos: — παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ at his own house, Xen.; often with comp. and Sup., ἐγένοντο ἀμείνονες αὐτοὶ ἑωυτῶν they surpassed themselves, Hdt.; πλουσιώτεροι ἑαυτῶν, i. e. continually richer, Thuc.
in attic αὑτοῦ, sometimes for 1st or 2nd pers., Aesch., Soph.
F-2APN — Reflexive pronoun · second person · accusative · plural · neuteraccusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked plural neuter.
F-2APN Part of Speech: reFlexive pronoun Person: second Case: Accusative Number: Plural Gender: Neuter
331 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 21 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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τὸ δὲ παθητὸν ἄψυχον καὶ ἀκίνητον ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ, κινηθὲν δὲ καὶ σχηματισθὲν καὶ ψυχωθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ νοῦ μετέβαλεν εἰς τὸ τελειότατον ἔργον, τόνδε τὸν κόσμον·
ἰστέον οὖν, ὅτι πάντων ἐκεῖνος ἀναγκαιότατον ἡγήσατο τῷ καὶ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ μέλλοντι βίον οἰκονομήσειν καλῶς καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις νομοθετεῖν θεοῦ πρῶτον φύσιν κατανοῆσαι καὶ τῶν ἔργων τῶν ἐκείνου θεατὴν τῷ νῷ γενόμενον οὕτως παράδειγμα τὸ πάντων ἄριστον…
Ἡμερῶν οὖν οὐσῶν πονηρῶν καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐνεργοῦντος ἔχοντος τὴν ἐξουσίαν, ὀφείλομεν ἑαυτοῖς προσέχοντες ἐκζητεῖν τὰ δικαιώματα κυρίου,
καὶ ἡμῖν δὲ γράφοντες ὑπὲρ ὧν αἱρεῖσθε ὡς πᾶν προθυμότερον τελεωθησόμενον, ἐπιμελόμενοι δὲ καὶ ἑαυτῶν ἵνʼ ὑγιαίνητε. ἔρρωσθε. ἔτους ιδ τοῦ καὶ ια, Παῦνι ιε
κζ μέση μελίχρως λεύκωμα ὀφθαλμόν, μακροπρόσωπος εὐθύρριν αἱ τρεῖς τῶν Ψεμμίνιος μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἑαυτῶν ἀδελφοῦ Παχνούβιος τοῦ προγεγραμμένου καὶ συνπωλουμένου, ἀπὸ τῆς ὑπαρχούσης αὐτοῖς πατρικῆς γῆς ἠπείρου σιτοφόρου
πυρὸν τοῖς παρʼ ἡμῶν. διʼ ἄλλων γεγράφαμεν ὑμῖν ὑπὲρ ὧν βουλόμεθα μηδεμιᾶς προσφωνήσεως προσπεπτωκυίας. ἑαυτῶν δὲ ἐπιμελόμενοι ἵνʼ ὑγιαίνητε, — ἔσμεν ἐν Πτολεμαίδι. ἔρρωσθε. ἔτους ιϛ, Θωῦθ η.
The Greek word ἀπό (transliterated as apo) is a preposition meaning 'from' or 'away from,' typically used with the genitive case. It covers a wide range of meanings, including separation, origin, and partitive sense, as well as indicating distance in time or place. In the New Testament, it appears in various contexts, such as indicating motion from a place or the source of something. The entries do not show significant disagreement.
ἀπό (on the freq. neglect of elision bef. vowels, v. Tdf., Pr., 94, WH, App., 146),
prep. c. gen. (WM, 462 ff.; on its relation to ἐκ, παρά, ὑπό, WM, 456 f.),
[in LXX for מִן, בְּ, לְ;]
from (i.e. from the exterior).
