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N1904ἐν ἀγαλλιᾶσθε ὀλίγον ἄρτι, εἰ δέον ἐστίν, λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς

BSAinen whichhos, hē [which is your salvation, a cause for joy] you greatly rejoiceagalliaō [with exceeding gladness, to jump for joy] for a little whileoligos [a short season, a brief time] at present,arti [at this moment, in this present time] ifei being necessarydei it is,eimi having been put to grieflupeō [be grieved, experience sorrow, heaviness, sadness] byen [through, during] variouspoikilos [manifold, diverse] trialspeirasmos [temptations, testings]

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1 Peter 1:6quick helps
In a sentencePeter expresses joy in salvation despite current suffering due to trials.
Who is speakingThe Apostle Peter, addressing believers facing hardships.
Where we areThis verse is part of a section encouraging Christians amidst their trials.
The hard wordἀγαλλιᾶσθε
Take awayJoy exists even in the midst of suffering.
8 commentators on this verse Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them › clause subjectδεῖ verbἀγαλλιάω The sentence as the grammar sees it Open the tree ›
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Deep Study — 1 Peter 1:6

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Context — Encouragement Amid Trialsgenerated

5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

1 Peter 1:6 reminds believers to rejoice in their salvation, even though they may be experiencing grief through various trials. This joy is rooted in the hope of salvation that is to be revealed. Peter emphasizes that while suffering is a part of the Christian experience, it serves a purpose in refining faith, as elaborated in the following verses.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
11 Peter 1:8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
21 Peter 4:13But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
31 Samuel 2:1At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
4Psalm 9:14that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
5Psalm 35:10All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

The Key Word ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, agalliaōgenerated

The verb ἀγαλλιάω means to rejoice greatly or exult, indicating a profound sense of joy. It is in the present indicative form, suggesting that this joy is an ongoing experience for the believers.

This word is often associated with expressions of joy in response to God's blessings, as seen in other New Testament passages like Luke 1:47. The context here emphasizes that such joy persists even amid trials.


How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated

The verse is rendered in the Berean Standard Bible as 'In this you greatly rejoice,' which is mirrored in the Webster's Bible and Berean Literal Bible.

However, the King James Version uses 'Wherein ye greatly rejoice,' while the American Standard Version and Young's Literal Translation adopt slightly different phrasing. The differences arise mainly from the translation of ἀγαλλιᾶσθε and the phrase structure.


Sentence Structuregenerated

The main verb in this verse is ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, you greatly rejoice, which governs the entire sentence. The sentence structure includes a subordinate clause that introduces the condition of suffering and a prepositional phrase indicating the duration of that suffering.

The sentence can be broken down into two main clauses: the first expresses the joy in salvation, while the second clause addresses the reality of suffering, with additional phrases providing context about the trials.


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

ἀγαλλιάω appears in the Septuagint, often linked to expressions of joy and celebration. It translates Hebrew terms like גִּיל (H1523), which conveys similar meanings of rejoicing.

This connection highlights a continuity of joy in the biblical narrative, from the Old Testament to the New Testament, reinforcing the theme of rejoicing despite circumstances.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

1 Peter 1:6 tells us that believers can rejoice in their salvation, even when they face hardships and trials. These challenges are temporary, and they serve to strengthen faith, leading to greater joy in the future.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

What does it mean to rejoice in trials?

Rejoicing in trials means finding joy in the hope of salvation and the growth of faith, despite experiencing difficulties.

How can I maintain joy during tough times?

Maintaining joy during tough times involves focusing on God's promises and the hope of salvation, which can provide strength and perspective.

What types of trials might believers face?

Believers may face various trials, including persecution, personal loss, or challenges to their faith, as indicated by the term 'various trials' in this verse.

Why is faith compared to gold?

Faith is compared to gold because, like gold, it is refined through trials, resulting in a faith that is more precious and valuable.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. In what ways can I find joy in my current circumstances, even when facing challenges?
  2. How does understanding the purpose of trials change my perspective on suffering?
  3. What are some specific promises from God that I can hold onto during difficult times?
  4. How can I encourage others who may be struggling to find joy in their trials?

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

Early church writers comment on this verse to encourage believers facing trials, emphasizing the importance of joy amid suffering.

Clement of AlexandriaThe Stromata Book 4 c. 150–215
Though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations; that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than that of gold which perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise,
Early Church Fathers on 1 Peter 1 →
Origen of AlexandriaEXHORTATION TO MARTYRDOM 39 c. 185–253
Read “grieve” in this verse in the sense of “suffer,” as in “in grief you shall bring forth children.” For a woman experiences grief not in bearing children but rather in suffering before birth.
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Didymus the BlindCOMMENTARY ON 1 PETER c. 313–398
Those who are afflicted in various ways because of Christ and who persevere to the end have their faith tested and proved. They ought therefore to rejoice, even if some of their labor appears to be involuntary.
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Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse

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

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

Wherein ye greatly rejoice,.... The Vulgate Latin version reads, "in which ye shall rejoice": and so the Syriac version, adding, "for ever"; and refer these words to the "last time"; or, times spoken

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

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: Wherein - in which salvation.

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

Wherein; this refers to the whole foregoing sentence; Ye rejoice in your being kept by the power of God unto salvation. Ye greatly rejoice: the Greek word signifies something more than a bare rejoicing, and therefore is added to a word that signifies to rejoice, , and implies an outward expression of the inward gladness of the heart, by looks, words, gestures, &c. Some read the word in the imperative mood, by way of exhortation; but the indicative, according to our translation, seems most agreeable to the context, in which, as yet, he commends the saints, to whom he writes, for the grace of God in them; descending to his exhortation afterward, . Though now for a season; viz. while this life…

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

6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: Ver. 6. Wherein ye greatly rejoice] Gr. αγαλλιασθε, ye dance for joy, ye dance a galliard, or as children do about a bonfire; ye cannot but express your inward joy in your countenance, voice, and gesture. If need be, ye are in heaviness] When our hearts grow a grain too light, God seeth it but needful to make us heavy through manifold temptations. When our water (as it were) looks but a little too high, our heavenly Father, a physician no less cunning than loving (saith Bayn), doth discern it, and quickly fits us, whom he most tendereth, with that which will reduce all to the…

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

(6) Wherein ye greatly rejoice.—“His scope,” says Leighton, “is to stir up and strengthen spiritual joy in his afflicted brethren; and therefore having set the matter of it before them in the preceding verses, he now applies it, and expressly opposes it to their distresses.” There is a little doubt as to the antecedent of the word “wherein.” At first sight it would seem to be “in the last time,” and the thought would then be that this “last time,” with all its predicted afflictions, was already begun, and that the Pontine Hebrews were fulfilling the injunction of our Lord in Luke 21:28, and “rejoicing” (the word is one of enthusiastic and demonstrative joy) in the near approach of their…

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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 6. Wherein ye greatly rejoice] Some refer wherein, ενω, to the salvation mentioned above; others, to the last time, καιρωεσχατω, in 1 Peter 1:5; others think that it applies to the being kept by the power of God through faith; and others, that it refers to all the preceding advantages and privileges. It was in the present salvation of God that they rejoiced or gloried, though not without having an eye to the great recompense of reward. Though now for a season] ολιγοναρτι. A little while yet - during your pilgrimage here below, which is but a point when compared with eternity. If need be] ειδεονεστι. If it be necessary - if your situation and circumstances be such that you are exposed…

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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

6. Wherein ye greatly rejoice] The English verb and adverb answer to the single Greek word which expresses, as in Matthew 5:12, Luke 1:47; Luke 10:21, the act of an exulting joy. The verb occurs three times in this Epistle, not at all in St Paul’s, and may fairly be regarded as an echo from our Lord’s use of it as recorded above in the Sermon on the Mount.though now for a season, if need be] Literally, for a little, but as the words almost certainly refer to the duration, not to the degree, of the sufferings spoken of, the English version (or for a little while) may be accepted as correct. In the “if need be” we have an implied belief that the sufferings were not fortuitous, nor sent…

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Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherein ye greatly rejoice - In which hope of salvation. The idea is, that the prospect which they had of the future inheritance was to them a source of the highest joy, even in the midst of their many sufferings and trials.

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The verse in English, compared — 16 translations, and where they part company

Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.

Modern formal

BSBBerean Standard Bible2020

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

WEBWorld English Bible2000

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

NETBNew English Translation2006

This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

RVARevised Version, American1894

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold temptations,

NWBWebster's Bible1833

In which ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season (if need be) ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

GNVGeneva Bible1599

Wherein yee reioyce, though nowe for a season (if neede require) yee are in heauinesse, through manifolde tentations,

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

in which you are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in various trials,

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

You are very glad about this, even though it is now necessary for you to feel sadness in many different troubles.

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

Wherein you shall greatly rejoice, if now you must be for a little time made sorrowful in divers temptations:

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

So be glad about this, even though you may be sad for a short while as you endure various trials.

BBEBible in Basic English1949

You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

Word by word, the decisions they made

ἀγαλλιᾶσθεagalliaō you greatly rejoice G21 2 different renderings
rejoiceASV DRA KJV NWB RVA
you greatly rejoiceBSB MSB WEB
ὀλίγονoligos for a little while G3641 3 different renderings
for a little whileASV BSB DBY MSB RVA WEB
littleBBE DRA LSV YLT
shortFBV NETB
ἄρτι,arti at present, G737 2 different renderings
nowASV BSB DRA KJV LSV MSB NWB RVA ULB WEB YLT
at presentDBY
ἐστίν,eimi it is, G1510 3 different renderings
areGNV KJV NWB
beingBBE YLT
you areLSV ULB
λυπηθέντεςlupeō having been put to grief G3076 3 different renderings
heavinessKJV NWB
have been grievedWEB
sadnessULB
ποικίλοιςpoikilos various G4164 2 different renderings
variousBSB DBY FBV LSV MSB NETB WEB
manifoldASV KJV NWB RVA YLT

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


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

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

clauseclauseprepositional phrase · adverbialἐνinwhichverbἀγαλλιᾶσθεyou greatly rejoiceclauseεἰifclauseadverbialὀλίγονfor a little whileadverbialἄρτιat presentverbδέονbeing necessaryclause · subjectverbλυπηθέντεςhaving been put to griefprepositional phrase · adverbialἐνbynoun phraseποικίλοιςvariousπειρασμοῖςtrialsclauseἵναso thatclausenoun phrase · subjectτὸthenoun phrasenoun phraseδοκίμιονproven genuinenessnoun phraseὑμῶνof yournoun phraseτῆς-πίστεωςfaithadjective phraseπολυτιμότερονmore preciousadverb phrasenoun phraseχρυσίουthan goldnoun phraseτοῦ-clauseclauseverbἀπολλυμένουperishingδὲthoughclauseprepositional phrase · adverbialδιὰbyπυρὸςfireverbδοκιμαζομένουbeing refinedverbεὑρεθῇmay be discoveredprepositional phrase · adverbialεἰςto result innoun phraseἔπαινονpraiseκαὶandδόξανgloryκαὶandτιμὴνhonorprepositional phrase · adverbialἐνinnoun phraseἀποκαλύψει[the] revelationnoun phraseἸησοῦof JesusΧριστοῦChrist

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

In quo exsultabis, modicum nunc si oportet contristari in variis tentationibus :

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

ܕܒܗܘܢ ܬܚܕܘܢ ܠܥܠܡ ܐܦܢ ܒܗܢܐ ܙܒܢܐ ܩܠܝܠ ܡܬܬܥܝܩܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܒܢܣܝܘܢܐ ܡܫܚܠܦܐ ܕܥܕܝܢ ܥܠܝܟܘܢ

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

ἐν ἀγαλλιᾶσθε ὀλίγον ἄρτι, εἰ δέον ἐστίν, ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς

The standard critical text of the New Testament.

Nestle-Aland 27th edition1993 · Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

ἐν ἀγαλλιᾶσθε ὀλίγον ἄρτι, εἰ δέον ἐστίν, λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς

The previous edition, still widely cited.

SBL Greek New Testament2010 · Michael Holmes

ἐν ἀγαλλιᾶσθε ὀλίγον ἄρτι, εἰ δέον λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς

The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.

Westcott–Hort1881 · Westcott and Hort

ἐν ἀγαλλιᾶσθε ὀλίγον ἄρτι, εἰ δέον λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς

The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.

Tregelles1857–1879 · Samuel Prideaux Tregelles

ἐν ἀγαλλιᾶσθε ὀλίγον ἄρτι, εἰ δέον λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς

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

Tyndale House Greek NT2017 · Tyndale House, Cambridge

ἐν ἀγαλλιᾶσθε ὀλίγον ἄρτι, εἰ δέον ἐστίν, λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς

A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.

Byzantine majority text2018 · Robinson–Pierpont

ἐν ἀγαλλιᾶσθε ὀλίγον ἄρτι, εἰ δέον ἐστίν, λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς

The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.

