2 Corinthians 3:16 — Word Study
N1904ἡνίκα δὲ ἐὰν ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.
BSAWhenhēnika [at the moment, when it shall turn] howeverde everan [one] shall have turnedepistrephō▸ [is converted, reverts] topros [the] Lord,kurios [God, the supreme Master] is taken awayperiaireō▸ [removed, lifted] theho veil.kalumma [a covering, a barrier]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| ἡνίκα | When | Adverb |
| δὲ | however | Conjunction |
| ἐὰν | ever | Particle |
| ἐπιστρέψῃ | [one] shall have turned | Verb, aorist, active |
| πρὸς | to | Preposition |
| κύριον, | [the] Lord, | Noun, accusative, singular |
| περιαιρεῖται | is taken away | Verb, present, passive |
| τὸ | the | Article, nominative, singular |
| κάλυμμα. | veil. | Noun, nominative, singular |
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| BSB | But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. |
| KJV | Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. |
| ASV | But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away. |
| YLT | and whenever they may turn unto the Lord, the vail is taken away. |
| WEB | But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. |
| BBE | But when it is turned to the Lord, the veil will be taken away. |
Where they part company is ἐπιστρέψῃ — see How Translations Differ.
The structure features a main clause followed by a result clause, indicating the outcome of the action described.
8 commentators on this verse
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verbἐπιστρέφω
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Deep Study — 2 Corinthians 3:16
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Context — The Transformation in Christgenerated
2 Corinthians 3:16 is part of a passage where Paul contrasts the old covenant with the new covenant in Christ. He explains that a spiritual transformation occurs when someone turns to the Lord, leading to the removal of the veil that prevents true understanding. This transformation is significant for believers, as it signifies freedom and clarity in their relationship with God, as elaborated in the following verses.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exodus 34:34 | But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded, |
| 2 | Deuteronomy 4:30 | When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. |
| 3 | Deuteronomy 30:10 | if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul. |
| 4 | Lamentations 3:40 | Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. |
| 5 | Hosea 3:4–5 | For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 11 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — ἐπιστρέψῃ, epistrephōgenerated
The verb ἐπιστρέφω (i.e., *epistrepho*) means to turn or return, indicating a change in direction or behavior. It is used in contexts of moral and spiritual conversion, such as turning back to God.
In this verse, it is in the aorist active subjunctive form, suggesting a future action where an individual shall have turned to the Lord. This highlights the conditional nature of the transformation that occurs upon turning to God.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
The verse is rendered in the Berean Standard Bible as 'But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.' This is echoed in the World English Bible, which uses similar phrasing.
However, differences arise with the rendering of ἐπιστρέψῃ. The KJV and ASV use 'it shall turn,' while others like the YLT opt for 'may turn.' The BBE says 'when it is turned,' reflecting a different grammatical choice.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main finite verb is ἐπιστρέψῃ, shall have turned, which governs the entire clause. The sentence structure features a conditional clause introduced by 'whenever' and a main clause that describes the action of the veil being taken away.
The second verb περιαιρεῖται, is taken away, serves as the main action in the result clause, indicating what happens as a consequence of the turning.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
ἐπιστρέφω corresponds to the Hebrew word שׁוּב (H7725), meaning 'to turn back' or 'return.' This connection emphasizes the theme of repentance and returning to God, found in various contexts throughout the Septuagint.
περιαιρέω relates to the Hebrew סוּר (H5493), which means 'to turn aside' or 'remove.' This reflects the act of removing barriers to understanding, aligning with the metaphor of the veil.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
2 Corinthians 3:16 explains that whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil that covers their understanding is removed. This signifies a spiritual transformation that allows for a clearer relationship with God.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
Turning to the Lord signifies a change of heart and direction towards God, often associated with repentance and faith.
The veil represents a barrier to understanding God's truth. When it is removed, believers can fully grasp the glory and freedom found in Christ.
This verse builds on the discussion of how the reading of the law brings a veil over the hearts of those who do not turn to Christ, contrasting their condition with the freedom available in the new covenant.
The veil being taken away means that the spiritual blindness and misunderstanding that once existed is removed, allowing believers to see and understand God's truth clearly.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what areas of my life do I need to turn to the Lord for transformation?
- How can I help others experience the removal of the veil in their understanding of God?
- What barriers might I be facing that prevent me from fully grasping God's truth?
- How does understanding the significance of the veil impact my relationship with God?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early Church Fathers referenced this verse to discuss the spiritual blindness of the Jews and the transformative power of the Holy Spirit in revealing truth.
But what concern has Paul with the veil which still obscures Moses from their view, if the Christ of the Creator, whom Moses predicted, is not yet come? How are the hearts of the Jews represented as still covered and veiled,Early Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 3 →
The Lord himself, the Holy Spirit himself, must be entreated by us to remove every cloud and all darkness which obscures the vision of our hearts, hardened with the stains of sins,Early Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 3 →
Let us beware, therefore, lest not only “when Moses is read” but also when Paul is read “a veil” be “placed over” our “heart.” And clearly, if we hear negligently, if we bring no zeal to learning and understanding,Early Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 3 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on 2 Corinthians 3:16 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleNevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord,.... The heart, upon which the veil now is; or the body of the Jewish nation, as in the latter day; when they "shall turn", or "be turned", by the Spirit,
Read John Gill on 2 Corinthians 3 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryBut their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. Parenthetical: of Christians in general.