Of separation and cessation;
of motion from a place: Mt 5:29, 30 7:23, Lk 5:2 22:41, al.;
in partitive sense (M, Pr., 72, 102, 245; MM, s.v.; Bl., § 40, 2), Mt 9:16 27:21, Jo 21:10, Ac 5:2, al.; also after verbs of eating, etc.;
of alienation (cl. gen. of separation), after such verbs as λούω (Deiss., BS, 227), λύω, σώζω, παύω, etc.; ἀνάθεμα ἀ., Ro 9:3; ἀποθνήσκειν ἀ.,
ἀπό, [fr. Hom. down], preposition with the Genitive, (Lat. a, ab, abs, Germ. von, ab, weg, [ef. Eng. of, off ]), Jrom, signifying now Separation, now Origin. On its use in the N. T., in which the influence of the Hebr. 1 is traceable, cf. W. 364 sy. (342), 369 (346) sqq.; B. 321 (276) sqq. [On the neglect of elision before words beginning with a vowel see Τὰ Proleg. p. 94; cf. W. § 5,1a.; B. p.10sq.; WH. App. p. 146.] In order to avoid repetition we forbear to cite all the examples, but refer the reader to the several verbs followed by this preposition. ἀπό, then, is used I. of Separation; and 1. of local separation, after verbs of motion fr. a place, (of departing, fleeing, removing, expelling, throwing, etc., see αἴρω, ἀπέρχομαι, ἀποτινάσσω, ἀποχωρέω, ἀφίστημι, φεύγω. etc.) : ἀπεσπάσθη ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν, Lk. xxii.41; βάλε ἀπὸ σοῦ. Mt. ν. 29 sq.3 ἐκβάλω τὸ κάρφος ἀπὸ [LT Tr WH ἐκ] τοῦ…
Read the full entry →ἀπό. In this and the other prepositions cf very wide and general use we have not pretended to any fullness: they would afford abundant material for a fair-sized treatise. We only notice such special uses as we have remarked in our reading, and have therefore passed over most of the common and obvious uses. On ἀπό there are some illustrations in Prodeg. which may be recalled with some additions. There is the partitive use (pp. 102, 245), still current in MGr: so P Petr III. 11%° (B.c. 234) ddeloO[w] ἀπὸ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων μοι [σ]ωμάτων [ἐλ]εύθερα A. kal’A., 2d. 11. τα (1)> (= Selections p- 7) (iii/B.c.) ἀπὸ τούτου τὸ μὲν ἥμυσυ . . . τὸ δὲ λοιπόν κτλ. P Tebt II. 209013 (c. a.D. 50) ἀπολυσίμ[ο]υ ἀπὸ av8[pav πεντή]κοντα ‘one of the 50 exempted persons” (Edd.), P Iand 8° (ii/A.p.) διεπεμψάμην cor. . ἀϊπὸ τοῦ οἸΐνου Κ νίδια τρία, etc. To Kuhring’s scanty exx. (p. 37) for ἀπό of agent (cf. Proleg.…
Read the full entry →ἀπό (apo) — away from.
ἀπό,
Aeolic dialect, Thess., [Refs 7th c.BC+], etc.:—preposition usually with Gen. but see below [Refs 5th c.BC+] (Cf. Sanskrit
__A ápa, Latin ab, Umbr. ap-ehtre 'ab extra', Gothic af, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] af, cef, of, etc.) Orig. sense, from. [ᾰπο?~X: where ἀπο ¯ is found in Epic dialect before see or liquids (as ἀπὸ ἕθεν[Refs 8th c.BC+] was sometimes written in later texts,[Refs] — ᾱ for the sake of meter in _Epic dialect_ compounds, such as ἀπονέεσθαι.]
__A.I OF PLACE, the earliest, and in [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.I.1 of Motion, from, away from, ἐσσεύοντο νεῶν ἄπο καὶ κλισιάων[Refs 8th c.BC+]; pleonastic, ἀ. Τροίηθεν[LXX+8th c.BC+]; also ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος νέος ὤλεο, implying departure from life, [Refs]; opposed to ἐξ, of relatively superficial motion, λαμβάνομεν οὔτε ἐκ τῆς γῆς οὐδέν, οὔτ᾽ ἀπὸ τῶν οἰκιῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; similarly…
ἀπό
apo
a primary particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near), in various
senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative):--(X
here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th),
from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as
a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation,
completion, reversal, etc.
ἀπό
Prep.
from, away from
ἀπό apo 646x
pr. forth, from, away from; hence, it variously signifies departure; distance of time or place; avoidance; riddance; derivation from a quarter, source, or material; origination from agency or instrumentality
ἀπό from, away from. c. gen.
prep. c. gen. = Lat. ab, from.