Textus Receptus1550/1894 lineage

ἐν ἀγαλλιᾶσθε ὀλίγον ἄρτι, εἰ δέον ἐστίν, λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς

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
ἐστίν, it is,NA28, NA27, Tyn, TR, ByzSBL, WH, Treg
λυπηθέντες having been put to griefNA27, Tyn, SBL, WH, Treg, TR, ByzNA28

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 Peter 1:6ἐνininἐνὅςwhichwhichὅςἀγαλλιάωyou greatlyyou greatly rejἀγαλλιάωὀλίγοςfor a littlfor a little whὀλίγοςἄρτιat present,at present,ἄρτιεἰififεἰδεῖbeing necesbeing necessaryδεῖεἰμίit is,it is,εἰμίλυπέωhaving beenhaving been putλυπέωἐνbybyἐνποικίλοςvariousvariousποικίλοςπειρασμόςtrialstrialsπειρασμόςεἰςPrep. intoPrep. into, in,εἰςἐκPrep. fromPrep. from out,ἐκεἰ δὲ μήNeg.prt. bNeg.prt. but ifεἰ δὲ μήλύπηn.f. pain,n.f. pain, grieλύπηπειράζωv. I try, v. I try, temptπειράζωArticle thArticle theοὗAdv where,Adv where, whitοὗἅλλομαιv. I leap,v. I leap, bubbἅλλομαιαἴρωv. I raisev. I raise, lifαἴρωἄρτοςn.m. breadn.m. bread, a lἄρτοςδέωv. I bindv. I bindδέωσυναγωγήn.f. an asn.f. an assemblσυναγωγήἔρημοςAdj desertAdj deserted, dἔρημοςἄνDisj.prt. Disj.prt. an unἄνἄχριAdv as farAdv as far as, ἄχριχαίρωv. I rejoiv. I rejoice, aχαίρωὥραn.f. an hon.f. an hour, sὥραἰχθύδιονn.n. a litn.n. a little fἰχθύδιον
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 Peter 1:6

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.

in which you greatly rejoice for a little while at present, if being necessary it is, having been put to grief by various trials
ἐνen in G1722 Preposition
2,743× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in 1 Peter as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word is a preposition that means in, on, or among something. It's used in many places, like Matthew 7:3 and Luke 7:37, to describe a location or relationship. It can also mean by, with, or during.
Tyndale gloss
in/on/among
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

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

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἐν,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ἐν (en) — in/on/among.

ἐν,

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

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

__A WITH DAT.

__A.I OF PLACE,

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

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

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἐν

en

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

one, X quickly,

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

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

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

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

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

preposition.

see GREEK for 1519

see GREEK for 1537

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἐν

Prep.

in, on, among

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἐν en 2x

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

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐν

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

Lat. in.

PREP. WITH DAT.:

OF PLACE

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

in, upon, ἐν οὔρεσι Hom., etc.

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

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

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

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

PREP PREPosition

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

A principal thing to notice about this preposition, which in the King James Version represents about 16 Hebrew and as many Greek words and prepositions, is that, in hundreds of cases (especially in the Old Testament, but frequently also in the New Testament) in the Revised Version (British and American) the rendering is changed to more exact forms ("to," "unto," "by," "upon," "at," "with," "among," "for," "throughout," etc.; compare e.g. Ge 6:16; 13:8; 17:7,9,12; 18:1; Ex 8:17; Le 1:9, etc.); while, nearly as often, "in" is substituted for divergent forms of the King James Version (e.g. Ge 2:14; 17:11; 31:54; 40:7; 49:17; Ex…

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
in which you greatly rejoice for a little while at present, if being necessary it is, having been put to grief by various trials
hos, hē which G3739 Relative pronoun · dative · singular · masculine
1,407× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Peter than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
The word which is a pronoun used to ask for or identify something, as seen in John 5:11. It can also be used to describe a person or thing, such as in Mark 15:23. This word helps to clarify or specify what is being talked about.
Amplified meaning
which is your salvation, a cause for joy
Tyndale gloss
which
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

ὅς is a pronoun meaning 'who,' 'which,' 'what,' or 'that.' It serves as both a demonstrative and a relative pronoun, agreeing in gender with its antecedent. The New Testament uses it in various constructions, including phrases like ὃς μὲν... ὃς δέ to indicate contrasting subjects. Notably, it can express purpose or cause in certain contexts.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ὅς, ἥ, ὅ,

the postpositive article (ἄρθρον ὑποτακτικόν).

As demonstr. pron. = οὗτος, ὅδε, this, that, also for αὐτός, chiefly in nom.: ὅς δέ, but he (cf. ἦ δὲ ὅς, freq. in Plat.), Mk 15:23, Jo 5:11; ὃς μὲν . . . ὃς δέ, the one . . . the other, Mt 21:35 22:5 25:15, Lk 23:33, Ac 27:14, Ro 14:5, I Co 11:21, II Co 2:16, Ju 22; neut., ὃ μὲν . . . ὃ δέ, the one . . . the other, some . . . some, Mt 13:8, 23, Read the full entry →

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ὅς 455 ὅς iii. 5 [RG], 6; Heb. vi. 10; ix. 20; Jas. ii. 5; 1 In. iii. 24; Jude 15; for other exx. see below; ἐν ὥρᾳ 7 οὐ γινώoxet, Mt. xxiv. 50; τῇ παραδύσει 9 παρεδώκατε, Mk. vii. 13 ; add, Lk. ii. 20; v. 9; ix. 435 xii. 46; xxiv. 25; Jn. xvii. 5; Acts ii. 22; xvii. 31; xx. 38; 2 Co. xii. 21; 2Th.i. 4; Rev. xviii. 6; ef. W. § 24,1; [B. as above]. Rarely attraction oceurs where the verb governs the dative [but see below]: thus, κατέναντι οὗ ἐπίστευσε θεοῦ for xarévavre θεοῦ, ᾧ ἐπίστευσε (See κατέναντι). Ro. iv. 17; φωνῆς, ἧς ἔκραξα (for 7 (al. ἥν, οἴ. W. 164 (154 sq.) Β. 287 (217)}7), Acts xxiv. 21, οἵ. Is. vi. 4; (7γετο δὲ καὶ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ τε πιστῶν, οἷς ἥδετο καὶ ὧν ἠπίστει πολλούς, for καὶ πολλοὺς τούτων, οἷς ἠπίστει, Xen. Cyr. ὅ, 4, 39; ὧν ἐγὼ ἐντετύχηκα οὐδείς; for οὐδεὶς τούτων, οἷς ἐντετ. Plato, Gorg. p. 509 ἃ.; Protag. p. 361 6.; derep.7 p.531e.; παρ᾽ ὧν βοηθεῖς, οὐδεμίαν λήψει…

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ος is found as a demonstrative pronoun in P Ryl II. 14415 (complaint of assault—a.D. 38) ὃς δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ἐναντίου ἄλογον ἀηδίαν μοι ἐπιχειρήσας παρεχρήσατό μοι πολλὰ καὶ ἄσχημα, ‘“whereupon he opposing me made a brutal and odious attack upon me and subjected me to much shameful mishandling” (Edd.): cf. Mk 15%, Jn 51. For ὃς μέν... ὃς δέ, “the one . . the other,” as in Mt 21° a/., see P Oxy IX. 1189? (c. A.D. 117) ἐπιστολὰς δύο ds ἔγραψα ἣν μὲν σοὶ ἣν δὲ Σαβείνῳ, and for ὃς δέ solétarium see PSI. IV. 313° (iii/iv A.D.) with the editor’s note. Ὃς ἄν (ἐάν) c. conj. = ‘‘ whosoever ” may be illustrated Ly P Par 4622 (B.c. 153) (= Witkowski*, p. 87), περὶ dv ἂν βούληι γράφε, P Grenf I. 30% (B.c. 103) ἐφ} οἷς ἂν οὖν ὑμῶν προσδέωνται, P Oxy IV. 743%% (B.C. 2) ἐν ols ἐὰν σοῦ προσδέηται, °° ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐὰν θέλῃς. For the comparative usage of ὃς ἄν and ὃς ἐάν, see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 68, cited s.v. ἄν.…

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ὅς (hos, hē) — which.

ὅς, ἥ, ὅ,

genitive οὗ, ἧς, οὗ, etc.; dative plural οἷς, αἷς, οἷς, etc.: Epic dialect forms, genitive ὅου (probably replacing Οο) in the phrases ὅου κλέος οὔ ποτ᾽ ὀλεῖται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; feminine ἕης [Refs 8th c.BC+]; elsewhere only ἧς [Refs]; dative plural οἷς, οἷσι, ᾗς, ᾗσι (never αἷς or αἷσι in [Refs 8th c.BC+] — _pronoun_ used,

__A as demonstrative by the side of οὗτος, ὅδε, and the Article ὁ, ἡ, τό: in post-Homeric Gr. this use survived only in a few special phrases.

__B as a Relat. by the side of the Article ὅ, ἥ, τό (see. ὁ, ἡ, τό, c):—this demonstrative and Relat. pronoun must not be confounded with the Possess. ὅς, ἥ, ὅν. (With Gr. Relat. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ cf. Sanskrit Relat. yas, yā, yad, Lithuanian jis, ji (he, she), Oslav. i, ja, je (he, she…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ὅς ἥ ὅ

hos

he hay, and neuter

ho ho

probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588); the

relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what,

that:--one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se),

etc. See also 3757.

see GREEK for 3588

see GREEK for 3757

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ὅς, ἥ, ὅ

Rel.pr.

who, which, what, that

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ὅς hos 1x

who, which, what, that, Mt. 1:16, 23, 25; in NT interrog. ἐφ’ ὅ, wherefore, why, Mt. 26:50; in NT ὅς μὲν ... ὅς δέ, for ὁ μὲν ... ὁ δέ, Mt. 21:35; 2 Cor. 2:16

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Rel-DSM — Relative pronoun · dative · singular · masculine
dative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

R-DSM Part of Speech: Relative pronoun Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
25%which
which25% · 356×whom20% · 291×who17% · 238×that14% · 199×what8% · 117×whatever2% · 30×whose2% · 29×other renderings10% · 145×other renderings2% · 25×

1,430 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 60 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
object40%subject29%adverbial26%indirect object3%predicate3%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,407 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
ἐν
ἡμέραa dayαὐτόςἵναin order that, s
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςἔχωI have, hold, poυἱόςa son, descenden
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakἀπόλλυμιI destroy, lose,δοῦλος (II)
διά
ἐκεῖνοςΧριστόςanointed, the Meαὐτός
εἰς
καίand, even, also,ἐγώοἰκίαa house, househo
ὅςwhich1407×
what comes after →
εἰμίI am, exist
Article theμεθερμηνεύωI translate, intκαίand, even, also,
οὐNeg
εἰμίI am, existἔξεστι(ν)it is permitted,γινώσκωI come to know,
Article the
θεόςGod, a godυἱόςa son, descendenκύριοςlord, Lord, mast
καίand, even, also, nam
σύποιέωI do, makeαὐτός
δέbut, on the other ha
ἄνDisjἑξήκονταIndecτριάκονταIndec

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

Concordanceὅς · 1,407× in the New Testament
Acts Luke John Matthew Romans Mark Hebrews Revelation 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Colossians Ephesians

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

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas Ignatius of Antioch Clement of Rome
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 33c. AD 40

ἵν’ οὖν μὴ αἰεὶ συμφερόμεναι στασιάζωσι καὶ πόλεμος ἀντ’ εἰρήνης ἐπικρατῇ τὴν ἀκοσμίαν ἐν κόσμῳ τιθείς, οὐ μόνον ἐχώρισε φῶς καὶ σκότος, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅρους ἐν μέσοις ἔθετο διαστήμασιν, οἷς ἀνεῖρξε τῶν ἄκρων ἑκάτερον·

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

πῶς τὸ Σοδομιτῶν ἔθνος θεὸς κατεστρέψατο χολωθεὶς αὐτοῖς ἐφ' οἷς ἡμάρτανον.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 4.8c. AD 100

Μωϋσῆ Μωϋσῆ, κατάβηθι τὸ τάχος, ὅτι ἠνόμησεν ὁ λαός σου, οὓς ἐξήγαγες ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, καὶ συνῆκεν Μωϋσῆς καὶ ἔριψεν τὰς δύο πλάκας ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ: καὶ συνετρίβη αὐτῶν ἡ διαθήκη, ἵνα ἡ τοῦ ἠγαπημένου Ἰησοῦ ἐγκατασφραγισθῇ εἰς τὴν καρδίαν ἡμῶν…

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 1st c. AD 3rd c. BC 2nd c. BC
P.Grenf. 1 32Pelusion103 BC

θεοῖς. καλῶς ποιήσεις διαλύσας Ἁρκοννῆσιν καὶ Ψενανοῦπιν καὶ … … ελθεῖν ἐπὶ προ … ους καὶ γραψάτωσαν ἡμῖν ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐσπούδασας διὰ τὰς ἡμῶν παρακλήσεις καὶ ση

P.Adl. 15Pathyris (?)101 BC

ἐδάνεισεν Ὧρος Ὥρου Ὥρωι Νεχούτου ὡς ἐτῶν ν μέσος μελίχρως ὑποκλαστὸς ἀναφάλακρος μακροπρόσωπος εὐθύριν οὖς ἀριστερὸν τετρημένον πυροῦ ἀρτάβας τεσσαράκοντα ἓξ κριθῆς ἑξήκοντα ἐννέα , ἴσους ἀτόκους, ὧν ἀπόδοσιν