Read Robert Jamieson on 2 Corinthians 3 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleWhen it shall turn, may be understood of the whole, or of the generality (at least) of the Jews; when they shall be converted to the faith of Christ, or when any particular person shall be converted to Christ, then the veil shall be taken away; not the veil with which God covered and veiled the mysteries of the gospel, (that was already taken away upon Christ’ s coming in the flesh), but the veil of blindness, which they had drawn over their own souls. Though the light of the gospel shineth clearly, and Christ be unveiled, yet until men, by a true faith, receive Christ, and turn from sinful courses to the obedience of the gospel, they see little or nothing of Christ. The taking away of this…
Read Matthew Poole on 2 Corinthians 3 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. Ver. 16. When it shall turn] Of the Jews’ conversion, and what hinders it.
Read John Trapp on 2 Corinthians 3 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord.—Better, But when it shall turn. The allegorising process is still carried on. Moses removed the veil when he went into the tabernacle to commune with the Lord (Exodus 34:35); so, in the interpretation of the parable, the veil shall be taken away when the heart of Israel shall turn, in the might of a real conversion, to the Lord of Israel. The very word for “turn” is taken from the same context: “Moses called them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation turned to him” (Exodus 34:31).
Read Charles John Ellicott on 2 Corinthians 3 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 16. When it shall turn to the Lord] When the Israelitish nation shall turn to the LORD Jesus, the veil shall be taken away; the true light shall shine; and they shall see all things clearly. There is an evident allusion here to the case of Moses, mentioned Exodus 34:34. When he came from the Lord, and spoke to the Israelites, he put the veil over his face; but when he returned to speak with the Lord, then he took off the veil. So, when the Israelitish nation shall return to speak with and pray to the Lord Jesus, the veil of darkness and ignorance shall be taken away from their hearts; but never before that time. The words seem to imply: 1. That there will be a conversion of the Jews…
Read AdamClarke on 2 Corinthians 3 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges16. when it shall turn to the Lord] The A. V. makes (1) Israel’s heart the nominative to the verb in this sentence. Wiclif and the other Protestant translators (2) make Israel itself the nominative, while (3) the Rhemish version makes Moses the nominative, referring to the fact that in the narrative in Exodus 34 he is said in almost the same words as here, to remove the veil when he turns to God. Origen (4) would supply any one. Each rendering is defended by commentators of note, but the first seems preferable. Cf. Romans 11:23; Romans 11:26; Romans 11:32.the vail shall be taken away] The tense in the original is present, not future, and may be interpreted, (1) with Bp. Wordsworth, ‘is in…
Read Cambridge on 2 Corinthians 3 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleNevertheless - This is not always to continue. The time is coming when they shall understand their own Scriptures, and see their true beauty. When it shall turn to the Lord - When the Jewish people shall be converted.
Read Albert Barnes on 2 Corinthians 3 →The verse in English, compared — 16 translations, and where they part company
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Modern formal
But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
Tyndale line
Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Nevertheless, when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
Neuertheles when their heart shall be turned to the Lord, the vaile shalbe taken away.
Strictly literal
But when it shall turn to [the] Lord, the veil is taken away.)
and whenever they may turn unto the Lord, the vail is taken away.
and whenever they may turn to the LORD, the veil is taken away.
But when a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
From the Latin
But when they shall be converted to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
Simplified
But when they turn and accept the Lord, the veil is removed.
But when it is turned to the Lord, the veil will be taken away.
Word by word, the decisions they made
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the Nestle 1904 treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The earliest translations — Latin and Syriac
Every translation is an argument about meaning made by someone who had to commit to one. These two were made while the Greek was still a living language, and they are the oldest opinions we have about what this verse says.
Cum autem conversus fuerit ad Dominum, auferetur velamen.
Jerome revised the Old Latin against the Greek from AD 382; the Latin west read this text for a thousand years.
ܘܐܡܬܝ ܕܐܢܫ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܢܬܦܢܐ ܠܘܬ ܡܪܝܐ ܡܫܬܩܠܐ ܡܢܗ ܬܚܦܝܬܐ
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.
ἡνίκα δὲ ἐὰν ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.
The standard critical text of the New Testament.
ἡνίκα δὲ ἐὰν ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.
The previous edition, still widely cited.
ἡνίκα δὲ ἐὰν ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.
The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.
ἡνίκα δὲ ἐὰν ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.
The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.
ἡνίκα δὲ — ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.
An independent critical text built from the oldest witnesses then known.
ἡνίκα δὲ — ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.
A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.
ἡνίκα δὲ — ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.
The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.
ἡνίκα δὲ — ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς κύριον, περιαιρεῖται τὸ κάλυμμα.
The printed tradition behind the King James Version.
A witness that read differently would show its variant word here, marked.
Word by word, across the editions
| Word | Editions carrying it | Missing from |
|---|---|---|
| ἐὰν ever | NA28, NA27, SBL, WH | Treg, Tyn, TR, Byz |
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
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Lexicons — every word in 2 Corinthians 3:16
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The Greek word ἡνίκα (i.e., *hēnika*) is a relative adverb of time meaning 'when' or 'whenever.' It is used in various contexts, often indicating a specific time or repeated occurrences, and can be followed by different moods, such as the indicative or subjunctive. In the New Testament, it appears in 2 Corinthians 3:15-16, highlighting its usage in relation to events that take place.
ἡνίκα, rel. adv. of time,
at which time, when; seq. ἂν, c. subjc., whensoever: II Co 3:15, 16.†
ἡνίκα, a rel. adv. of time, [fr. Hom. down], at which time; when: foll. by the indic. pres., of a thing that actually takes place, 2 Co. iii. 15 RG; foll. by av with subj. pres., whensoever: ibid. L T Tr WH; foll. by ἄν and the aor. subj. with the force of the Lat. fut. pf., αἱ length when (whensoever it shall have ete.) : 2 Co. iii. 16; Ex. i. 10; Deut. vii. 12; Judith xiv. 2. [On its constr. see W. 296 (278) sq.; 308 (289); Β. § 139, 33.]