OF PLACE:
of Motion, from, away from, Hom., etc.; of warriors fighting from chariots, Hom.
of Position, away from, far from, apart from, ἀπὸ ἧς ἀλόχοιο Il.; ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν far from sight, id. Il.; ἀπὸ θαλάσσης Thuc., etc.
of the mind, ἀπὸ θυμοῦ away from, i. e. alien from, my heart, Il.; οὐκ ἀπὸ τρόπου not without reason, Plat.; οὐκ ἀπὸ πράγματος Dem.
in partitive sense, αἶσ᾽ ἀπὸ ληΐδος a part from the booty, a share of it, Od.
OF TIME, from, after, ἀπὸ δείπνου after supper, Il.; ἀπὸ δείπνου γενέσθαι to have done supper, Hdt., etc.; ἀφ᾽ οὗ (sc. χρόνου), Lat. ex quo, id. Hdt., etc.
OF ORIGIN, CAUSE, etc.:
Prep — Prepositionpreposition — its sense depends on the case of the word it governs.
PREP PREPosition
677 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 23 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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ὅθεν οὐκ ἀπὸ σκοποῦ καὶ τὴν γένεσιν ἀνέγραψεν αὐτοῦ μάλα σεμνῶς θεολογήσας.
ὅτι τῶν ἐθνῶν ἕκαστον ἀπὸ τῶν οἰκισάντων προσηγορεύθη.
ὅτι ἀληθῶς βλέπω ἐν ὑμῖν ἐκκεχυμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ πλουσίου τῆς πηγῆς κυρίου πνεῦμα ἐφ̓ ὑμᾶς.
Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει Παθύρεως χαλκοῦ Γ. ἐπρίατο Ὧρος Νεχούτου.
Σχώτου τῶν αὐτῶν ἱερέων ὡς ἐτῶν ν μέσος ἢ ἐλασσων μελίχρως μακροπρόσωπος εὐθύριν ὑπόσκνιφος, ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑπάρχοντος αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς παστοφορίου ὠκοδομημένου καὶ δεδοκωμένου καὶ τεθυρωμένου ἐν τῷ
ἔτους κϛ Μεσορὴι κη. ἀπέδοτο Πετεῆσις Πατῆτος Πελαίαι Εὐνόου τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν αὐτῶι ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ ἀπηλιώτου μέρει Παθύρεως οἰκίαν ᾠκοδομημένην καὶ δεδοκωμένην καὶ τεθυρωμένην ἧς αἱ γειτνίαι δεδήλωνται διὰ
The definite article — the commonest word in the Greek New Testament at 19,867 occurrences. Greek uses it more freely than English does and can drop it deliberately, so its presence and its absence both carry weight for a translator; but no single occurrence carries a message of its own. Here it simply gathers “the things” into one definite bundle.
ὁ, ἡ, τό,
the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article.
As demonstr. pron.
As freq. in Hom., absol., he (she, it), his (etc.): Ac 17:28 (quoted from the poet Aratus).
ὁ 435 ὁ tives of quantity, ὅλος, πᾶς, πολύς, see each in its own place. d. What has been said concerning adjectives holds true also of all other limitations added to substantives, as ἡ κατ᾽ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις, Ro. ix. 11; ἡ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ διαθήκη, Ro. xi. 27; 6 λόγος 6 τοῦ σταυροῦ, 1 Co. i. 18; ἡ εἰς Χριστὸν πίστις, Col. ii. 5; on the other hand, ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεόν, 1 Th. i. 8; τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους, 2 Co. viii. 4; see many other exx. of each usage in W. 131 (124) sqq.; [B. 91 (80) sqq.]. e. The noun has the article before it when a demonstrative pronoun (υὗτος, ἐκεῖνος) belonging to it either precedes or follows [W. § 18, 4; B. § 127, 29-31]; as, ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος, Jn. ix. 24 [οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρ. 1, Tr mrg. WH); Acts vi. 13; xxii. 26; ὁ λαὸς οὗτος, Mt. xv. 8; 6 vids σου οὗτος, Lk. xv. 30; plur. Lk. xxiv. 17, and numberless other exx.; οὗτος 6 ἄνθρωπος, Lk. xiv. 30; οὗτος ὁ…
Read the full entry →ὃ, ἡ τό. (1) Apart from connexion with μέν or δέ (see below) the demonstrative use of the art. in the NT is confined to a poetical quotation Ac 1778, but it is not uncommon in the papyri, e.g. P Par 45® (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski®, p. 85) τὰ (for ἃ) πράσεις (Δ πράσσεις), P Oxy VIII. 1160! (iii/iv A.D.) Ta (for ἃ) σεσύλληχα (for συνείληχα) δὲ κέρμα {ταν τηρῶ αὐτὰ εἰς τὴν δίκην, “1 am keeping for the trial the money that I have collected” (Ed.). For the distributive Opéev.. - 6 8€, as in 1 Cor7’, cf. P Lond 535 (B.c. 161) (=I. p. 19, U.P.Z. i. p. 239) kal τὰ μὲν ἡμῶν ἐληφότων εἰς τὴν γινομένην ἡμῖν συντάξειν, τὰ δ᾽ ἔτι διὰ τὴν τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων {(.. ... > παρελκομένων. (2) The use of the art. as a relative, of which there is no trace in the NT, may again be illustrated by the following papyrus citations from ¢c. A.D. 346—P Lond 414® (= II. Ῥ. 292) γεινῴσκιν oe θέλω περὶ τοῦ βρεουίου…
Read the full entry →ὁ (ho) — the/this/who.