P.Adl. 17Krokodilopolis (Pathyrites)100 BC

τῆς ἐπιγονῆς τῶν ἐκ Παθύρεως ὡς ἐτῶν ν μέσος μελίχρως τετανὸς ἀναφάλακρος μακροπρόσωπος εὐθύριν οὖς ἀριστερὸν τετρημένον χαλκοῦ ταλάντων πέντε . προπωλητὴς καὶ βεβαιωτὴς τῶν κατὰ τὴν ὠνὴν ταύτην

in which you greatly rejoice for a little while at present, if being necessary it is, having been put to grief by various trials
ἀγαλλιᾶσθεagalliaō you greatly rejoice G21 Verb · present · no voice stated · indicative · second person · plural
11× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Peter than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To rejoice or jump for joy is the meaning of this word, as in Luke 1:47 and 1 Peter 1:8. It describes a feeling of great happiness and excitement, often in response to God's love and salvation.
Amplified meaning
with exceeding gladness, to jump for joy
Tyndale gloss
to rejoice
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἀγαλλιάω (agalliao) is derived from a root meaning 'much' and relates to rejoicing or exulting greatly. It appears primarily in the New Testament in contexts of joy and celebration, often in the middle voice, indicating a personal experience of joy. Key passages include Luke 1:47 and 1 Peter 1:8. The lexicons note its Hellenistic usage and some variations in its grammatical forms.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

† ἀγαλλιάω, -ῶ, Hellenistic form of cl. ἀγάλλω, to glorify, mid. -ομαι, to exult in;

[in LXX (most freq. in Pss.) chiefly for גיל, רנן pi.;]

to exult, rejoice greatly: seq. ἐπί, c. dat., Lk 1:47; c. dat. mod., I Pe 1:8, Re 19:7. Mid., with same sense: Mt 5:12, Lk 10:21, Ac 2:26, 16:34, I Pe 4:13; seq. ἵνα, Jo 8:56; ἐν, Jo 5:35 (1 aor. pass. perh. as mid.; but v. Mozley, Psalter, 5), I Pe 1:6 (Cremer, 590).†

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

ἀγαλλιάω, -@, and -doua, (but the act. is not used exc. in Lk. i. 47 [ἠγαλλίασα], in Rev. xix. 7 [ἀγαλλιῶμεν] 1, Τ' Tr WH [and in 1 Pet. i. 8 WH Tr mrz. (ἀγαλλιᾶτε), cf. WH. App. p. 1097); 1 aor. ἠγαλλιασάμην, and (with a mid. signif.) ἠγαλλιάθην (Jn. v. 35; Rec. ἠγαλλιάσθην) ; a word of Hellenistic coinage (fr. ἀγάλλομαι to rejoice, glory [yet cf. B. 51 (45)]), often in Sept. (for 53, γὴν, 12), wiv). to erult, rejoice exceedingly: Mt. v.12; Lk. x. 21; Acts ii. 26; xvi. 34; 1 Pet. i. 8; iv. 13; ἔν τινι, 1 Pet. i. 6, dat. of the thing in which the joy originates [ef. W. § 33 a.; B. 185 (160)]; but Jn. v. 35 means, ‘to rejoice while his light shone’ [i. e. in (the midst of) ete.]. ἐπί τινι, Lk. i. 47; foll. by ἵνα, Jn. viii. 56 that he should see, rejoiced because it had been promised him that he should see. This divine promise was fulfilled to him at length in paradise; cf. W. 339 (318)…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἀγαλλιάω (agalliaō) — to rejoice.

ἀγαλλι-άω,

late form of ἀγάλλομαι, rejoice exceedingly, [NT+3rd c.AD+]: future -άσομαι[LXX]: aorist ἠγαλλιᾱσάμην[LXX+NT]—This family of words seems also to have been used in malam partem, ἀγαλλιάζει· λοιδορεῖται, ἀγάλλιος· λοίδορος, ἀγαλμός· λοιδορία, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἀγαλλιάω

agalliao

from agan (much) and 242; properly, to jump for joy, i.e. exult:--be

(exceeding) glad, with exceeding joy, rejoice (greatly).

see GREEK for 242

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἀγαλλιάω

v.

I exult, am full of joy

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἀγαλλιάω agalliaō 11x

to celebrate, praise; usually in the middle in the NT (ἀγαλλιάομαι) to exult, rejoice exceedingly; to desire ardently, Jn. 8:56

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀγαλλιάω late form of ἀγάλλομαι to rejoice exceedingly, NTest.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-PNI-2P — Verb · present · no voice stated · indicative · second person · plural
present no voice stated indicative — an action in progress.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-PNI-2P Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Present Voice: middle or passive depoNent Mood: Indicative Person: second Number: Plural

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
27%rejoiced
rejoiced27% · 3×you greatly rejoice9% · 1×you yourself rejoice9% · 1×exulting9% · 1×we may exult9% · 1×do exult9% · 1×rejoices9% · 1×he rejoiced9% · 1×other renderings9% · 1×

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

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
verb91%adverbial9%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 11 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
καίand, even, also, nam
χαίρωI rejoice, am glκαρδίαthe heart, innerτράπεζαa table for food
ὥραan hour, season
Article the
θέλωI will, wish, desire
δέbut, on the othe
σύ
πατήρfather, Father,
ὅς
ἐν
ἀγαλλιάωyou greatly rejoice11×
what comes after →
Article the
πνεῦμαwind, breath, spγλῶσσαthe tongue, a la
ὅτιthat, since, because
Article the
πρός
ὥραan hour, season
ἵναin order that, so th
ὁράωI see, look upon
πανοικείwith one’s whole hou
πιστεύωI believe, have

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

Concordanceἀγαλλιάω · 11× in the New Testament
1 Peter Acts John Luke Matthew Revelation
Across the New Testament6 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 31 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
The Shepherd of Hermas
The Shepherd of HermasThe Shepherd of Hermas 26.24.2c. AD 140

πάντοτε ἁπλοῖ καὶ ἄκακοι καὶ μακάριοι ἐγίνοντο, μηδὲν κατ̓ ἀλλήλων ἔχοντες, ἀλλὰ πάντοτε ἀγαλλιώμενοι ἐπὶ τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐνδεδυμένοι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τούτων τῶν παρθένων καὶ πάντοτε σπλάγχνον ἔχοντες ἐπὶ πάντα ἄνθρωπον, καὶ ἐκ τῶν κόπων…

in which you greatly rejoice for a little while at present, if being necessary it is, having been put to grief by various trials
ὀλίγονoligos for a little while G3641 Adverb
42× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Peter than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word means something or someone is small or few in number. In the Bible, it appears in Matthew 9:37 and Luke 10:2, describing a small harvest of workers. It can also mean a short time or brief period.
Amplified meaning
a short season, a brief time
Tyndale gloss
little/few
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

ὀλίγος is an adjective meaning few, little, or small, often used in contrast to πολύς (many). It can refer to number, quantity, size, or duration, and appears in various contexts in the New Testament, such as Matthew 9:37 and 1 Peter 5:12. The word can also function adverbially, indicating a brief time or small extent.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ὀλίγος, -η, -ον

(on οὐχ ὁλ., v. infr.),

[in LXX chiefly for מְעַט;]

of number, quantity, size, few, little, small, slight: Mt 9:37 15:34, Mk 6:5 8:7, Lk 10:2 12:48 (sc. πληγάς, opp. to πολλάς), I Ti 5:23, He 12:10, Re 3:4 12:12; οὐκ ὀ. (in the best uncials written οὐκ ὀ.; v. WH, App., 143; M, Pr., 44; Thackeray, Gr., 126 f.), Ac 12:18 14:28 15:2 (c. gen. part.) Ac 17:4, 12 19:23, 24 27:20; pl., absol.,

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

ὀλίγος, τη, τον, [on its occasional aspiration (od.) see WH. App. p. 143; Tdf. Proleg. pp. 91,106; Scrivener, Introd. p. 565, and reff. 5. v. ov init.], Sept. for on, [fr. Hom. down], little, small, few, of number, multitude, quantity, or size: joined to nouns [ef. W. § 20, 1 b. note; B. § 125, 6], Mt. ix. 37; xv. 34; Mk. vi.5; viii. 7; Lk. X. 2; xii. 48 (ὀλίγας se. πληγάς [cf. B. § 134, 6; W. § 32, 5, esp. § 64,4], opp. to πολλαί, 47); Acts xix. 24; 1 Tim. vy. 23; Heb. xii.10; Jas. 111.5 RG; 1 Pet. iii. 20 RG; Rey. iii. 4; of time, short: χρόνος, Acts xiv. 28; καιρός, Rev. xii. 12; of degree or intensity, light, slight: τάραχος, Acts xii. 18; xix. 23; στάσις, xv. 2; χειμών, xxvii. 20. plur. w. a partitive gen.: γυναικῶν, Acts xvii. 4; ἀνδρῶν, ib. 12. ὀλίγοι, absol.: Mt. vii. 14; xx. 16; ΓΤ WH om. Tr br. the cl.]; xxii. 14; Lk. xiii. 23; 1 Pet. iii. 20 LT Tr WH; neut. sing.: Lk. vii.…

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

ὀλίγος. The following are exx. of the varied uses of this common adj. with reference to (1) ¢¢me, as in Ac 1428, P Petr II. 40(a)4 (iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski*, p. 41) ἀνδρίζεσθε, ὀλίγος yap χρόνος ὑμῖν ἐστιν, P Fay 1231 (c. A.D. 100) ἡμέρας ὀλίγας, (2) xumber, as in Mt 957, P Ryl 11. 130! (A.D. 31) οὐκ ὀλίγην ἐλᾶν, ‘Ca quantity of olives,” and (3) degree, as in

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ὀλίγος (oligos) — little/few.

ὀλίγος [ῐ], η, ον,

later ὀλίος (which see), of Size, little, small, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀλίγῃ ὀπί with small, low voice, [Refs]; of stature,[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of Space, ὀ. χῶρος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Time, χρόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. sometimes in a sense between that of Size and Quantity, ὀ. δόσις [Refs 8th c.BC+]not copious, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑποστάσιες ὀλίγαι slight sediments, [Refs]; ὀ. καὶ οὐδέν little or nothing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. of Degree, ὀ. καὶ μέγας of low and high degree, [Refs 7th c.BC+]

4. weak, ἀθυμοτέρη καὶ ὀλιγωτέρη φύσις [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. of Number, few, or of Quantity, little, not in [Refs 8th c.BC+], frequently in Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+], but rare in Trag., as ὀλίγα κακά [Refs 5th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ὀλίγος

oligos

of uncertain affinity; puny (in extent, degree, number, duration or

value); especially neuter (adverbially) somewhat:--+ almost,

brief(-ly), few, (a) little, + long, a season, short, small, a while.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ὀλίγος, η, ον

Adj & Adv.

small, brief, few, soon

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ὀλίγος oligos 40x

little, small, in number, etc.; pl. few, Mt. 7:14; 9:37; 20:16; Lk. 13:23; δι’ ὀλίγων, i.e. λόγων, in a few words, briefly, 1 Pet. 5:12; little in time, short, brief, Acts 14:28; Rev. 12:12; πρὸς ὀλίγον, i.e. χρόνον, for a short time, for a little while, Jas. 4:14; little, small, light, etc., in magnitude, amount, etc., Lk. 7:47; Acts 12:18; 15:2; ἐν ὀλίγῳ, concisely, briefly, Eph.…

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Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὀλίγος ὀλί^γος, η, ον of Number or Quantity, few, little, scanty, small, opp. to πολύς, Hom., etc.; the governing body in Oligarchies was called οἱ ὀλίγοι, Thuc., etc.

c. inf. too few to do a thing, Hdt., Thuc.

of Size, little, small, opp. to μέγας, Hom.; ὀλίγον ἢ οὐδέν little or nothing, Plat.

neut. ὀλίγον as adv., little, a little, slightly, Hom., Eur.; with comp. Adjs., ὀλίγον προγενέστερος Il.; ὀλ. ἧσσον Od.; so, ὀλ. τι πρότερον Hdt.; but ὀλίγῳ is more common with the comp. in Prose, id. Hdt., etc.

special phrases:

ὀλίγου δεῖν almost, ὀλίγοῦ ἐδέησε καταλαβεῖν wanted but little of overtaking, id. Hdt.:—hence ὀλίγου alone, all but, almost, Od., attic; ὀλίγου ἐς χιλίους hard upon 1000, Thuc.