ἡνίκα. It may be well to illustrate some of the different constructions of this word. Thus it is construed with the ind. in P Goodspeed 3° (iii/B.c.) (== Witkowski?, p. 47) ἡνίκα ἤμελλον κοιμηθῆναι, P Ryl II. 1198 (A.D. 54-67) ἡνίκα ἣν δικαιοδότης, 7. 1815 (c. A.D. 203-4) ἡνίκα περιῆν, P Oxy VI. 939% (iv/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 130) ἡνίκα ἐβαρεῖτο τῇ νόσῳ : with the conj. without ἄν in P Oxy I. 6851 (Α.Ὁ. 131) ἡνίκα περιῇ» “in her lifetime ’’ (Edd.): and with the conj. with ἄν or ἐάν in 16. 104° (A.D. 96) ἡνίκα ἐὰν ἀπαλλαγῇ τοῦ ἀνδρός, P Tebt 11. 31718 (A.D. 174-5) ἡνίκα ἐὰν els τὸν νομὸν παραγένηται, ‘ whenever he visits the nome ”’ (Edd.), +
ἡνίκα (hēnika) — when.
ἡνίκᾰ [ῐ],
Doric dialect ἁνίκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect ἄνικα [Refs] — adverb of Time, relative to τηνίκα, at the time when, usually with past tenses of indicative, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡνίκ᾽ ἐχρῆν δύνειν, νῦν ἄρχεται ἡδύνεσθαι Timo17: with present indicative, ἡνίκαπερ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely while, ἡ. ἦν ἔτ᾽ ἐν φάει [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. ἡνίκ᾽ ἄν, like{ὅταν}, with Subj., of future time, whenever, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: to denote repeated occurrence in present time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄν should be restored in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄν goes with Verb in ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν ὠφέλει when it would have been to his advantage, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν ἀνέβη ἡ νεφέλη, of repeated occurrence, [LXX]
ἡνίκα
henika
of uncertain affinity; at which time:--when.
ἡνίκα
Adv
when, whenever
ἡνίκα hēnika 2x
when, 2 Cor. 3:15, 16*
ἡνίκα adverb of Time, relat. to τηνίκα at which time, when, Od., Trag.: also causal, since, Pind., attic
with Opt. in orat. obl., or to denote an uncertain or repeated occurrence in past time, whenever, Soph., etc.
ἡνίκ᾽ ἄν, like ὅταν, with Subj., of the future, whenever, id. Soph., etc.
Adv — Adverbadverb — it qualifies the verb, and never changes form.
ADV ADVerb or adverb and particle combined
2 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 1 different way. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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ἡνίκα γὰρ ζῷα διαπλάττειν ἔδοξε τῷ δημιουργῷ, τὰ μὲν πρῶτα τῇ τάξει φαυλότερά πως ἦν, ἰχθύες, τὰ δ’ ὕστατα ἄριστα, ἄνθρωποι, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα μέσα τῶν ἄκρων, ἀμείνω μὲν τῶν προτέρων, χείρω δὲ τῶν ἑτέρων, χερσαῖα καὶ πτηνά.
Νῶχος μετὰ τὴν ἐπομβρίαν τῆς γῆς κατασταθείσης εἰς τὴν αὐτῆς φύσιν ἐπʼ ἔργα χωρεῖ καὶ καταφυτεύσας αὐτὴν ἀμπέλοις, ἡνίκα τοῦ καρποῦ τελεσφορηθέντος καθʼ ὥραν ἐτρύγησε καὶ παρῆν εἰς χρῆσιν ὁ οἶνος, θύσας ἐν εὐωχίαις ἦν.
ἐπειδὴ ἐκάλουν καὶ οὐχ ὑπηκούσατε, καὶ ἐξέτεινον λόγους καὶ οὐ προσείχετε, ἀλλὰ ἀκύρους ἐποιεῖτε τὰς ἐμὰς βουλάς, τοῖς δὲ ἐμοῖς ἐλέγχοις ἠπειθήσατε: τοιγαροῦν κἀγὼ τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ ἀπωλείᾳ ἐπιγελάσομαι, καταχαροῦμαι δὲ ἡνίκα ἂν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος καὶ ὡς…
τῇ διὰ τῶν γραμμάτων ἀποδείξει. Κλαύδιος Σαραπίων εἶπεν. οὐχ ἡ μήτηρ ἐπήγαγεν τὸν υἱὸν ἡνίκα … ἀλλὰ ὁ πατήρ, ὅτι δὲ ἠπίστατο γράμματα ἡ γυνὴ δῆλόν σοι ἐγένετο ἐξ
ἀδελφῆς μου, μὴ συνθεμένης αὐτῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπούσης, εἰς ὄνομα τῆς θυγατρὸς Σωτοῦ Σατυριαίνης, ἥνικα περιῆν, καταφρονήσαντες τῆς περὶ τοὺς πόδας μου διαθέσεως αὐθαδῶς ἀναστραφέντων καὶ ὡς ἐν ἐρημίᾳ
τοῦ τῆς ἀφήλικος μετηλλαχότος πατρὸς Ἡρώδου Ε … ε … … ς τοῦ Ἐπεῦτος, ἡνίκα περιῆν, κατὰ δάνειον γεγονὸς διὰ τοῦ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ πόλει μνημονείου τῷ Φαμενὼθ τοῦ
δέ (de) is a post-positive particle in Greek, primarily used as a conjunction to connect clauses. It can express contrast (but, on the other hand) or continuation (and, also), and is often used to transition between ideas or to add emphasis. In the New Testament, it appears frequently in various contexts, such as contrasting statements or resuming interrupted discourse, with notable examples in Matthew and 2 Corinthians.