ὁ,
ἡ, τό, is, when thus written,
__A demonstrative Pronoun.
__B in Attic dialect, definite or prepositive Article.
__C in Epic dialect, the so-called postpositive Article, = relative Pronoun, ὅς, ἥ, ὅ.—The nominative masculine and feminine singular and plural, ὁ, ἡ, οἱ, αἱ, have no accent in codices and most printed books, except when used as the relative; but ὁ, ἡ, οἱ, αἱ differ only in writing from ὃ, ἣ, οἳ, α; the nominative forms of the article are said by Hdn.Gr.1.474 to be oxytone, and by [Refs 2nd c.AD+] in Aeolic dialect accusative to [Refs 8th c.BC+] genitive and dative dual τοῖιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]— In Doric dialect and all other dialects except Attic dialect and Ionic dialect the feminine forms preserve the old ᾱ instead of changing it to η, hence Doric dialect etc. ἁ, τάν, τᾶ; the genitive plural τάων contracts in many dialects to τᾶ; the genitive…
ὁ ἡ τό
ho
he hay, and the neuter
to to
in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be
supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one,
he, she, it, etc.
ὁ, ἡ, τό
Article
the
ὁ ho 19x
the prepositive article, answering, to a considerable extent, to the English definite article; but, for the principle and facts of its usage, consult a grammar; ὁ μὲν ... ὁ δέ, the one ... the other, Phil. 1:16, 17; Heb. 7:5, 6, 20, 21, 23, 24; pl. some ... others, Mt. 13:23; 22:5, 6; ὁ δέ, but he, Mt. 4:4; 12:48; οἱ δέ, but others, Mt. 28:17; used, in a poetic quotation, for a personal pronoun, Acts 17:28
ὁ the, that
ὁ, ἡ, τό, is
demonstr. Pronoun.
the definite Article.
in epic, the relative Pronoun, when it is written with the accent ὅ, ἥ, τό ῀ ὅς, ἥ, ὅ. Besides the common forms, note epic gen. sg. τοῖο for τοῦ; pl. nom. τοί, ταί; gen. fem. τάων [α^], dat. τοῖσι, τῇς and τῇσι; dual gen, and dat. τοῖιν:— in Trag. we find τοὶ μέν . . , τοὶ δέ . . , for οἱ μέν . . , οἱ δέ . . ; dat. pl. also τοῖσι, ταῖσι: the dual has commonly but one gender, τώ for τά, τοῖν for ταῖν.
DEMONSTR. PRONOUN:
joined with a Subst., not as the Art., but like Lat. ille, ὁ Τυδείδης Tydeus's famous son, Il.; Νέστωρ ὁ γέρων Nestor— that aged man, id. Il.; τιμῆς τῆς Πριάμου for honour, namely that of Priam, id. Il.
Art-GPN — Article · genitive · plural · neutergenitive — of, from, belonging to.
Agrees with anything else marked plural neuter.
T-GPN Part of Speech: definite arTicle Case: Genitive Number: Plural Gender: Neuter
THE, an adjective or definitive adjective.