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

ADV ADVerb or adverb and particle combined

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
39%few
few39% · 17×little27% · 12×small9% · 4×few things9% · 4×little while5% · 2×so little2% · 1×brief2% · 1×a little while2% · 1×other renderings5% · 2×

44 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 10 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
adverbial45%subject21%object19%predicate12%indirect object2%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 42 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
οὐNeg
τάραχοςa disturbance, cχρόνοςtime, a particulζήτησιςa question, deba
ἐν
ΠαῦλοςPaulκαίand, even, also,προγράφωI write previous
πρός
γυμνασίαphysical exercisγάρforArticle the
καίand, even, also, nam
ζωήlifeἑπτάIndec
ἐργάτηςa field-laborer, wor
δέbut, on the othe
ὀλίγοςfor a little while42×
what comes after →
εἰμίI am, exist
πιστόςtrustworthy, faiArticle theγάρfor
δέbut, on the other ha
ἐκλεκτόςchosen, elect, cεἰμίI am, exist
καίand, even, also, nam
εὐλογέωI blessἐν
Article the
σῴζωI save, healΠαῦλοςPaul
ἰχθύδιονa little fish

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

Concordanceὀλίγος · 42× in the New Testament
Acts Luke Matthew 1 Peter Mark Revelation 1 Timothy 2 Corinthians 2 Peter Ephesians Hebrews James
Across the New Testament12 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 29 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 5c. AD 40

οὐ μὴν διὰ τοῦθ’ ἡσυχαστέον, ἀλλ’ ἕνεκα τοῦ θεοφιλοῦς καὶ ὑπὲρ δύναμιν ἐπιτολμητέον λέγειν, οἴκοθεν μὲν οὐδέν, ὀλίγα δ’ ἀντὶ πολλῶν, ἐφ’ ἃ τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην διάνοιαν φθάνειν εἰκὸς ἔρωτι καὶ πόθῳ σοφίας κατεσχημένην.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.90c. AD 75–95

παυσαμένου δὲ τοῦ ὑετοῦ μόλις ἤρξατο ὑποβαίνειν τὸ ὕδωρ ἐφʼ ἡμέρας ἑκατὸν καὶ πεντήκοντα, ὡς μηνὶ ἑβδόμῳ, ἱσταμένου δὲ ἦν ἑβδόμη, κατʼ ὀλίγον ὑπονοστεῖν ἀπολήγοντος.

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
4th c. AD 2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 6th c. AD 3rd c. BC
PSI 4 433Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)251 BC

ἐφυτεύθη οὖν ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας Ὀασιτικά· ἀλλʼ ὅσα ποτὲ ὕπηρχεν ἐν ταμιείωι, ἦν δʼ ὀλίγα, ἐγὼ αὐτὰ ἐφύτευσα, ἃ οὐκ ἦν ἄξια ἀποστολῆς. οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ταῦτα καὶ

PSI 4 436Philadelphia (Arsinoites)249 BC

μετὰ τοῦ … συνετάγη δοῦναι , τοῖς δὲ παρʼ ἐμοῦ τότε οὐδεὶς ἔδωκε· μετὰ ὀλίγας δὲ ἡμέρας τὸν διασυνεστημένον παῖδα Θράσωνα Λευκίππωι τῶι γραμματεῖ ὥστε ἐκκομίζεσθαι τὰ ὀψώνια καὶ

μετὰ φυλακῆς τόπον ἐκ τόπου μεταγειοχότων καὶ ἐκ τοῦ τοιούτου πρα … ησων ἀπʼ ὀλίγων … καὶ διαγεγραφὼς εἰς ταῦτα μέρος τι· τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν διασυνεσταμένος τοῖς ἀνδράσιν καὶ

in which you greatly rejoice for a little while at present, if being necessary it is, having been put to grief by various trials
ἄρτι,arti at present, G737 Adverb
35× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Peter than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
The word arti means now or at this moment, as used in Matthew 3 and John 13. It emphasizes the present time, contrasting with the past or future. Jesus often used this word to teach about current events and spiritual truths.
Amplified meaning
at this moment, in this present time
Tyndale gloss
now
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἄρτι (*arti*) is an adverb meaning 'just now' or 'at this moment.' It indicates the present time, contrasting with past or future. The New Testament uses it in verses like Matthew 3:15 and 1 Thessalonians 3:6. It can also imply a sense of immediacy, as seen in phrases like 'ἕως ἄρτι' (until now). Different lexicons agree on its basic meaning and usage.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἄρτι,

adv.,

[in LXX: Da LXX 9:22 10:11 (עַתָּה), al.;]

adv., of coincidence, denoting strictly present time, as contrasted with past or future,

just, just now, this moment: Mt 3:15 9:18 26:53, Jo 13:7, Ga 4:20, I Th 3:6 (v. Lft., Notes, 44; Milligan, in l.), Re 12:10; opp. to past time, Jo 9:19, 25 13:33, I Co 16:7, Ga 1:9, 10; to future, Jo 13:37 16:12, 31, I Co 13:12, II Th 2:7, I Pe 1:6, 8; ἄχρι τῆς ἄ.…

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

ἄρτι, adv., acc. to its deriv. (fr. AP to draw close together, to join, Lat. arto; [ef. Curtius § 488]) denoting time closely connected ; 1. in Attic “just now, this moment, (Germ. gerade, eben), marking something begun or finished even now, just before the time in which we are speaking ” (Lobeck ad Phryn. p. 20): Mt. ix. 18; 1 Th. iii. 6, and perhaps Rev. xii. 10. 2. acc. to later Grk. usage univ. now, at this time; opp. to past time: Jn. ix. 19, 25; xiii. 33; 1 Co. xvi. 7; Gal.i.9 sq. opp. tofuture time: Jn. xiii. 37; xvi. 12, 31; 2 Th. ii. 7; opp. to fut. time subsequent to the return of Christ: 1 Co. xiii. 12; 1 Pet.i.6,8. of present time most closely limited, at this very time, this moment: Mt. iii. 15; xxvi. 53; Jn. xiii. 7; Gal. iv. 20. ἄχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας, 1 Co. iv. 11; ἕως ἄρτι, hitherto; until now, up to this time: Mt. xi. 12; Jn. ii. 10; v.17; xvi. 24; 1 Co.iv. 13; viii. 7…

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

ἄρτι. For ἄρτι οἵ strictly present time (as Gal 19, r Th 35, etc.) cf. BGU II. 594° (c. a.p. 70-S0) λ]έγων ὅτι μετὰ τὸν θερισμὸϊν ἐργολ]αβήσομα[ι], ἄρτι yap ἀσθενῶν, P Lond 937 ὁδ1 (iii/A.p.) (- 111. p. 213) δικάζομαι χάριν τῶν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου καὶ οὐ δύναμαι ἄρτι ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σ[έ], Syl 3878 Α.Ὁ. 127—a rescript of Hadrian) δίκαια ἀξιοῦν μοι δοκεῖτε καὶ ἀναγκαῖα ἄΓρ]τι ye-vopévy πόλει: Stratonicea (in Lydia) was just ‘‘incorporated.” The word is very common in magical formulas, e.g. P Lond 121978 (iii/A.p.) iat p: 96) ἐν ah ἄρτι ὥρᾳ ἤδη ἤδη ταχὺ ταχύ, 22. 548 ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ ἐν τῇ ἄρτι ὥρᾳ, and the incantation in the long Paris papyrus 5747235 (iii/A.D.) (= Sedectéons, p. 114) ἔξελθε, δαῖμον, . .. Kal ἀπόστηθι ἀπὸ τοῦ Silva) ἄρτι ἄρτι ἤδη, ““ἀερατί from so and so at once, at once, now.” For the combination of Mt 117, etc., cf. P Oxy VI. 93678 (iii/A.D.) οὐκ ἔχω ἄρτι σεῖτον οὐδὲ τὰ…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἄρτι (arti) — now.

ἄρτι [ῐ],

adverb just, exactly, of coincidence of Time, just now (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+]

1. mostly of the present, with present tense, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; opposed to πάλαι, with perfect, τέθνηκεν ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. ἥκεις ἢ πάλα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ... νῦν or νῦν.. ἄ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, ={νῦν}, [NT+3rd c.BC+]; ἄ. καὶ πρώην to-day and yesterday, i. e. very lately, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἕως ἄ. till now, [NT+3rd c.AD+]: with substantive, ὁ ἄ. λόγος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡλικίαν.. τὴν ἄ. ἐκ παίδων[NT+5th c.BC+]; ἄ. μὲν.. ἄ. δὲ.. now.. now.., at one time.. at another.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. of the past, just now, with imperfect, ἄ. βλάστεσκε uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with aorist, λέξας ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to νῦν, ὃ ἄ. ἐρρήθη.. νῦν δὲ..…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἄρτι

arti

adverb from a derivative of 142 (compare 740) through the idea of

suspension; just now:--this day (hour), hence(-forth), here(-after),

hither(-to), (even) now, (this) present.

see GREEK for 142

see GREEK for 740

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἄρτι

Adv

now, just now

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἄρτι arti 36x

pr. at the present moment, close upon it either before of after; now, at the present juncture, Mt. 3:15; forthwith, presently; just now, recently, 1 Thess. 3:6; ἕως ἄρτι, until now, hitherto, Mt. 11:12; Jn. 2:10; ἀπ’ ἄρτι, or ἀπάρτι, from this time, henceforth, Mt. 23:39

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἄρτι *ἄρω adv. just, exactly,

of the present, just now, even now, with pres. and perf., Theogn., Aesch., etc.

of the past, just now, just, with imperf. and aor., Eur., etc.

in late writers of the future, just now, presently, Luc., etc.

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

ADV ADVerb or adverb and particle combined

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

prez'-ent.

See GIFT.

Nave's Topical Bible

→ See GIFT

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
65%now
now65% · 24×presently24% · 9×at present5% · 2×present3% · 1×presently?3% · 1×

37 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
adverbial100%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 35 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
ἕωςuntil, as far as
βαπτιστήςthe baptizer, thοἶνοςwineἐγώ
ἀπό
ὁράωI see, look uponπίνωI drink, imbibeσύ
ἐγώ
θυγάτηρa daughterπαρίστημιI bring, present
λέγωI say, speak
σύοὐρανόςthe sky, the hea
σύ
γάρforπρός
ἄρτιat present,35×
what comes after →
Article the
βασιλείαkingship, sovereψυχήthe soul, life, εἴδωλονan idol, false g
γινώσκωI come to know, lear
δέbut, on the otheαὐτόςἐκ
ἕωςuntil, as far as
ἄνDisjἐκ
οὕτωthus, so, in this ma
γάρfor
τελευτάωI end, finish, die
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

Concordanceἄρτι · 35× in the New Testament
John 1 Corinthians Matthew Galatians 1 Peter 1 John 1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians Revelation
Across the New Testament9 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus Clement of Rome The Shepherd of Hermas
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 136c. AD 40

ἄρτι τῆς γῆς νεοκτίστου φανείσης κατὰ τὴν τοῦ πολλοῦ ὕδατος διάκρισιν, ὃ προσερρήθη θάλαττα, τὴν ὕλην συνέβαινε τῶν γινομένων ἀμιγῆ καὶ ἄδολον καὶ καθαρὰν ἔτι δ’ ὁλκὸν καὶ εὐεργὸν εἶναι, ἐξ ἧς τὰ ἀποτελούμενα εἰκότως ἦν ἀνυπαίτια.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.125c. AD 75–95

καὶ Μεσχῆνοι δὲ ὑπὸ Μέσχου κτισθέντες Καππάδοκες μὲν ἄρτι κέκληνται, τῆς δὲ ἀρχαίας αὐτῶν προσηγορίας σημεῖον δείκνυται·

Clement of RomeSecond Clement 17.3c. AD 96

καὶ μὴ μόνον ἄρτι δοκῶμεν πιστεύειν καὶ προσέχειν ἐν τῷ νουθετεῖσθαι ἡμᾶς ὑπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅταν εἰς οἶκον ἀπαλλαγῶμεν, μνημονεύωμεν τῶν τοῦ κυρίου ἐνταλμάτων καὶ μὴ ἀντιπαρελκώμεθα ἀπὸ τῶν κοσμικῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, ἀλλὰ πυκνότερον…

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 6th c. AD 1st c. AD 3rd c. AD 4th c. AD
O.Did. 350DidymoiAD 77–AD 92

ἠσθένηκας· εὔχομαί σε ὑγιαίνειν. οἶσθα ὅτι γλυκύτερον οὐκ ἔχομεν ἀλλήλων ἐν τῇ χώρτῃ ἡμῶν. ἄρτι σοῦ μνήμων ἦν τῶν λόγων ἐπεί μοι ἔλεγες περ … … ιρο … ις

O.Did. 333DidymoiAD 88–AD 92

Ἰουλία. ἐγὼ γὰρ προπέπτοκα ὅλῳ τῷ πραισιδίῳ ὅπως ἔλθῃ πρὸς σέ. ἐτηγανίζου γάρ. καὶ ἄρτι, ἂν μὴ τὰ ἴδια πράξῃς, καὶ ἂν πέντε μνᾶς σχῇς, ἀποσπάσω αὐτὴν ἀπὸ σοῦ.

O.Did. 359DidymoiAD 88–AD 92

θέλω, ἄδελφε, ὅτι … έλθῃ ἐλεύσομαι … … α Τρεβελλί ου θέλομεν … ὡς ἄρτι ἀσθενέστερ … εἰμι. ἄσπασαι Βα … … καὶ δέξαι αὐτοῦ τὸν κιθῶνα παρὰ τοῦ

in which you greatly rejoice for a little while at present, if being necessary it is, having been put to grief by various trials
εἰei if G1487 Conditional particle
501× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Peter than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word means 'if' and is used to express conditions or questions. It appears in many Bible verses, such as Matthew 11:14 and Romans 8:25, introducing a condition or hypothesis.
Tyndale gloss
if
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word εἰ, transliterated as ei, is a primary conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'whether.' It is used in various contexts, including conditions, indirect questions, and expressions of wishes. In the New Testament, it appears frequently, often followed by different verb tenses to indicate various conditions. The lexicons do not present significant disagreement on its usage.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

εἰ,

conjunctive particle, used in conditions and in indirect questions.