δέ (before vowels δ’; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, v. WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96),
post-positive conjunctive particle;
copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mt 1:2ff., II Co 6:15, 16, II Pe 1:5-7; in repetition for emphasis, Ro 3:21, 22, 9:30, I Co 2:6, Ga 2:2, Phl 2:8; in transition to something new, Mt 1:18 2:19, Lk 13:1, Jo 7:14, Ac 6:1, Read the full entry →
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…
Read the full entry →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…
Read the full entry →δέ (de) — then.
δέ,
but: adversative and copulative Particle,
I. answering to μέν (which see), τὴν νῦν μὲν Βοιωτίαν, πρότερον δὲ Καδμηίδα γῆν καλουμένην [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. without preceding μέν,
II.1. adversative, expressing distinct opposition, αἰεί τοι τὰ κάκ᾽ ἐστὶ φίλα.. μαντεύεσθαι, ἐσθλὸν δ᾽ οὔτε τί πω εἶπας[Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Prose, οὐκ ἐπὶ κακῷ, ἐλευθερώσει δέ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. copulative,
II.2. a in explanatory clauses, ξυνέβησαν.. τὰ μακρὰ τείχη ἑλεῖν (ἦν δὲ σταδίων μάλιστα ὀκτώ) [Refs 8th c.BC+]: when a substantive is followed by words in apposition, Ἀρισταγόρῃ τῷ Μιλησίῳ, δούλῳ δὲ ἡμετέρῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in answers, διπλᾶ λέγειν. —Answ. διπλᾶδ᾽ ὁρᾶν…
δέ
de
a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and,
etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
δέ
Cj.
but, on the other hand, and
δέ de 2x
a conjunctive particle, marking the superaddition of a clause, whether in opposition or in continuation, to what has preceded, and it may be variously rendered but, on the other hand, and, also, now, etc.; καὶ δέ, when there is a special superaddition in continuation, too, yea, etc. It sometimes is found at the commencement of the apodosis of a sentence, Acts 11:17. It serves also to mark the resumption of an interrupted discourse, 2 Cor. 2:10; Gal. 2:6
δέ but: conjunctive Particle, with adversative force: it commonly answers to μέν, and may often be rendered by while, whereas, on the other hand, v. μέν:— but μέν is often omitted, δέ being used merely to pass on from one thing to another; ὣς Ἀχιλεὺς θάμβησεν, θάμβησαν δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι Il.; etc.; κινεῖ κραδίην κινεῖ δὲ χόλον Eur.
δέ is often redundant,
to introduce the apodosis, where it may be rendered by then, yet, εἰ δέ κε μὴ δώωσιν, ἐγὼ δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕλωμαι if they will not give it, then I will take it, Il.; so at in Lat., si tu oblitus es, at Dii meminerint Catull.
to resume after interruption caused by a parenthesis, where it may be rendered by I say, now, so then, Hdt.
POSITION of δέ: properly second, being often put between the Art. and Subst., the prep. and case.
Conj — Conjunctionconjunction — it joins clauses, and never changes form.
CONJ CONJunction or conjunctive particle
2,937 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 15 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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ἐάν is a conditional particle formed from εἰ (if) and ἄν. It indicates uncertainty or a hypothetical situation, often followed by the subjunctive mood. The New Testament uses it in various contexts, such as in Matthew 6:22 and Romans 2:25. It can also appear with other particles, enhancing its conditional meaning.
ἐάν, contr. fr. εἰ ἄν,
conditional particle,
representing something as "under certain circumstances actual or liable to happen," but not so definitely expected as in the case of εἰ c. ind. (Bl., §65, 4; cf. Jo 13:17, I Co 7:36), if haply, if;
c. subjc. (cl.);
ἐάν ; I. aconditional particle (derived fr. εἰ ἄν), which makes reference to time and to experience, introducing something future, but not determining, before the event, whether it is certainly to take place; if, in case, (Lat. si; Germ. wenn; im Fall, dass; falls; wofern); οἴ.» among others, Hermann ad Viger. p.832; Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2 p- 450 sqq.; W. 291 (273) sq. It is connected 1. with the Subjunctive, according to the regular usage of the more ancient and elegant classic writers. a. with the subjunc. Present: Mt. vi. 22 (ἐὰν οὖν ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς 7, if it be the case, as to which I do not know, that thine eye etc.); ibid. 23; xvii. 20; Lk. x. 6; Jn. vii. 17; viii. 54 [RGL mrg.]; ix. 31; xi. 9,10; Acts v. 38; xiii. 41; Ro. ii. 25 sq.; 1 Co.ix.16; Gal. v. 2; 1 Tim. i. 8 [not Lehm.]; Heb. xiii. 23; 1 Jn. i. 9; ii. 3, 15 ete. Ὁ. with the subjunc. Aorist, corresponding to the Lat.…
Read the full entry →ἐάν (ean) — if.
ἐάν
(so early Attic Inscrr., as [Refs 4th c.BC+], also contraction ἤν and ἄν, see at {ἤν},{ἄν} (B) [ᾱ], which by crasis with καί become κἄν:—if haply, if, regularly followed by subjunctive: for its use and for examples, see at {εἰ} [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. in Hellenistic and late Greek, ={ἄν} after relative Pronouns and Conjunctions, as ὃς ἐάν whosoever, [LXX+5th c.BC+]
ἐάν ἐάνπερ
ean
from 1487 and 302; a conditional particle; in case that, provided,
etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote
indefiniteness or uncertainty:--before, but, except, (and) if, (if)
so, (what-, whither-)soever, though, when (-soever), whether (or), to
whom, (who-)so(-ever). See 3361.