1. This adjective is used as a definitive, that is, before nouns which are specific or understood; or it is used to limit their signification to a specific thing or things, or to describe them; as the laws of the twelve tables. the independent tribunals of justice in our country, are the security or private rights, and the best bulwark against arbitrary power. the sun is the source of light and heat.
This he calls the preaching of the cross.
2. the is also used rhetorically before a noun in the singular number, to denote a species by way of distinction; a single thing representing the whole. the fig tree putteth forth her green figs; the almond tree shall flourish; the grasshopper shall be a burden.
3. In poetry, the sometimes loses the final vowel before another vowel.
Th' adorning thee with so much art,
Is but a barb'rous skill.
20,685 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 83 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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Τῶν ἄλλων νομοθετῶν οἱ μὲν ἀκαλλώπιστα καὶ γυμνὰ τὰ νομισθέντα παρ’ αὐτοῖς εἶναι δίκαια διετάξαντο, οἱ δὲ πολὺν ὄγκον τοῖς νοήμασι προσπεριβαλόντες ἐξετύφωσαν τὰ πλήθη μυθικοῖς πλάσμασι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπικρύψαντες.
ἡ τοῦ κόσμου σύστασις καὶ διάταξις τῶν στοιχείων.
Χαίρετε, υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες, ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς, ἐν εἰρήνῃ.
r βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν Φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιε, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν
ιζ Θῶυθ κη ἀπέδοτο Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει Παθύρεως χαλκοῦ Γ. ἐπρίατο Ὧρος Νεχούτου.
βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιϛ, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν
The Greek word εἴδωλον (eidolon) means an image or idol, often referring to representations of gods or false deities. It is derived from εἶδος and encompasses concepts like phantoms or ideas in the mind. The New Testament uses it in contexts related to idol worship, notably in Acts and Corinthians, highlighting its significance in discussions about false gods.
εἴδωλον, -ου, τό
(< εἶδος),
[in LXX for אֱלֹוהָּ, גְּלוּלִים, etc. ;]
in cl.
a phantom, image, likeness;
an image in the mind, an idea, fancy.
In LXX and NT,
an image of a god, an idol (cf. Polyb., xxxi, 3, 13): Ac 7:41, I Co 12:2, Re 9:20;
the false god or idol worshipped in an image (ICC, on I Th, l.c.): Ac 15:20, Ro 2:22, I Co 8:4, 7 10:19 II Co 6:18, I Th 1:9, I Jo 5:21.†
εἴδωλον, -ov, τό, (εἶδος [cf. W. 96 (91); Etym. Magn. 296, 97), in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down, an image, likeness, i. e. whatever represents the form of an object, either real or imaginary; used of the shades of the departed (in Hom.), of apparitions, spectres, phantoms of the mind, ete.; in bibl. writ. [an idol, i. e.] 1. the image of a heathen god: Acts νἱϊ. 41; 1 Co. xii. 2; Rey. ix. 20, (Is. xxx. 22; 2 Chr. xxiii. 17, ete.; θεῶν ἢ δαιμόνων εἴδωλα, Polyb. 31, 3, 13); 2. a false god: Acts xv. 20 (on which see ἀλίσγημα) ; Ro. ii. 22; 1 Co. viii. 4, 7 ; x. 19; 2 Co. vi. 16; 1 Th.i. 9, (often in Sept.) ; φυλάσσειν ἑαυτὸν ἀπὸ τ. εἰδώλων, to guard one’s self from all manner of fellowship with heathen worship, 1 Jn. v. 21.
εἴδωλον. In P Leid W**- (ii/iii a.p.) εἴδωλα 8 are the ‘nine constellations,” but in the astrological P Ryl II. 63% (iti/a.p.) the word is used in the more general sense of ‘‘ image,” **phenomenon,’’ when Plato asks an Egyptian, τίς δὲ ἡ αἰτία τούτων [τ]ῶ[ν εἰἸδώλων ; “ what is the cause of these phenomena?’’ (Edd.), and receives a reply connecting various parts of the body with the sun, moon, etc. Cf. also the horoscope, P Lond 130185 (i/ii a.p.) (=I. p. 137) ἀστέρα τὸν ἐν τῆι χλαμύδι καλούμενον Γανυμήδην ὁμωνύμως τῶι ὅλωι εἰδώλωι, and 7. 122° (iv/a.p.) (=I. p. 117) ἐγὼ yap εἶμι τὸ εἴδωλόν σον. The word is used of the images of heathen gods in the vi/A.p. Silco inscr., OG/ZS 2018 ἐποίησα εἰρήνην pet αὐτῶν καὶ ὥμοσάν μοι τὰ εἴδωλα αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπίστευσα τὸν ὅρκον αὐτῶν. Vett. Val. pp. 67° ὑπὸ δαιμονίων καὶ φαντασίας εἰδώλων χρηματισθήσονται, 1137 τοῦ δὲ Κρόνου ἐν τῷ ὑπογείῳ εὑρεθέντος θεῶν…
Read the full entry →εἴδωλον (eidōlon) — idol.