Conditional, if;

c. indic., expressing a general assumption;

pres.: seq. indic, pres., Mt 11:14, Ro 8:25, al.; seq. imperat., Mk 4:23 9:22, Jo 15:18, I Co 7:9, al.; seq. fut. indic., Lk 16:31, Ro 8:11, al.; seq. pf. or aor., with negation in apodosis, Mt 12:26, Ro 4:14, al.; similarly, seq. impf., Lk 17:6, Jo 8:39; seq. quæst.,

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εἰ 109 εἰ WH, s0 Trin Mt. xii. 41; Ὀζείας L T Tr WH; Πειλᾶτος T WH; Σεμεείν T Tr WH; Ταβειθά WH; Χερουβείν 1, T Tr WH (-βίμ RG); Χοραζείν T Tr WH; ἀφείδεια L; εἰδέα T Tr WH; ἐπαρχεία T WH; ἐπιπόθεια WH; ἡλεί T ; πανοικεί TWH; ῥαββεί T WH; ῥαββουνεί WH; σαβαχθανεί Tr WH; ταλειθά WH; τάχειον WH; τραπεζείτης T WH.| el, is first a conditional particle, ἐγ (Lat. si) ; secondly, an interrogative particle, whether, (Lat. an, num, ne). I. εἰ CoNDITIONAL (on the difference between it and ἐάν, see ἐάν, I. 1 b.) is connected, according to the variety of conditions, with various tenses and moods; viz. ἘΣ with the Indicative of all tenses, when anything is simply and generally assumed to be, or to be done, or to have been done, or to be about to be, (W. § 41 b., 2; ef. 42, 2; [Β. 220(190)]). a. withthe Ind. Present; a. foll. in the apodosis by the ind. pres.: Mt. xix. 10 (εἰ οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ αἰτία...…

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ΕἸ , J ἐκπλησσω γὰρ τὸ ἀγαθὸν τοῦ ἀστέρος καὶ εἰς τὸ ἐναντίον ἐκπίπτει. See also Michel 827 A (mid. 11,8.0.) τό τε νόμισμα τὸ ἐκπεπτωκὸς ἀριθμῶι, of coins that have fallen out of use. The verb is not infrequent with reference to crops that “fall to be included”’ in the produce of a particular year, eg. BGU II. 5915" (A.p. 56-7) βουλόμεθα μισθώσασθαι τοὺς ἐκπεπτωκότας εἰς τὸ τρίτον ἔτος Νέρωνος. . . φοινεικίνους καρπούς, P Fay ο115 (A.p. 99) ἐϊλαϊκοὺς καρποὺς ἐκπεππτωκότας (/. ἐκπεπτωκ --Ἰ εἰς τὸ ἐνεστὸ(ς) τρίτον ἔτος. Cf. P Hib I. γ810 (B.c. 244--3) a letter requesting that two persons should be released from some public service—81a τὸ μὴ ἐκπεσίεῖν αὐτοῖς τὸ viv λειτουργῆσαι, ‘because it is not at present their turn to serve,’’ where the editors point out that éxmec[et]v, which has been corrected in the papyrus, is practically equivalent to προσπέσηι in 1.4 of the same document. For the…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

εἰ (ei) — if.

εἰ,

Attic dialect-Ionic dialect and [Refs 4th c.AD+] ἤ [Refs] in Epic dialect:— Particle used interjectionally with imperative and to express a wish, but usually either in conditions, if, or in indirect questions, whether. In the former use its regular negative is μ; in the latter, οὐ.

__A INTERJECTIONALLY, in [Refs 8th c.BC+], come now! with imperative, εἰ δὲ.. ἄκουσον [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__A.2 in wishes, with optative, ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τις.. καλέσειεν [Refs]; so later, εἴ μοι ξυνείη μοῖρα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of unattained wishes, in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later with past tenses of indicative, εἰ γάρ μ᾽ ὑπὸ γῆν.. ἧκεν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰ γὰρ τοσαύτην δύναμιν εἶχον ὥστε.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive (compare the use of infinitive in commands), αἰ γὰρ τοῖος ἐὼν.. ἐμὸς γαμβρὸς καλέεσθαι…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

εἰ

ei

a primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that,

etc.:--forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in

connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489,

1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.

see GREEK for 1489

see GREEK for 1490

see GREEK for 1499

see GREEK for 1508

see GREEK for 1509

see GREEK for 1512

see GREEK for 1513

see GREEK for 1536

see GREEK for 1537

see GREEK for 1437

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

εἰ

Cond.

if

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

εἰ ei 502x

if, Mt. 4:3, 6; 12:7; Acts 27:39, freq.; since, Acts 4:9; whether, Mk. 9:23; Acts 17:11; that, in certain expressions, Acts 26:8, 23; Heb. 7:15; by a suppression of the apodosis of a sentence, εἰ serves to express a wish; O if! O that! Lk. 19:42; 22:42; also a strong negation, Mk. 8:12; Heb. 3:11; 4:3; εἰ καί, if even, though, although, Read the full entry →

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
COND — Conditional particle
conditional particle — it marks the clause as a condition.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

COND CONDitional particle or conjunction

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
74%if
if74% · 388×only17% · 89×whether3% · 14×lest3% · 14×other renderings3% · 17×

522 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 12 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
adverbial7%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 501 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
λέγωI say, speakδίδωμιI offer, giveἐπερωτάωI interrogate, q
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςἄρτοςbread, a loaf, fδίδωμιI offer, give
ὅτιthat, since, because
ΒηθσαϊδάPropγινώσκωI come to know, σύ
σύ
ἐνλέγωI say, speakἐπερωτάωI interrogate, q
λέγωI say, speak
καίand, even, also,αὐτόςἐγώ
εἰif501×
what comes after →
δέbut, on the other ha
τὶςArticle theεἰ δὲ μήNeg
μήNeg
Article theἐνεἷςone
τὶς
θέλωI will, wish, deδοκέωI think, seem, aἔχωI have, hold, po
γάρfor
Article theπιστεύωI believe, have διά
Article the
θεόςGod, a godΣατανᾶςan adversary, Saδεξιόςon the right han

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

Concordanceεἰ · 501× in the New Testament
1 Corinthians Matthew Luke John Romans 2 Corinthians Acts Mark Galatians Hebrews Revelation 1 Peter

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Across the New Testament25 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 307 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

in which you greatly rejoice for a little while at present, if being necessary it is, having been put to grief by various trials
δέονdei being necessary G1163 Verb · present · active · participle · nominative · singular · neuter
102× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in 1 Peter as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This means it is necessary or must be done, like when Jesus said it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem in Matthew 16:21.
Tyndale gloss
be necessary
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

δεῖ is an impersonal verb meaning 'it is necessary' or 'one must,' derived from δέω. It covers a range of uses, often indicating obligation or necessity, and appears in various constructions, such as with infinitives or accusatives. In the New Testament, it is used in verses like Matthew 26:54 and Acts 5:29. The lexicons note that it differs from similar terms like ὀφείλει, which expresses moral obligation.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

δεῖ impersonal (δέω),

[in LXX chiefly for infin. with לְ ;]

one must, it is necessary: c. inf., Mt 26:54, Mk 13:7, Ac 5:29, al.; c. acc. et inf., Mt 16:21, Mk 8:31, Jo 3:7, Ac 25:10, al.; with ellipse of acc., Mt 23:23; of acc., and inf., Mk 13:14, Ro 1:27 8:26; οὐ (μὴ) δεῖ (non licet), ought not, must not: Ac 25:24, Read the full entry →

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

δέ (related to δή, as μέν to μήν, ef. Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2 p. 355), a particle adversative, distinctive, disjunctive, but, moreover, (W.§ 53, 7 and 10, 2); it is much more freq. in the historical parts of the N. T. than in the other books, very rare in the Epp. of John and the Apocalypse. {On its general neglect of elision (when the next word begins with a vowel) cf. Tdf. Proleg. p. 96; WH. App. Ῥ 146; W.§5,1a.; B. p.10sq.] It is used ἘΠ ΟἹ δὲ univ. by way of opposition and distinction; it is added to statements opp. to a preceding statement: ἐὰν yap ἀφῆτε... ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀφῆτε, Mt. vi. 14 sq.; ἐὰν de ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς κτλ. Mt. vi. 23; ἐλεύσονται δὲ ἡμέραι, Mk. ii. 20; it opposes persons to persons or things previously mentioned or thought of, —either with strong emphasis: ἐγὼ δέ, Mt. v. 22, 28, 32, 34, 39,44; ἡμεῖς de, 1 Co. i. 23; 2 Co. x. 13; σὺ δέ, Mt. vi. 6; ὑμεῖς δέ, Mk. viii. 29; of δὲ…

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δεῖ. For the conjunctive, as in Mt 26%, cf. P Fay 109° (early i/A.D.) ἐάν σε δῇ (for δέῃ) τὸ εἱμάτιόν σου θεῖναι ἐνέχυρον. “even if you have to pawn your cloak” (Edd.). In P Tebt I. 585° (B.c. 111) we have ἐάν followed by the indicative— ἐὰν δεῖ σε συνπεσεῖν τῶι ᾿Ανικήτωι, σύνπεσαι, ‘if you must meet Anicetus, meet him” (Edd.): cf. Mayser G7. p. 325. Other examples of the verb are l’ Par 461® (B.C. 153) διὸ Kal ἡγούμενος δεῖν ἐπ᾿ ἄλλου μὲν μηθενὸς αὐτῶι διακριθῆναι» P Lille I. 267 (iii.B.c.) περὶ (corr. from πεερὶ) δὲ τούτου τοῦ μέρους δεήσει ἐπισχεῖν, P Tebt 11. 3414 (A.p. 140-1) δεήσι ἐπισταλῆναι εἰς δάνε[ι]α σπέρματα κατασπίο]ρᾶς KTA., “ΕἼ will be necessary to send on account of loans of seedcorn for the sowing,” etc., AécheZ 1001" © (Theran Doric —c. B.C. 200) no one may bring forward a proposal ὡς δεείσῃ διαλῦσαι τὸ κοινὸν εἰ τὰς θυσίας, P Flor II. 133" (A.D. 257) ἔδι μὲν ὑμᾶς μηδὲ…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

δεῖ (dei) — be necessary.

δεῖ:

subjunctive δέη, sometimes contraction δῆ (in codices of Comedy texts, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁπόσου κα δῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive δεῖ; participle δέον (see. infr. IV): imperfect ἔδει, Ionic dialect ἔδεε: future δεήσει [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist I ἐδέησε [Refs 5th c.BC+] —Impers. from δέω (A), there is need (the sense of moral obligation, properly belonging to χρή, is later, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I. c.accusative person et infinitive, it is needful for one to do, one must, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+] why need the Argives fight? [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with nominative of the pronoun, ἡγούμην.. δεῖν.. μεγαλοψυχότερος φαίνεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with dative person, there is need of.. for.., θεοῖσι προσβαλεῖν χθονὶ ἄλλην δεήσει γαῖαν [Refs 5th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

δεῖ

dei

3d person singular active present of 1210; also deon deh-on'; neuter

active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was,

etc.) necessary (as binding):--behoved, be meet, must (needs), (be)

need(-ful), ought, should.

see GREEK for 1210

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

δεῖ

v.

it is necessary, inevitable

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

δεῖ dei 101x

it is binding, it is necessary, it is proper; it is inevitable, Acts 21:22

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

δεῖ from δέω1, to bind c. acc. pers. et inf., δεῖ τινὰ ποιῆσαι it is binding on one to do a thing, one must, one ought, Lat. oportet, Hom., etc.:—rarely, δεῖ σε ὅπως δείξεις ῀ δεῖ σε δεῖξαι, Soph.: —rarely also c. dat. pers. et inf., there is need for one to do, δεῖ τινὶ ποιήσαι Eur., Xen.

c. acc. rei et inf., δεῖ τι γενέσθαι Thuc., etc.:—for the phrase οἴομαι δεῖν, v. οἴομαι:— when used absol., an inf. may be supplied, μὴ πεῖθ᾽ ἃ μὴ δεῖ (sc. πείθειν) Soph., etc.

(from δέω2, to want), c. gen. rei, there is need of, there is wanting, Lat. opus est re, οὐδὲν δεῖ τινός Hdt., attic:—phrases, πολλοῦ δεῖ there wants much, far from it; ὀλίγου δεῖ there wants little, all but:— in answers, πολλοῦ γε δεῖ, πολλοῦ γε καὶ δεῖ far from it, Ar., Dem.; πλεῦνος δεῖ it…

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-PAP-NSN — Verb · present · active · participle · nominative · singular · neuter
nominative — the one doing it — the subject.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-PAP-NSN Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Present Voice: Active Mood: Participle Case: Nominative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
53%it behooves
it behooves53% · 56×it is necessary8% · 9×it was necessary for7% · 7×it is necessary for7% · 7×it was necessary6% · 6×necessary3% · 3×needing3% · 3×other renderings12% · 13×other renderings2% · 2×

106 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.