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see GREEK for 3361
ἐάν
Cond.
if
ἐάν compounded of εἰ ἄν ἐα?ν contracts into ἤν and ἄν if haply, if, followed by subj. (whereas εἰ is foll. by ind. or opt.), epic εἴ κε, αἴ κε.
in NTest. ἐάν is used just like the adverb ἄν after relative Pronouns and Conjunctions, as ὃς ἐάν whosoever, ὅσος ἐάν, ὅστις ἐάν, ὅπου ἐάν, etc.
Particle — Particleparticle — a small word colouring the clause; it does not decline.
PRT PaRTicle, disjunctive particle
345 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.
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Counted over the 746 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.
τουτὶ δὲ συμβήσεται, ἐὰν μήτε αἱ ἄλογοι ἡδοναὶ ψυχῆς δυναστεύσωσι γαστριμαργίαν καὶ λαγνείαν ἐπιτειχίσασαι μήτε αἱ δόξης ἢ χρημάτων ἢ ἀρχῆς ἐπιθυμίαι τὸ τοῦ βίου κράτος ἀνάψωνται μήτε στείλωσι καὶ κάμψωσι διάνοιαν αἱ λῦπαι μήθ’ ὁ κακὸς σύμβουλος…
ἐὰν δέ που μόνῃ περιπεσὼν βιάσηται μηδενὸς βοηθοῦ παρόντος, μόνος ἀποθνησκέτω.
λογισάμενος οὖν τοῦτο, ὅτι ἐὰν μελήσῃ μοι περὶ ὑμῶν τοῦ μέρος τι μεταδοῦναι ἀφ̓ οὗ ἔλαβον, ὅτι ἔσται μοι τοιούτοις πνεύμασιν ὑπηρετήσαντι εἰς μισθόν, ἐσπούδασα κατὰ μικρὸν ὑμῖν πέμπειν, ἵνα μετὰ τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν τελείαν ἔχητε τὴν γνῶσιν.
δεδανεισμένος Πανᾶς Ἀγαθίνωι καὶ Πατῆτι τοῖς δανείζουσιν ἐν μηνὶ Ἐπεὶφ εἰκάδος τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀποδῶι ἐν τῶι ὡρισμένωι χρόνωι ἀποτεισάτω καθὰ γέγραπται παραχρῆμα ἐπάναγκον· ἡ δὲ
ποιησάτω ἐν μηνὶ Παχὼν τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιε ἔτους, καὶ ἀποτεισάτω ἑκάστης ἀρτάβης πυροῦ ἧς ἐὰν μὴ ἀποδῶι χαλκοῦ δραχμὰς δισχιλίας τετρακοσίας , κριθῆς χιλίας τετρακοσίας , καὶ ἑβδόμην μερίδα
τοῦτο ἀποδότω ὁ δεδανεισμένος τῶι δανείζοντι ἐν μηνὶ Μεσορὴ λ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιϛ ἔτους· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀποδῶι ἐν τῶι ὡρισμένωι χρόνωι ἢ μὴ ποιήσηι καθὰ γέγραπται ἀποτεισάτω ἐν
The Greek word ἐπιστρέφω (i.e., *epistrepho*) means to turn or return, both literally and metaphorically. It encompasses a range of meanings including turning towards, returning to God, and moral reform. The New Testament uses it in contexts such as conversion and repentance, notably in Luke 1:16-17 and James 5:19-20. There is some variation in how lexicons interpret its ethical implications, particularly regarding conversion.
ἐπι-στρέφω
[very freq. in LXX, chiefly for שׁוּב, in its various senses, also for פָּנָה, etc. ;]
trans., to turn about, round or towards, hence metaph., to turn, cause to return (to God, virtue, etc.): Lk 1:16, 17 (cf. Ma 3:24), Ja 5:19, 20.
Intrans.,
ἐπι-στρέφω ; fut. ἐπιστρέψω; 1 aor. ἐπέστρεψα; 2 aor. pass. ἐπεστράφην; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for 394, 33D and 3973, 739, and times without number for 337 and wT; 1. transitively, a. to turn to: ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν, to the worship of the true God, Acts xxvi. 20. b. to cause to return, to bring back; fig. τινὰ ἐπὶ κύριον τὸν θεόν, to the love and obedience of God, Lk. i. 16; ἐπὶ τέκνα, to love for the children, Lk. i. 17; ἐν φρονήσει δικαίων, that they may bein [R. V. to walk in] the wisdom of the righteous, Lk. i. 17; τινὰ ἐπί τινα, supply from the context ἐπὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν and ἐπὶ τὴν ὁδόν, Jas. v. 19 sq. 2. intrans. ΟΥ̓. § 38, 1 [cf. p. 26; B. 144 (126 sq.)]); a. fo turn, to turn one’s self: ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον and ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν, of Gentiles passing over to the religion of Christ, Acts ix. 35; xi. 21; xiv. 15; xv. 19; xxvi. 20, cf. 1 Pet. ii. 25; πρός τι, Acts ix. 40; πρὸς τὸν θεόν, 1 Th. i. 9; 2…
Read the full entry →ἐπιστρέφω is used literally = ‘‘turn” or ‘‘turn back”? in P Tebt I. 138 (late ii/B.c.) ἐπιστρέψας Kal σπασάμενος ταύτην (sc. τὴν μάχαιραν). The word has a certain ethical significance in P Oxy III. 486% (a.p. 131) tlod Σ]αραπίωνος μὴ ἐπιστραφέντος ὥστε κ[ατα]πλεῦσαι, “‘but S. has paid no attention to the instruction to sail down” (Edd.), BGU I. 367 (ii/A.D.) ot ἀδελφοὶ “A. καὶ “QL. ὀφείλοντές μοι κατ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐπιστρέφονται ἀποδῶναί μοι, ““1πΠ6 brothers H. and H., although they owe me (money), do not show the smallest inclination to repay me,” P Fay 1288 (iii/A.D.) οὐκ ἐπέστρεπται ὃ ἸΤοντικὸς λαβεῖν τὴν οἰκίαν παρ᾽ ἡμῶν, ‘ Ponticus has not shown any inclination to take the house from us”’ (Edd.). On the misleading translation of the verb by ‘‘am converted” in the AV see Field Mores, p. 8f., and especially p- 246 ff. The absolute use of the verb in certain portions of the LXX is discussed…
Read the full entry →ἐπιστρέφω (epistrephō) — to turn.