εἴδωλον, τό,
(εἶδος) phantom, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βροτῶν εἴδωλα καμόντων, of ghosts, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. any unsubstantial form, εἴδωλον σκιᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴ. ἄλλως a mere form, [Refs]; αἰῶνος εἴ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. image reflected in a mirror or in water, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. in the system of Epicurus, film given off by any object and conveying an impression to the eye, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. image in the mind, idea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; phantom of the mind, fancy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. image, likeness, γυναικὸς εἴ. χρύσεον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. later, image of a god, idol, [LXX+NT+6th c.AD+]
V. εἴ. οὐράνια constellations, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
εἴδωλον
eidolon
from 1491; an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god,
or (plural) the worship of such:--idol.
see GREEK for 1491
εἴδωλον, ου, τό
n.n.
an idol, false god
εἴδωλον eidōlon 11x
pr. a form, shape, figure; image or statue; hence, an idol, image of a god, Acts 7:41; a heathen god, 1 Cor. 8:4, 7; for εἰδωλόθυτον, the flesh of victims sacrificed to idols, Acts 15:20; Rom. 2:22; 1 Cor. 10:19; 12:12; 2 Cor. 6:16; 1 Thess. 1:9; 1 Jn. 5:21; Rev. 9:20*
εἴδωλον εἴδωλον, ου, τό, εἶδος an image, a phantom, Hom., Hdt.; βροτῶν εἴδωλα καμόντων phantoms of dead men, Od.; of any unsubstantial form, σκιᾶς εἴδωλον Aesch.; οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν εἴδωλα Soph.
an image in the mind, idea, Xen.:—also a fancy, Plat.
an image, likeness, Hdt.
an image, idol, NTest.
Noun-GPN — Noun · genitive · plural · neutergenitive — of, from, belonging to.
Agrees with anything else marked plural neuter.
N-GPN Part of Speech: Noun Case: Genitive Number: Plural Gender: Neuter
11 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.
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Counted over the 56 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.
εἶθ’ ὥσπερ ἐν κηρῷ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ψυχῇ τοὺς ἑκάστων δεξάμενος τύπους ἀγαλματοφορεῖ νοητὴν πόλιν, ἧς ἀνακινήσας τὰ εἴδωλα μνήμῃ τῇ συμφύτῳ καὶ τοὺς χαρακτῆρας ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐνσφραγισάμενος, οἷα δημιουργὸς ἀγαθός, ἀποβλέπων εἰς τὸ παράδειγμα τὴν ἐκ λίθων καὶ…
οὗτος ὁ βασιλεὺς τὰ μὲν εἰς τὸν θεὸν ὑβριστὴς καὶ παράνομος δεινῶς ἐγένετο εἴδωλά τε σεβόμενος καὶ πολλοῖς ἀτόποις καὶ ξένοις ἐγχειρῶν ἔργοις, τῷ δὲ λαῷ τῶν Ἰσραηλιτῶν μυρίων ἀγαθῶν αἴτιος ὑπῆρχε.
ἀλλὰ ἐπιστραφέντες ἐπὶ τὰ εἴδωλα ἀπώλεσαν αὐτήν.