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 102 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
ὅς
ἐναὐτόςὥραan hour, season
ὅτιthat, since, because
αὐτόςλέγωI say, speakσύ
ἐγώ
πατήρfather, Father, εὐαγγελίζωI bring good newτίςIrg
σύ
οἶκοςa house, househoλέγωI say, speakτίςIrg
οὐNeg
ὅπουwhere, whitherἔτοςa yearκύριοςlord, Lord, mast
δεῖbeing necessary102×
what comes after →
ἐγώ
λαλέωI speak, sayσύνσυναποθνῄσκωI die together w
αὐτός
εἰςπολύςmuch, many, ofteἐκ
Article the
υἱόςa son, descendenἀναγινώσκωI readβασιλείαkingship, sovere
γάρfor
Article theγίνομαιI come into beinοὗτος
σύ
οὖνtherefore, thenγεννάωI beget, bring fεἷςone

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Concordanceδεῖ · 102× in the New Testament
Acts Luke John Matthew Revelation Mark 1 Corinthians 1 Timothy 2 Corinthians Hebrews Romans Titus

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Across the New Testament19 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 19 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
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 1.23c. AD 75–95

ὁ δʼ ἡμέτερος νομοθέτης ἀκραιφνῆ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἔχοντα τὸν θεὸν ἀποφήνας ᾠήθη δεῖν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐκείνης πειρᾶσθαι μεταλαμβάνειν καὶ τοὺς μὴ ταῦτα φρονοῦντας μηδὲ μὴν πιστεύοντας ἀπαραιτήτως ἐκόλασε.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 4.1c. AD 100

Δεῖ οὖν ἡμᾶς περὶ τῶν ἐνεστώτων ἐπιπολὺ ἐραυνῶντας ἐκζητεῖν τὰ δυνάμενα ἡμᾶς σώζειν.

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 3rd c. AD 2nd c. BC 4th c. AD
P.Edg. $1Syrien253 BC

λοιπὰ τὰ ἐνταῦθα ὡς ἂν ἐκποιῆι πειρῶ ἐπισκοπεῖν· οὕτως γὰρ ἡμῖν μᾶλλον ἔσται τὰ δέοντα. καὶ τὰ γενημάτια δὲ ἵνα τρόπωι τινὶ συγκομισθῆι ἐπιμελές σοι ἔστω. καὶ ἐάν τι

P.Grenf. 1 11Arsinoites182 BC

προσταχθέντος Ἑρμοκράτει τῶι ἀρχιφυλακίτηι, τὸν ὅρκον ἐπιτελεσθῆναι, τοῦ δὲ χρόνου ἐν ὧι τὸν ὅρκον ἔδει ἐπιτελεῖσθαι μήπω ἐνεστηκότος, ἐπέδωκάν σοι ἄλλο ὑπόμνημα κατʼ ἐμοῦ ἐπιβαλόντι ἐπὶ τοὺς τοπους

P.Dryton 43155 BC–143 BC

ἐδώκαμεν αὐτῶι γράστεως τοῖς κτήνεσι … ἐφʼ ἁμάξης εἰς δέοντα … … που πυροῦ ιθ 𐅵 … … αὐταὶ ἐν τῶι ἐπὶ κλίμακος

in which you greatly rejoice for a little while at present, if being necessary it is, having been put to grief by various trials
ἐστίν,eimi it is, G1510 Verb · present · active · indicative · third person · singular
2,457× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
rarer in 1 Peter than elsewhere in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To be or exist, a basic verb used to describe something or someone, like God saying 'I am' in John 8:58.
Tyndale gloss
to be
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

εἰμί is a Greek verb meaning 'to be' or 'to exist.' It serves various functions, such as a substantive verb for persons and things, and as a copula linking subjects and predicates. The New Testament frequently uses it in passages like John 1:1 and Matthew 24:3. Notably, it can also express possibility, as seen in Hebrews 9:5.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

εἰμί,

with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be.

As substantive verb.

Of persons and things, to be, exist: Ac 17:28, Jo 1:1 8:58 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Re 1:4, 8 4:8 11:17 16:5 (v. Swete, Ap., 5; M, Pr., 228); τὰ (μὴ) ὄντα, Ro 4:17, I Co 1:28.

Of times, events, etc., to be, happen, take place: Mt 24:3, Mk 14:2 15:42, Lk 21:23, Jo 4:6, 23 5:10, al.

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

εἰμί (fr. ἔω, whence ἐμέ in inscriptions [7]; Aeol. ἐμμὲ (Curtius (yet ἔμμε, so G. Meyer) 8 564; Veitch p. 2287), impv. ἴσθι, ἔστω, less usual ἤτω, 1 Co. xvi. 22; Jas. v.12; Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 48,5; [1 Mace. x. 31; Ps. ciii. (civ.) 31]; Plat. rep. 2 p. 361 ¢. [here it has given place to ἔστω (or ἴτω), see Stallb. ad loc.; Veitch p. 200 sq.; 3 pers. plur. ἔστωσαν, Lk. xii. 35; 1 Tim. iii. 12], inf. εἶναι ; impf. —ace. to the more ancient and elegant form, ἦν, 2 pers. ἦσθα (Mt. xxvi. 69; Mk. xiv. 67), rarer form ἧς (Mt. RKV. 1235 dn ΧΙ: 9]. 92); xxI LS. Reyna 15 G@ ΕΣ Tr WH), 3 pers. ἦν, 1 pers. plur. jer, — ace. to the mid. form, com. in later Grk. [ef. Veitch p. 226], ἤμην (Mt. xxv. 35sq.; [on Acts xi. 11 ef. WH. Intr. § 404]; Gal.i.10, etc.), plur. ἤμεθα (Mt. xxiii. 30 G L T Tr WH; Acts xxvii. 37 L T Tr WH; [Gal. iv. 3 TWH Tr mrg.; Eph. ii. 3 T Tr WH; Bar. i. 19]); cf. Lob. ad Phryn.…

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

εἰμί. Middle forms in the flexion of εἰμί other than the present tense (cf. however MGr εἶμαι, -σαι, etc.) begin to appear very early in the dialects and are well established in the papyri. Thus the Ist sing. impf. ἤμην, which always takes the place of the class. ἢ in the NT (but see Ac 2018 D) may be illustrated from PSI IV. 36274 (B.c. 251-0) ἤμην δὲ πρὸς τῶι λαμβάνειν τὸν χαλκόν, P Magd 65 (B.c. 221) ἤμην γυμνός, P Par 57 (B.c. 129) ὧν ἤμην δι᾽ αὐτῶν [π]αραμε[μετ]ρηκ[υῖα, P Oxy IIT. 526% (ii/A.p.) οὐκ ἤμην ἀπαθὴς ἀλόγως σε καταλείπιν. For ist plur. ἤμεθα see P Petr IT. 4 (7)° (B.C. 255-4) τεθλιμμένοι ἤμεθα : cf. Ac 2737, Eph 23, as contrasted with the act. ἦμεν in Ac 111 (NB), 1612, Rom 7° a/.: the two forms are found together in Gal 4% (SDFG). The non-classical ἧς (Lob. Phryx. p. 149) is found sefzes in the NT as compared with ἦσθα (from an old perf. form ἤησθα), which is confined…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

εἰμί (eimi) — to be.

εἰμί

(sum), Aeolic dialect ἔμμι [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect ἠμί [Refs]; 2nd pers. singular εἶ, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect εἰς [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect and Doric dialect ἐσσί [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular ἐστί, Doric dialect ἐντί [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. dual ἐστόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 1st pers. plural ἐσμέν, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect εἰμέν (also in [Refs 5th c.BC+], Doric dialect εἰμές [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural εἰσί (-ίν), Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ἔασι (-ιν) [Refs 8th c.BC+], Doric dialect ἐντί [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect and Lyric poetry also in middle form ἔσσο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular ἔστω (ἤτω [LXX+5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ἔστωσαν, but ἔστων [Refs 8th c.BC+], and early Attic dialect Inscrr., [Refs 2nd c.BC+]subjunctive ὦ, ᾖς, ᾖ, Epic dialect ἔω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular ἔῃ [Refs…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

εἰμί

eimi

the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a

primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when emphatic):--am,

have been, X it is I, was. See also 1488, 1498, 1511, 1527, 2258,

2071, 2070, 2075, 2076, 2771, 2468, 5600.

see GREEK for 1488

see GREEK for 1498

see GREEK for 1511

see GREEK for 1527

see GREEK for 2258

see GREEK for 2071

see GREEK for 2070

see GREEK for 2075

see GREEK for 2076

see GREEK for 2771

see GREEK for 2468

see GREEK for 5600

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

εἰμί

v.

I am, exist

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

εἰμί eimi 2x

to be, to exist, Jn. 1:1; 17:5; Mt. 6:30; Lk. 4:25, freq.; ἐστί[ν], it is possible, proper, Heb. 9:5; a simple linking verb (“copula”) to the subject and predicate, and therefore in itself affecting the force of the sentence only by its tense, mood, etc., Jn. 1:1; 15:1, freq.; it also forms a frequent circumlocution with the participles of the present and perfect of other verbs, Mt. 19:22; Mk. 2:6

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

εἰμί The whole of the pres. ind. (except 2nd sg. εἶ) may be enclitic when εἰμί is the Copula; but the 3rd sg. is written ἔστι in certain cases of emphasis, e. g. ἔστι μοι, I have: when used as Verb Subst., it retains the accent in all persons. as Substantive Verb, to be, to exist, οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ οὗτος ἀνήρ, οὐδ᾽ ἔσσεται Od.; τεθνηῶτος, μηδ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἐόντος id. Od.; οὐκέτ᾽ ἔστι he is no more, Eur.; θεοὶ αἰὲν ἐόντες Il.; ἐσσόμενοι posterity, id. Il.; ζώντων καὶ ὄντων Ἀθηναίων Dem.:—so of cities, etc., ὄλωλεν, οὐδ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἔστι Τροία (cf. Troja fuit), Eur.

of things, to be, exist, εἰ ἔστιν ἀληθέως [ἡ τράπεζα] Hdt.; ἕως ἂν ὁ πόλεμος ἦι so long as it last, Thuc.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-PAI-3S — Verb · present · active · indicative · third person · singular
present active indicative — an action in progress.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

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

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
26%is
is26% · 619×are9% · 228×was7% · 176×being6% · 138×it is5% · 112×will be4% · 87×am3% · 80×were3% · 67×other renderings37% · 901×

2,408 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 139 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
linking verb87%verb13%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 2,457 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
οὐNeg
ὅτιthat, since, becκαίand, even, also,ὅς
οὗτος
ὅτιthat, since, becλέγωI say, speakκαίand, even, also,
ὅς
ἐνἄνθρωποςa man, one of thθεόςGod, a god
ἐγώ
ὅτιthat, since, becλέγωI say, speakμετά
σύ
ἐνλέγωI say, speakαὐτός
εἰμίit is,2457×
what comes after →
Article the
υἱόςa son, descendenΧριστόςanointed, the Meβασιλείαkingship, sovere
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theοὐNegγάρfor
ἐν
Article theσύαὐτός
δέbut, on the other ha
Article theτὶςἐκεῖthere, yonder, t
ἐγώ
εἰςἄξιοςworthy, worthy oὧδεhere

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Concordanceεἰμί · 2,457× in the New Testament
John Luke Matthew Acts Mark 1 Corinthians Romans Revelation 1 John 2 Corinthians Hebrews Galatians

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

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

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

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.2c. AD 75–95

τινὲς μὲν γὰρ ἐπιδεικνύμενοι λόγων δεινότητα καὶ τὴν ἀπʼ αὐτῆς θηρευόμενοι δόξαν ἐπὶ τοῦτο τῆς παιδείας τὸ μέρος ὁρμῶσιν, ἄλλοι δὲ χάριν ἐκείνοις φέροντες, περὶ ὧν τὴν ἀναγραφὴν εἶναι συμβέβηκε, τὸν εἰς αὐτὴν πόνον καὶ παρὰ δύναμιν ὑπέστησαν·

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

Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν Φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιε, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν ὄντων καὶ οὐσῶν, μηνὸς Ἐπεὶφ κε. ἐν Παθύρει, ἐφʼ Ἑρμίου τοῦ παρὰ Πανίσκου ἀγορανόμου. ἀπέδοτο

P.Adl. 11Pathyris99 BC

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

P.Grenf. 2 35Pathyris99 BC

Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιϛ, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν ὄντων καὶ οὐσῶν, μηνὸς Τῦβι ιη ἐν Παθύρει ἐφʼ Ἑρμίου τοῦ παρὰ Πανίσκου ἀγορανόμου. ἀπέδοτο

in which you greatly rejoice for a little while at present, if being necessary it is, having been put to grief by various trials
λυπηθέντεςlupeō having been put to grief G3076 Verb · aorist · passive · participle · nominative · plural · masculine
26× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Peter than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To grieve or cause sadness, as in Matthew 14:9 and 2 Corinthians 2:5.
Amplified meaning
be grieved, experience sorrow, heaviness, sadness
Tyndale gloss
to grieve
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