ἐπι-στρέφω,
perfect ἐπέστροφα [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—turn about, turn round, νῶτον Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὰς ναῦς tack [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, put an enemy to flight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; wheel about, τοὺς ἱππεῖς [Refs 1st c.AD+]; wheel through a right angle, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__b. intransitive, turn about, turn round, ἕλκε δ᾽ ἐπιστρέψας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; here only in [Refs 8th c.BC+], and perhaps transitive, whirl, but see [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of ships, put about, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of a wild boar, turn upon the hunter, ἐπί τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; return, ἀπὸ τῆς στρατείας Epist. Philipp. in [NT]; of an illness, recur, falsa lectio for{ὑπο-}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: as Hebraism, with infinitive, as periphrasis of πάλιν, ἐπιστρέψει.. εὐφρανθῆναι [LXX]; so with καί and finite Verb…
ἐπιστρέφω
epistrepho
from 1909 and 4762; to revert (literally, figuratively or
morally):--come (go) again, convert, (re-)turn (about, again).
see GREEK for 1909
see GREEK for 4762
ἐπιστρέφω
v.
I turn back to
ἐπιστρέφω fut. ψω to turn about, turn round, Eur.; ἐπ. τὰς ναῦς to make a sudden tack, Thuc.; but also to put an enemy to flight, Xen.
intr. to turn about, turn round, Il., Hdt., attic:— to return, NTest.
to turn towards, τὸ νόημα Theogn.; πρός τι, εἴς τινα Plut.:— ἐπ. πίστιν to press a pledge upon one, Soph.
intr. to turn towards, Xen.
to turn from an error, to correct, make to repent, Luc.
intr. to repent, NTest.
to curve, twist, torment, Ar.
Mid. and Pass., esp. in aor2 pass. ἐπεστράφην [α^]: — to turn oneself round, turn about, ἐπιστρεφόμενος constantly turning, to look behind one, Hdt.; with acc., θάλαμον ἐπεστράφη turned to gaze on it, Eur.; δόξα ἐπεστράφη turned about, changed, Soph.
Verb-AAS-3S — Verb · aorist · active · subjunctive · third person · singularaorist active subjunctive — a completed action, viewed as a whole.
V-AAS-3S Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Aorist Voice: Active Mood: Subjunctive Person: third Number: Singular
36 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 25 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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καὶ γὰρ ἡδονὴ βοηθεῖ πρὸς διαμονὴν τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν καὶ ἐπιθυμία, καὶ λύπη μέντοι καὶ φόβος δάκνοντα τὴν ψυχὴν ἐπέστρεψεν αὐτὴν μηδενὸς ὀλιγωρεῖν, ὀργή τε ἀμυντήριον ὅπλον [ἣ] μεγάλα πολλοὺς ὠφέλησε, καὶ τἆλλα ταύτῃ.
Ταῦτα λέγων καὶ ἔτι πλείω τούτοις ὅμοια τὴν τῆς γυναικὸς ὁρμὴν ἐπέχειν ἐπειρᾶτο καὶ τὸ πάθος αὐτῆς εἰς λογισμὸν ἐπιστρέφειν, ἡ δὲ βιαιότερον ἐχρῆτο τῇ σπουδῇ καὶ ἐπιβαλοῦσα τὰς χεῖρας ἀναγκάζειν ἀπογνοῦσα τὸ πείθειν ἤθελεν.
Πορεύσῃ, φησί, καὶ ὃς ἂν ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς κύριον, πορεύσεται ἐν αὐτῇ.
ξύλων … ι διὰ πιττακίου ἐπὶ Κερκεσῆφιν καὶ εὖρον … … … … … ἐπέστρεψα εἰς Σαμάρειαν, διὰ τὰ ξύλα … … … … … μὴ ἀπενήνεχθαι … ν
προγεγραμμένων Ὀννῶφρις … μενος μοι ἐκεῖνος ἀντιλογίας μάχην ἀνελόμενος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ μάχαιραν καὶ … επιστρέψας καὶ σπασάμενος ταύτην βουλόμενός με ἀλογῆσαι κατήνεγκε πληγαῖς τρισὶ καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸν
?? ἐπιστρέψαντες ἐπὶ τὸν νότον ἐπʼ ἄλλον … τιμιου νήσου κλήρου ὑποστάσεως ἄρουραι ρλϛ 𐅵 δ
πρός is a preposition that indicates direction, proximity, or relation. It can be used with the genitive to denote motion from a place, with the dative for local proximity, and with the accusative to express motion towards a place or object. In the New Testament, it appears in various contexts, such as Acts 27:34 for benefit and Mark 5:11 for proximity.
πρός,
prep. c. gen., dat., acc.