λα ἔτους τοῦ ἑνὸς ἡμῶν Ἁρμιύσιος πλύνοντος τὰ βύσσινα περιβόλαια τῶν ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι εἰδώλων ἰβίων καὶ ἱεράκων ἐπιπαραγενόμενοι ὁ τοῦ Φανήσιος υἱὸς καὶ Σιουῆρις Σιουήριος καὶ ὁ τούτου
Αὐτοκράτορα ἦ μὴν μηδὲ ἓν συνιστορηκέναι μηδὲ συνιστορήσειν ἁλιεύουσι μηδὲ σαγηνεύουσι μηδὲ ἀμφιβολεύουσι κυνηγοῦσι εἴδωλα θεῶν ὀξυρύγχων καὶ λεπιδωτῶν ἀκολούθως τῇ γεγενημένηι ὑφʼ ἡμῶν τε καὶ τῶν ἑτέρων ἁλιέων
καὶ Πετήσιος παντοπώλου· ἀξιοῦμεν ἡμᾶς κρίνεσθαι μετ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ βοηθεῖσθαι ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν τῶν κυρίων εἰδώλων καὶ τῶν σὺν ὑμῖν ἁπάντων θεῶν· ἐγκαλούμεθα ὑπὸ τούτων τῶν καταράτων καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ὑμῶν
The Greek word ἀμήν (i.e., *amēn*) is an indeclinable term derived from Hebrew, meaning 'verily' or 'so be it.' It functions as an adverb in the New Testament, often used to affirm statements or prayers, particularly in the teachings of Jesus. It appears frequently, including in Revelation 3:14, where it describes Christ as 'the faithful and true one.' The repetition of the word in John's Gospel emphasizes certainty.
ἀμήν, Hebr. 1285 1. verbal adj. (fr. [23 to prop; Niph. to be firm), firm, metaph. faithful: ὁ ἀμήν, Rev. iii. 14 (where is added ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστὸς K. ἀληθινός). 2. it came to be used as an adverb by which something is asserted or confirmed: a. at the beginning of a discourse, surely, of a truth, truly; so freq. in the discourses of Christ in Mt. Mk. and Lk.: ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν “1 solemnly declare unto you,’ e.g. Mt. v.18; Mk. iii. 28; Lk. iv. 34. The repetition of the word (ἀμὴν ἀμήν), employed by John alone inhis Gospel (twenty-five times), has the force of a superlative, most assuredly: Jn. i. 51 (52); iii. 8. Ὁ. at the close of a sentence; so it is, so be it, may it be fulfilled (γένοιτο, Sept. Num. ν. 22; Deut. xxvii. 15, ete.): Ro.i. 25; ix.5; Gal.i.5; Eph. iii. 21; Phil. iv. 20; 1 Tim.i.17; Heb. xiii. 21; 1 Pet. iv. 11; Rev. i. 6, and often; cf. Jer. xi. 5; xxxv. (xxviii.) 6; 1 K. i.…
Read the full entry →ἀμήν. 49 is ἃ common symbol in the Christian papyri for ἀμήν, 99 being the sum of the numerical equivalents of the letters (1 + 40 + 8 + 50): see e.g. P Oxy VI. 9257 (v/vi A.D.), where a prayer for guidance regarding a certain journey concludes—yévotro, g@, ‘‘so be it; Amen,” and P Iand I. 618 (a Christian amulet—v/vi A.D.) with the editor’s note. In P Oxy VII. 1058 (iv/v A.D.) the word is written out in full, ὃ θ(εδ)ς τῶν παρακειμένων σταυρῶν, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλόν σου ᾿Απφουᾶν. ἀμήν, “Ὁ God of the crosses that are laid upon us, help thy servant Apphouas. Amen.” (Ed.)
ἀμήν (amēn) — amen.
ἀμήν,
Hebrew adverb verily, of a truth, so be it, [LXX]; at beginning of sentence, [NT]
ἀμήν
amen
of Hebrew origin (543); properly, firm, i.e. (figuratively)
trustworthy; adverbially, surely (often as interjection, so be
it):--amen, verily.
see HEBREW for 0543
ἀμήν
Hebr.
verily, truly, amen, so let it be
ἀμήν amēn 129x
in truth, most certainly; so be it; ὁ ἀμήν, the faithful and true one, Rev. 3:14
ἀμήν for ἁμῆι, dat. fem. of ἁμός ῀ τὶς Hebr. adv. verily, of a truth, so be it, NTest.:— τὸ ἀμήν, certainty, id. NTest.