λυπέω is built from the root λύπη and means to distress or grieve. It covers a range of meanings from causing pain to experiencing sorrow, both in body and mind. The New Testament uses it in various contexts, such as in 2 Corinthians 2:2 and Matthew 17:23. Mounce notes its use to indicate causing grief, while Abbott-Smith highlights its passive forms.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

λυπέω, -ῶ

(< λύπη),

[in LXX for חרה, etc.;]

to distress, grieve, cause pain or grief: c. acc. pers., II Co 2:2, 5 7:8; pass., Mt 14:9 17:23 18:31 19:22 26:22, Mk 10:22 14:19, Jo 16:20 21:17, Ro 14:15, II Co 2:4, I Th 4:13, I Pe 1:6; λ. καὶ ἀδημονεῖν, Mt 26:37; opp. to χαίρειν, II Co 6:10; κατὰ θεόν, II Co 7:9, 11; τ. πνεῦμα τ. ἅγιον, Eph 4:30 (cf.…

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λυπέω, -@; 1 aor. ἐλύπησα: pf. λελύπηκα ; Pass., pres. λυποῦμαι; 1 aor. ἐλυπήθην; fut. λυπηθήσομαι; (λύπην); [fr. Hes. down]; to make sorrowful; to affect with sadnese, cause grief; to throw into sorrow: τινά, 2 Co. ii. 2, 6; vii. 8; pass., Mt. xiv. 9; xvii. 23; xviii. 31; xix. 22; Xvi 22; Mk. x. 22; xiv.19; Jn. xvi. 20; xxi.17; 2Co. ©" Aveavias ii. 4; 1 Th. iv. 13; 1 Pet.i.6; joined with ἀδημονεῖν, Mt. xxvi. 37; opp. to χαίρειν, 2 Co. vi. 10; κατὰ θεόν, in a manner acceptable to God [cf. W. 402 (375) ], 2 Co. vii. 9,11; in a wider sense, to grieve, offend: τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, Eph. iv. 30 (see πνεῦμα, 4 a. fin.) ; to make one uneasy, cause him a scruple, Ro. xiv.15. [Come.: συλλυπέω. Syn. see θρηνέω, fin.]

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λυπέω. A few exx. of this common verb should suffice—P Grenf II. 36° (B.C. 95) μὴ λυπεῖσθε ἐπὶ τοῖς χωρισθεῖσι, ‘do not grieve over the departed,” BGU IV. 1079° (A.D. 41) = Se/ections, p. 39) λοιπὸν οὖν ἔλαβον παρὰ το(ῦ) “ApaBos τὴν ἐπιστολὴν καὶ ἀνέγνων καὶ ἐλυπήθην, “finally then I received the letter from the Arabian, and I read it and was grieved.” P Oxy I. 1158 (letter of condolence—ii/A.D.) (= Sedectzons, p- 96) οὕτως ἐλυπήθην καὶ ἔκλαυσα ἐπὶ τῶι εὐμοίρωι ὡς ἐπὶ Διδυμᾶτος ἔκλαυσα, “1 grieved and wept as much over the blessed one as I wept for Didymas,’’ 7d. XII. 14814 (early ii/A.D.) ὥστε μὴ λοιποῦ. λείαν δ᾽ ἐλοιπήθην ἀκούσας ὅτι ἤκουσας" οὐ γὰρ δεινῶς ἠσθένησα, ““ 50 do not grieve about me. I was much grieved to hear that you had heard about me, for I was not seriously ill” (Edd.)—a reassuring letter from a soldier to his mother, BGU I. 24617®. (ii/iii A.D.) Kal περὶ ‘“Eppidvns…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

λυπέω (lupeō) — to grieve.

λῡπ-έω,

(λύπη) grieve, vex, whether in body or mind, τινα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to εὐφραίνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ὁ θώραξ] λυπεῖ distresses by its weight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.neuter adjective, λυπεῖν μηδὲν αὑτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, ἐλύπει αὐτὸν ἡ χώρα πορθουμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ἐλύπησεν [αὐτό], ὥστε μή.. does no harm.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδένα λυπήσας or -ασα, as formula in epitaphs, [Refs]

2. absolutely, cause pain or grief, ἄγαν γε λυπεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. in historical writers, of cavalry and light troops, harass, annoy an army by constant attacks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

λυπέω

lupeo

from 3077; to distress; reflexively or passively, to be sad:--cause

grief, grieve, be in heaviness, (be) sorrow(-ful), be (make) sorry.

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Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

λυπέω

v.

I pain, grieve, vex

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

λυπέω lypeō 26x

to occasion grief or sorrow to, to distress, 2 Cor. 2:2, 5; 7:8; pass. to be grieved, pained, distressed, sorrowful, Mt. 17:23; 19:22; to aggrieve, cross, vex, Eph. 4:30; pass. to feel pained, Rom. 14:15

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

λυπέω to give pain to, to pain, distress, grieve, vex, annoy, Hdt., Trag., etc.; ἡ θώραξ λ. distresses by its weight, Xen.:—absol. to cause pain or grief, Soph.

of marauders, to harass, annoy by constant attacks, Hdt., Thuc., etc.

Pass. with fut. mid. to be pained, grieved, distressed, Theogn., etc.; μὴ λυπέεο be not distressed, Hdt.:—c. acc. cogn., λύπας λυπεῖσθαι Plat.:—also c. acc. rei, to grieve about a thing, Soph.:—absol. to feel pain, Eur., etc.

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

V-APP-NPM Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Aorist Voice: Passive Mood: Participle Case: Nominative Number: Plural Gender: Masculine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
Nave's Topical Bible

→ Attributed to the Holy Spirit Eph 4:30; Heb 3:10,17

→ See AFFILICTION

→ See SORROW

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
12%grieved
grieved12% · 3×being grieved12% · 3×you were grieved12% · 3×you may be grieved8% · 2×they were grieved8% · 2×grieving8% · 2×grieve4% · 1×has caused grief4% · 1×other renderings35% · 9×

26 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
verb89%adverbial12%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 26 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
ἐγείρωI wake, arouse, εἰCond
ἐγώ
φιλέωI love, kissγάρforοὐNeg
ἀπέρχομαιI come or go away fr
λόγοςa word, speech,
ἄρχωI begin
ΖεβεδαῖοςZebedee
σύ
χαίρωI rejoice, am glἀδελφόςa brother
λυπέωhaving been put to grief26×
what comes after →
ἀλλάbut, except
Article theἀπόὅτιthat, since, bec
Article the
βασιλεύςa king, ruler, eΠέτροςPeterπνεῦμαwind, breath, sp
σφόδραexceedingly, greatly
καίand, even, also,ἄρχωI begin
σύ
καίand, even, also,ἐν
εἰμίI am, exist
γάρfor

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Concordanceλυπέω · 26× in the New Testament
2 Corinthians Matthew John Mark 1 Peter 1 Thessalonians Ephesians Romans
Across the New Testament8 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 20 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
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 3.216c. AD 40

ἡ δέ γε αἴσθησις αἰεὶ λυπεῖται καὶ στένει καὶ τίκτει μετ’ ὀδύνης καὶ ἀλγηδόνων ἀνηκέστων τὸ αἰσθάνεσθαι, ὡς καὶ αὐτός φησιν·

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 3.95c. AD 75–95

καὶ χρόνου τριβομένου, τεσσαράκοντα γὰρ ἡμέρας διήγαγεν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, δέος εἶχε τοὺς Ἑβραίους, μή τι Μωυσῆς πάθοι, καὶ τῶν συντυχόντων δεινῶν οὐκ ἔστιν ὃ οὕτως ἐλύπησεν αὐτούς, ὡς τὸ νομίζειν Μωυσῆν ἀπολωλέναι.

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 4.3c. AD 96

καὶ ἐλυπήθη Κάϊν λίαν καὶ συνέπεσεν τῷ προσώπῳ αὐτοῦ.

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2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 6th c. AD 4th c. AD 7th c. AD
P.Mich. 8 465Bostra (Arabia)AD 108

χως καὶ ἱλαρῶς εὐφραίνεσθαι. καὶ γὰρ ὧδε καλῶς ἐστιν. ἐὰν γὰρ ὑμεῖς λυπῆσθε ἐγὼ ἀδημονῶ. ἐργασίαν οὖν δώσεις ἐρωτῆσαι φίλον μου ἐπʼ Ἀλεξανδρείας ἵνα διʼ αὐτοῦ μοι

P.Mich. 8 473Alexandria (?)AD 101–AD 125

πεποίηκε πέρυσι. ἀφίωκα αὐτὰ ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἕως τῆς δευτέρας ἀναγωγῆς. καὶ ἠσθένηκεν. ἐθλίβην λυπηθείς ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ, ἐχάρην ὅλως ὅτι ἔζηκεν. πεπιάκαμεν αὐτὸν παρακαλοῦντες ὅτι ἀνάγευσαι Ἀλεξανδρείας, καὶ λέγει

SB 4 7354AD 101–AD 125

παρέλαβον παρὰ Τίλεως, ὅτι πείθοντός σε οὐκ ἐστρατεύσω εἰς κλάσσαν, καὶ ἐποίησα δύο ἡμέρας λυπούμενος. λοιπὸν οὖν βλέπε, μὴ πεισθῇς, καὶ οὐκέτι ἔσει μου υἱός. οἶδας, ὅτι πᾶν ῥᾴδιον

in which you greatly rejoice for a little while at present, if being necessary it is, having been put to grief by various trials
ἐνen by G1722 Preposition
2,743× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in 1 Peter as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word is a preposition that means in, on, or among something. It's used in many places, like Matthew 7:3 and Luke 7:37, to describe a location or relationship. It can also mean by, with, or during.
Amplified meaning
through, during
Tyndale gloss
in/on/among
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

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

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἐν,

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

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

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

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

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἐν (en) — in/on/among.

ἐν,

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

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

__A WITH DAT.

__A.I OF PLACE,

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

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

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἐν

en

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

one, X quickly,

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

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

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

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

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

preposition.

see GREEK for 1519

see GREEK for 1537

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἐν

Prep.

in, on, among

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἐν en 2x

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

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐν

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

Lat. in.

PREP. WITH DAT.:

OF PLACE

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

in, upon, ἐν οὔρεσι Hom., etc.

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

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

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

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

PREP PREPosition

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

In the sense of "against" which survives only in dialectal English (compare Wright, Dialect Dict., I, 470, for examples) is the King James Version rendering of the dative emauto of 1Co 4:4 (the American Standard Revised Version renders this "against"). In classical Greek the same idiom sunoida with dative = "be conscious" or "be cognizant of" a thing.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

By

In the expression “by myself” (A.V., 1 Cor. 4:4), means, as rendered in the Revised Version, “against myself.”

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
79%in
in79% · 2226×with5% · 135×among5% · 132×by4% · 112×on3% · 72×other renderings4% · 116×other renderings1% · 40×

2,833 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 36 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
adverbial82%predicate11%object3%subject3%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 2,743 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
Article the
καίand, even, also,πᾶςall, the whole, σύ
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςσύεἰμίI am, exist
αὐτός
καίand, even, also,λέγωI say, speakδέbut, on the othe
εἰμίI am, exist
Article theκαίand, even, also,οὐNeg
ἐγώ
μετάπατήρfather, Father, εἰς
ἐνby2743×
what comes after →
Article the
οὐρανόςthe sky, the heaἡμέραa dayκαρδίαthe heart, inner
αὐτός
καίand, even, also,Article theμένωI remain, abide
σύ
εἰμίI am, existμένωI remain, abideκαίand, even, also,
ὅς
καίand, even, also,εἰμίI am, existArticle the
πᾶςall, the whole, ever
Article theτόποςa placeσοφίαwisdom

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

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

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

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
in which you greatly rejoice for a little while at present, if being necessary it is, having been put to grief by various trials
ποικίλοιςpoikilos various G4164 Adjective · dative · plural · masculine
10× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Peter than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
Something that is various or diverse has many different parts or characteristics. In the Bible, this word is used to describe the many kinds of people and experiences that Christians face, as seen in Matthew 4:24 and 1 Peter 1:6. It highlights the complexity of life.
Amplified meaning
manifold, diverse
Tyndale gloss
various
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

ποικίλος is an adjective meaning 'many-coloured' or 'variegated.' It conveys a sense of diversity, complexity, or manifold characteristics, appearing in various contexts in the New Testament, such as in Matthew 4:24 and Hebrews 13:9. The term can refer to physical attributes, like colors, or metaphorically to ideas and experiences.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ποικίλος, -η, -ον,

[in LXX for נָקֹד, רִקְמָה, etc.;]

many-coloured, variegated. Metaph., various, manifold: Mt 4:24, Mk 1:34, Lk 4:40, II Ti 3:6, Tit 3:3, He 2:4 13:9, Ja 1:2, I Pe 1:6 4:10.†

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

ποικίλος, -7, -ov, fr. Hom. down, various i. 6. 8: of divers colors, variegated: Sept. Ὁ. i. q. of divers sorts: Mt. iv. 24; Mk. i. 34; Lk. iv. 40; 2 Tim. iii. 6; Tit. iii. 3; Heb. ii. 4; xiii. 9; Jas.i. 2; 1 Pet.i. 6; iv. 10, [(A. V. in the last two exx. manifold) ].