C. gen., of motion from a place, from the side of, hence metaph., in the interests of, Ac 27:34 (cf. Page, in l.).
C. dat., of local proximity, hard by, near, at: Mk 5:11, Lk 19:37, Jo 18:16 20:11, 12, Re 1:13.
C. acc., of motion or direction towards a place or object, to, towards.
πρός, a preposition, i.q. Epic mpori, from πρό and the adverbial suffix τι, (cf. the German vor . . . hin [Curtius § 381]); it is joined I. with the AccusaTIvE, to, towards, Lat. ad, denoting direction towards athing, or position and state looking towards a thing (W. § 49h. p. 404 (378)): it is used 1. of the goal or limit towards which a movement is directed: πρός twa or τι, a. prop. after verbs of going, departing, running, coming, ete.: ἄγω, Jn. xi. 15; ἀναβαίνω, Mk. vi. 51; Jn. xx. 17; Acts xv. 2; ἀνακάμπτω, Mt. ii. 12; Acts xvili. 21; ἀνέρχομαι, Gal. i. 17 [1]. Tr mrg. arépy.]; ἀπέρχομαι, Mt. » xiv. 25 [Rec.]; Mk. iii. 13, etc.; πρὸς ἑαυτόν, to his house, Lk. xxiv. 12 [T om. L Trbr. WH reject the ys.; Tr reads mp. αὐτόν ; some connect the phrase w. θαυμάζων (see 2 Ὁ. below) ]; Jn. xx. 10 [Ὁ Tr αὐτούς, WH air. (cf. s. v. αὑτοῦ sub fin.)]; γίνεσθαι πρός τινα, to come to one, 1 Co.…
Read the full entry →πρός reference to place PSI IV. 31178 (iv/A.D.?) πρ]ὸς τὴν Aavitk.ay τῆς κοίλης Dupials. Headlam (on Herodas VII. 123) holds that τὰ πρὸς τὴν θύραν in Mk 2? ‘‘is surely idiomatic (not vulgar as Moulton thinks) ‘spots which commanded the door’”: cf. Mt 310, Lk 35. For πρός, ‘‘with,” as in Jn ΤΡ, Heb 41%, cf. Epict. iv. 9. 13 πρὸς ὃν οὐδείς ἐστί σου πιθανώτερος (see Sharp Ξε, p. 92). And for the possibility that the difficult πρός in Mk 63, οἷ", 14%, Jn 1}, 1 Jn 1?, is to be explained as an Aramaism, see Rendel Harris Prologue to S. John’s Gospel p. 8f., and Burney Avamaic Origin of the Fourth Gospel p. 28 f. (6) of time = ‘‘for’’ (a time) and no longer—BGU I. 1131? (A.D. 143) βουλόμενος παρεπιδημεῖν πρὸς καιρόν (cf. Lk 818), P Oxy I. 6714 (A.D. 338) πρὸς ὀλίγον εἰσχύει, ‘‘withstands but for a short time” (cf. Jas 4), and P Flor III. 282° (A.D. 520) πρὸς ὅλον χρόνον. (c) of mental…
Read the full entry →πρός (pros) — to/with.
πρός,
preposition, expressing direction,
__A on the side of, in the direction of, hence with genitive, dative, and accusative, from, at, to: Epic dialect also προτί and ποτί, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] usually with accusative, more rarely with dative, and each only once with genitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—dialectal forms: Doric dialectποτί (which see) and ποί, but Cretan dialect πορτί [Refs], Argive προτ(ί) [Refs 7th c.BC+] πός [Refs 4th c.BC+]., also sometimes in Asia Minor in compounds, see at {ποσάγω},{ποσφέρω}; Aeolic dialect πρός [Refs 7th c.BC+]; πρές [Refs 6th c.AD+]; Pamphylian περτ (ί) [Refs] (With προτί, πρός cf. Sanskrit práti 'towards, near to, against, back, etc.', Slavonic protiv[ucaron], Lett. pret 'against', Latin pretium: ποτί (which see) and πός are not cognate) [Refs 4th c.BC+] refers to that from which something…
πρός
pros
a strengthened form of 4253; a preposition of direction; forward to,
i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to;
with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the
accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the
destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is
predicated):--about, according to , against, among, at, because of,
before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh
unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to
(you) -ward, unto, with(-in). In the comparative case, it denotes
essentially the same applications, namely, motion towards, accession
to, or nearness at.
see GREEK for 4253
πρός
Prep.
to, towards, with
πρός pros 700x
from; met. for the benefit of, Acts 27:34; with a dative, near, by, at, by the side of, in the vicinity of, Mk. 5:11; Lk. 19:37; with an accusative, used of the place to which anything tends, to, unto, towards, Mt. 2:12; 3:5, 13; at, close upon, Mt. 3:10; Mk. 5:22; near to, in the vicinity of, Mk. 6:45; after verbs of speaking, praying, answering to a charge, etc., to, Mt. 3:15; 27:14; of place where, with, in, among, by, at, etc.,
πρός prep. with gen., implying motion from a place; with dat., abiding at a place; with acc., motion to a place
WITH GEN.,
of Place, from, from forth, Hom., Soph.
on the side or quarter of, νήσοισι πρὸς Ἤλιδος islands looking (as it were) from Elis, i. e. towards Elis, Od.; πρὸς τοῦ Ἑλλησπόντου ἵδρυται μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦ Στρύμονος lies more towards (i. e. nearer) the Hellespont than the Strymon, Hdt.; ἐστρατοπεδεύοντο πρὸς Ὀλύνθου Thuc., etc.:—often with words denoting the points of the compass, δύω θύραι εἰσίν, αἱ μὲν πρὸς βορέαο, αἱ δ᾽ αὖ πρὸς νότου one looking north wards, the other south wards, Od.; so, οἰκέουσι πρὸς νότου ἀνέμου Hdt., etc.
Prep — Prepositionpreposition — its sense depends on the case of the word it governs.