Hebrew — Hebrewa-men' (in ritual speech and in singing a-men', a'men) ('amen; amen, = "truly," "verily"): Is derived from the reflexive form of a verb meaning "to be firm," or "to prop." It occurs twice as a noun in Isa 65:16, where we have (the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American)) "God of truth." This rendering implies the pointing 'omen or 'emun i.e. "truth," or "faithfulness," a reading actually suggested by Cheyne and adopted by others. "Amen" is generally used as an adverb of assent or confirmation--fiat, "so let it be." In Jer 28:6 the prophet endorses with it the words of Hananiah. Amen is employed when an individual or the whole nation confirms a covenant or oath recited in their presence (Nu 5:22;
Amen
This Hebrew word means firm, and hence also faithful (Rev. 3:14). In Isa. 65:16, the Authorized Version has “the God of truth,” which in Hebrew is “the God of Amen.” It is frequently used by our Saviour to give emphasis to his words, where it is translated “verily.” Sometimes, only, however, in John’s Gospel, it is repeated, “Verily, verily.” It is used as an epithet of the Lord Jesus Christ (Rev. 3:14).
It is found singly and sometimes doubly at the end of prayers (Ps. 41:13; 72:19; 89:52), to confirm the words and invoke the fulfilment of them. It is used in token of being bound by an oath (Num.…
literally "true" and used as a substantive, "that which is true," "truth," (Isaiah 65:16) a word used in strong asseverations, fixing, as it were, the stamp of truth upon the assertion which it accompanied, and making it binding as an oath. Comp. (Numbers 5:22) In the synagogues and private houses it was customary for the people or members of the family who were present to say "amen" to the prayers which were offered. (Matthew 6:13; 1 Corinthians 14:16) And not only public prayers, but those offered in private, and doxologies, were appropriately concluded with "amen." (Romans 9:5; 11:36; 15:33; 16:27; 2 Corinthians…
Strictly an adjective, signifying firm, and by a metaphor, faithful. So in Re 3:14, our Lord is called "the Amen, the faithful and true Witness," where the last words explain the preceding appellation. In its adverbial use it means certainly, truly, surely. It is used at the beginning of a sentence by way of emphasis, frequently by our Savior, and is there commonly translated Verily. In John’s gospel alone, it is often used by him in this way double, Verily, verily. At the end of a sentence it is often used, singly or repeated, especially at the end of hymns and prayers; as "Amen and Amen," Ps 41:13 72:19 89:52. The proper signification of it here is, to confirm the words which have preceded, assert the sincerity and invoke the fulfilment of them: so it is, so be it, let it be…
152 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.
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φέρουσι δʼ οἱ μὲν περὶ τὸν στρατηγὸν ἐπίλεκτοι πεζοὶ λόγχην καὶ ἀσπίδα, ἡ δὲ λοιπὴ φάλαγξ ξυστόν τε καὶ θυρεὸν ἐπιμήκη, πρὸς οἷς πρίονα καὶ κόφινον ἄμην τε καὶ πέλεκυν, πρὸς δὲ ἱμάντα καὶ δρέπανον καὶ ἅλυσιν, ἡμερῶν τε τριῶν ἐφόδιον·
εἴ τις ἅγιός ἐστιν, ἐρχέσθω: εἴ τις οὐκ ἔστι, μετανοείτω: μαρὰν ἀθά: ἀμήν.
πλείους καὶ κατέαξεν κράνωι τὴν ἀριστερὰν χεῖρα καὶ ἀπηνέγκατό μου χιτῶνα καὶ ζώνην καὶ ἄμην καὶ ἀξείνην, καὶ ἀπʼ ἐκείνου μέχρι τοῦ νῦν κατακλινὴς ἐγενόμην· καὶ βλάβος μοι οὐκ
ἄρτων ζεύγη δέκα ἐλαίου κοτύλας δύο ὄψου δραχμὰς δύο ἔχω πρὸς ὑπουργίαν τῶν ἔργων ἄμην καὶ δώσω κατʼ ἔτος ξύλων καθάρσεων γόμον ἕνα καὶ μετὰ τὸν χρόνον παραδώσω τὸν
Εὐτύχει χειριστῇ. δὸς ἐμοὶ Νείλῳ φροντιστῇ Εὐτυχιάδος σκαφεῖον α ἄμην α χωροῦντα τῷ κεραμεῖ τῆς Εὐτυχιάδος. δὸς ἄμην καὶ σκαφεῖον τοῦ γραμμ ὑπο. ἔτους