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

ποικίλος he will leave certain property to the temple—éJyra ὅ[σα] ἐποίησα ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματός σου εἶναι τοῦ [ἐν ᾿Αλεξανδρείᾳ θεοῦ] μεγ[ά]λου Σαράπιδος, ‘all that I placed in your name is the property of the great Serapis at Alexandria.’” In records of manumission, it is frequently stated that an enfranchised slave is free ποιεῖν ὅ ka θέλῃ, ‘Sto do whatever he wills”: see Deissmann (LAZ p. 328f.), who compares Gal 57. For the forms ποῖσαι Lk 118, ποίσας Jn 514 W, see Moulton G7». ii. p. 73, and cf. Archiv iv. p. 492. ΠεποιήKeay, as in Mk 157, is found in J/agz 93(b)*4 (a Senate decree—c. B.C. 190).

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ποικίλος (poikilos) — various.

ποικίλος [ῐ], η, ον,

many-coloured, spotted, pied, dappled, παρδαλέη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δράκων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴυγξ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of cattle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; -ώτερον ταὧ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; opposed to ὁμόχρους, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λίθος Αἰθιοπικὸς π., of the red granite of Syene, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σφαῖρα [Refs 5th c.BC+], tattooed.

II. wrought in various colours, of woven or embroidered stuffs, in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν ποικίλοις.. κάλλεσιν βαίνειν, of a rich carpet, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π., τό, a broidered robe, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Cyprian, Carthaginian, and Sicilian stuffs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -λως, ὑφασμένον [LXX+4th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ποικίλος

poikilos

of uncertain derivation; motley, i.e. various in character:--divers,

manifold.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ποικίλος, η, ον

Adj

various, of different colors

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ποικίλος poikilos 10x

of various colors, variegated, checkered; various, diverse, manifold, Mt. 4:24

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ποικίλος ποι^κίλος, η, ον many-coloured, spotted, mottled, pied, dappled, of leopards, fawns, Hom., etc.

of robes, wrought in various colours, broidered, Il., etc.; ἐν ποικίλοις κάλλεσιν, of a rich carpet, Aesch.; so, τὰ ποικίλα id. Aesch.

of metal work, τεύχεα π. χαλκῷ in-wrought with brass, Il., etc.: but, π. δεσμός intricate, Od.

ἡ στοὰ ἡ ποικίλη, the Poecile or great hall at Athens adorned with paintings of the battle of Marathon by Polygnotus, Aeschin., etc.

metaph. changeful, various, diversified, manifold, Aesch., Plat.;— π. μῆνες the changing months, Pind.

of Art, π. ὕμνος a song of changeful strain or full of diverse art, id. Pind.; so, ποικίλον κιθαρίζων id. Pind.

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

A-DPM Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Dative Number: Plural Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
90%various
various90% · 9×manifold10% · 1×

10 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
adverbial80%object10%subject10%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 10 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
ἔχωI have, hold, posses
κακῶςbadly, evilly
νόσοςa disease, malady
ἀσθενέωI am weak, sick
ἐπιθυμίαdesire, eagerness fo
ἄγωI lead
ἡδονήpleasure, lust, stro
καίand, even, also,
καίand, even, also, nam
τέραςa wonder, porten
ποικίλοςvarious10×
what comes after →
νόσοςa disease, malady
καίand, even, also,
ἄγωI lead
αὐτός
ἐν
κακίαevil, wickedness
δύναμιςmight, power, marvel
καίand, even, also,
καίand, even, also, nam
ξένοςnew, novel, a fo

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

Concordanceποικίλος · 10× in the New Testament
1 Peter Hebrews 2 Timothy James Luke Matthew Mark Titus
Across the New Testament8 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 17 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas Philo of Alexandria
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 3.61c. AD 40

ἴδιον γὰρ αἰσθήσεως μὲν τὸ διδόναι, ἡδονῆς δὲ τῆς ποικίλης καὶ ὀφιώδους τὸ ἀπατᾶν καὶ παρακρούεσθαι·

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 2.304c. AD 75–95

Τοῦ δὲ Φαραώθου μηδʼ οὕτως εἴκοντος τοῖς τοῦ θεοῦ βουλήμασιν, ἀλλὰ τὰς μὲν γυναῖκας συναπαίρειν τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἀξιοῦντος καταλείπεσθαι δὲ τοὺς παῖδας, οὐκ ἠπόρει τὸ θεῖον τὴν πονηρίαν αὐτοῦ ποικίλοις κακοῖς καὶ μείζοσι τῶν προενδεδημηκότων…

The Shepherd of HermasThe Shepherd of Hermas 23.3.3c. AD 140

παραλαμβάνει οὖν τοὺς ἀποπλανωμένους ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πορευθέντας ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις καὶ ἀπάταις τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου καὶ τιμωρεῖ αὐτούς, καθὼς ἄξιοί εἰσι, δειναῖς καὶ ποικίλαις τιμωρίαις.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. BC 3rd c. BC
P.Cair. Zen. 3 59445Alexandria (?)276 BC–227 BC

τῶν ἐν τοῖς Διοτίμου. τῆς προστάδος … τω ἵνα γραφῆι κυμάτιον περιπόρφυρον καὶ θρᾶνος ποικίλος καὶ θωρακεῖον ὀροβοειδὲς καὶ τὸ ὑποστύλιον φλεβοπεριμέτριον, ἐμαυτῶι πάντα παρέχων, δραχμῶν λ, καὶ τοῦ

P.Köln 4 186201 BC–102 BC

καὶ διὰ τὸ ἀνιᾶσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ κατὰ νώτου ἐφορμοῦντος στόλου τῶν Πηλουσι … … ποικίλοις καὶ παντοδαποῖς καιροῖς περιτυχόντες εἰς τοὺς ἐσχάτους … καθάπερ δὲ … εν εὐχόμενοι μετὰ

in which you greatly rejoice for a little while at present, if being necessary it is, having been put to grief by various trials
πειρασμοῖςpeirasmos trials G3986 Noun · dative · plural · masculine
21× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in 1 Peter than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
Temptation or testing refers to a difficult situation that challenges someone's faith or character. It can come from God, like in Deuteronomy 8:2, or from Satan, like in Matthew 4:1.
Amplified meaning
temptations, testings
Tyndale gloss
temptation/testing: temptation
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

πειρασμός is a masculine noun meaning trial or temptation, derived from πειράζω. It encompasses both ethical testing, which can be good or evil, and the solicitation to sin. The New Testament uses it in various contexts, including the testing of faith (James 1:12) and the temptation of Jesus (Luke 4:13). There is some debate among lexicographers about its specific implications in different contexts.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

† πειρασμός, -οῦ, ὁ

(< πειράζω),

[in LXX for מַסָּה, עִנְיָן;]

= πεῖρα, an experiment (Diosc.).

a trial, of ethical purpose and effect, whether good or evil (v. Hort on Ja 1:13);

in good or neutral sense: Ga 4:14, Ja 1:12, I Pe 4:12; esp. of afflictions sent by God (De 7:19, Si 2:1, al.): II Pe 2:9, Re 3:10; pl., Lk 22:28, Ac 20:19, Ja 1:2, I Pe 1:6;

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

πειρασμός, -οῦ, ὁ, (πειράζω, q. v.), Sept. for MON, an experiment, attempt, trial, proving; (Vulg. tentatio) ; a. univ. trial, proving: Sir. xxvii. 5, 7; τὸν πειρασμὸν ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ σαρκί pov, the trial made of you by my bodily condition, since this condition served to test the love of the Galatians towards Paul, Gal. iv. 14 LT Tr WH [ef. Ὁ. below, and Bp. Lghtft. ad loc. ]. b. spec. the trial of man’s fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy, etc.: 1 Pet. iv. 12; also an enticement to sin, temptation, whether arising from the desires or from outward circumstances, Lk. viii. 13; 1 Co. x. 18; ὑπομένειν πειρασμόν, Jas. i. 12; an internal temptation to sin, 1 Tim. vi. 9; of the temptation by which the devil sought to divert Jesus the Messiah from his divine errand, Lk.iv.13; οὗ a condition of things, or a mental state, by which we are enticed to sin, or to a lapse from faith and holiness: in…

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

πειρασμός, “trial,” is confined to Biblical Greek and founded on it, except Diosc. p. 3B τοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν παθῶν πειρασμούς, “trials” made of drugs to see their effect in certain diseases: cf. Hort ad Jas 1%» In ZVT7W x. (1909), Ρ. 246 ff. de Zwaan has suggested that the reading τὸν πειρασμόν (without ὑμῶν or other addition) in Gal 44 may be taken, on the analogy of MGr, as = ‘‘the devil,’ ‘* the demonic power.”’ literature

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

πειρασμός (peirasmos) — temptation/testing: temptation.

πειρ-ασμός, ὁ,

trial, [LXX+NT]; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν παθῶν π. [Refs 1st c.AD+]

2. worry, [LXX]

II. temptation,[LXX+NT]

πειρασμός (peirasmos) — temptation/testing: testing.

πειρ-ασμός, ὁ,

trial, [LXX+NT]; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν παθῶν π. [Refs 1st c.AD+]

2. worry, [LXX]

II. temptation,[LXX+NT]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

πειρασμός

peirasmos

from 3985; a putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience (of

evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication,

adversity:--temptation, X try.

see GREEK for 3985

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

πειρασμός, οῦ, ὁ

n.m.

trial, testing, temptation

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

πειρασμός peirasmos 21x

a putting to the proof, proof, trial, 1 Pet. 4:12; Heb. 3:8; direct temptation to sin, Lk. 4:13; trial, temptation, Mt. 6:13; 26:41; 1 Cor. 10:13; trial, calamity, affliction, Lk. 22:28

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

πειρασμός πειρασμός, οῦ, ὁ, πειράζω trial, temptation, NTest.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Noun-DPM — Noun · dative · plural · masculine
dative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked plural masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

N-DPM Part of Speech: Noun Case: Dative Number: Plural Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
52%temptation
temptation52% · 11×trials19% · 4×trial14% · 3×testing10% · 2×test5% · 1×

21 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
adverbial81%object14%subject5%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 21 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
εἰς
εἰσέρχομαιI go in, come inἐγώἔρχομαιI come, go
Article the
ἐνσύνκαίand, even, also,
πᾶςall, the whole, ever
συντελέωI fulfill, accom
καιρόςfitting season, oppo
ἐν
καίand, even, also, nam
δάκρυονa tear
πειρασμόςtrials21×
what comes after →
Article the
μένDisjδιάβολοςslanderous, the συμβαίνωI happen, occur
σύ
οὐNegἐνγίνομαιI come into bein
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theπαγίςa snare, trap
ἀλλάbut, except
ῥύομαιI rescue
ἀφίστημιI lead away, seduce,

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

Concordanceπειρασμός · 21× in the New Testament
Luke 1 Corinthians 1 Peter James Matthew 1 Timothy 2 Peter Acts Galatians Hebrews Mark Revelation
Across the New Testament12 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Clement of Rome Polycarp The Didache The Shepherd of Hermas
Clement of RomeSecond Clement 18.2c. AD 96

καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς πανθαμαρτωλὸς ὢν καὶ μήπω φυγὼν τὸν πειρασμόν, ἀλλ̓ ἔτι ὢν ἐν μέσοις τοῖς ὀργάνοις τοῦ διαβόλου σπουδάζω τὴν δικαιοσύνην διώκειν, ὅπως ἰσχύσω κἂν ἐγγὺς αὐτῆς γενέσθαι, φοβούμενος τὴν κρίσιν τὴν μέλλουσαν.

The Shepherd of HermasThe Shepherd of Hermas 14.1.7c. AD 140

καθάρισον οὖν τὴν καρδίαν σου ἀπὸ τῆς διψυχίας, ἔνδυσαι δὲ τὴν πίστιν, ὅτι ἰσχυρά ἐστι, καὶ πίστευε τῷ θεῷ, ὅτι πάντα τὰ αἰτήματά σου ἃ αἰτεῖς λήψῃ, καὶ ἐὰν αἰτησάμενός ποτε παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου αἴτημά τι βραδύτερον λαμβάνῃς, μὴ διψυχήσῃς, ὅτι ταχὺ οὐκ…

PolycarpPolycarp to the Philippians 7.2c. AD 110

διὸ ἀπολιπόντες τὴν ματαιότητα τῶν πολλῶν καὶ τὰς ψευδοδιδασκαλίας ἐπὶ τὸν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἡμῖν παραδοθέντα λόγον ἐπιστρέψωμεν, νήφοντες πρὸς τὰς εὐχὰς καὶ προσκαρτεροῦντες νηστείαις, δεήσεσιν αἰτούμενοι τὸν παντεπόπτην θεὸν μὴ εἰσενεγκεῖν ἡμᾶς εἰς…

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
7th c. AD
CPR 25 28Hermopolites (?)AD 576–AD 700

α γὰρ ὅτι καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ ὅλοι οἱ αὐτοῦ ἀδελφοὶ … … εἰς πειρασμὸν καὶ εἴ τι λέγει σοι γράψον μοι

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