PREP PREPosition
732 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 32 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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ἡ δ’ ἀρχή, καθάπερ ἔφην, ἐστὶ θαυμασιωτάτη κοσμοποιίαν περιέχουσα, ὡς καὶ τοῦ κόσμου τῷ νόμῳ καὶ τοῦ νόμου τῷ κόσμῳ συνᾴδοντος καὶ τοῦ νομίμου ἀνδρὸς εὐθὺς ὄντος κοσμοπολίτου πρὸς τὸ βούλημα τῆς φύσεως τὰς πράξεις ἀπευθύνοντος, καθ’ ἣν καὶ ὁ σύμπας…
τὸν μὲν γὰρ πρὸς τοὺς Ῥωμαίους πόλεμον ἡμῖν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις γενόμενον καὶ τὰς ἐν αὐτῷ πράξεις καὶ τὸ τέλος οἷον ἀπέβη πείρᾳ μαθὼν ἐβιάσθην ἐκδιηγήσασθαι διὰ τοὺς ἐν τῷ γράφειν λυμαινομένους τὴν ἀλήθειαν,
τούτων οὖν μενόντων τὰ πρὸς κύριον ἁγνῶς, συνευφραίνονται αὐτοῖς σοφία, σύνεσις, ἐπιστήμη, γνῶσις.
r … πυρὸν νέον καθαρὸν ἄδολον μέτρωι ὧι καὶ παρείληφεν καὶ ἀποκαθεστάμενον εἰς οἶκον πρὸς αὐτὸν ἰδίοις ἀνηλώμασιν. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀποδῶι ἐν τῶι ὡρισμένωι χρόνωι ἢ μὴ ποιῆ
παρεχέτω τὸν οἶνον μόνιμον ἕως Ἁθὺρ λ τοῦ δεκάτου ἔτους, καὶ ἀποκαταστησάτω εἰς οἶκον πρὸς αὐτὴν τοῖς ἰδίοις. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀποδῷ ἐν τῷ ὡρισμένῳ χρόνῳ ἀποτεισάτω ἑκάστου κεραμίου
πᾶσι χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρωμένοις διὰ παντὸς εὐημερεῖν. ὑγιαίνομεν δὲ καὶ αὐτοί. μεταλαβόντες τοὺς συντετελεσμένους πρὸς τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς Ἑρμωνθίτας ἀγῶνας μεγάλως ἐχάρημεν. ἐπεὶ οὖν προκεχειρίκαμεν προστάτην τοῦ μεγίστου θεοῦ Νεχθφαραῦτος
κύριος is a Greek word meaning 'lord' or 'master,' derived from the concept of authority. It is used in various contexts, referring to God, Jesus, and earthly masters. In the New Testament, it often denotes divine authority, as seen in verses like Matthew 12:8. The term can also express respect when addressing others, such as teachers or magistrates.
A MAN, according to the later Greek grammarians, was δεσπότης in respect of his slaves (Plato, Legg. vi. 756 e), therefore οἰκοδεσπότης, but κύριος in regard of his wife and children ; who in speaking either to him or of him, would give him this title of honour; “as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord” (κύριον αὐτὸν καλοῦσα, I Pet. ili. 6: ef. Plutarch, De Virt. Mul. 5. vv. Μίκκα καὶ Meyoro). There is a certain truth in this distinction. Undoubtedly there lies in κύριος the sense of an authority owning limitations—moral limitations it may be; it is implied too that the wielder of this authority will not exclude, in wielding it, a consideration of their good over whom it is exercised; while the δεσπότης exercises a more unrestricted power and absolute domination, confessing no such limitations or restraints. He who addresses another as δέσποτα, puts an emphasis of submission into his…
Read the full entry →κύριος, -α, -ον (also -ος, -ον),
[in LXX (subst.) chiefly for יהוה, also for אָדוֹן, בַּעַל, etc.;]
having power (κῦρος) or authority; as subst., ὁ κ., lord, master;
κύριος, -ov, 6, (prop. an 2dj. κύριος, -a, - 1, also of two term.; prop. i. q. ὁ ἔχων κῦρος, having power or author ity), [fr. Pind. down], he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has the power of deciding; master, lord; used a. univ. of the possessor and disposer of a thing, the owner, (Sept. for }}18, 5y3): with gen. of the thing, as τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος, Mt. xx. 8; xxi. 40; Mk. xii. 9; Lk. xx. 15; rod θερισμοῦ, Mt. ix. 38; Lk. x. 2; τῆς οἰκίας, the master, Mk. xiii. 35 (Judg. xix. 12); τοῦ πώλου, Lk. xix. 33; τοῦ σαββάτου, possessed of the power to determine what is suitable to the sabbath, and of releasing himself and others from its obligations, Mt. xii. 8; Mk. ii. 28; Lk. vi. 5. with gen. of a pers., one who has control of the person, the master [A. V. lord]; in the household: δούλου, παιδίσκης, οἰκονόμου, Mt. x. 24; Lk. xii. 46 sq.; xiv. 21; xvi. 3, 5; Acts xvi. 16, 19…
Read the full entry →κύριος BGU III. ο49᾽ (c. A.D. 300) κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ “Hpa, a sister (and probably wife) —P Oxy IV. 7441 (B.c. 1) (= Selections, p. 32) Ἱλαρίωνα (/.—tov)”"Adure τῆι ἀδελφῆι πλεῖστα Χαίρειν, and even a son—zd. I. 123} (iii/iv A.D.) κυρίῳ pov vid Διονυσοθέωνι. (3) It is, however, with the religious use of κύριος that we are specially concerned, and in keeping with the conception of ‘‘lordship,’’ which was so characteristic of Oriental religions, we may begin by noticing its common use in connexion with the cult of the Egyptian God Sarapis. Letters frequently begin with some such formula as—rpd μὲν πάντων εὔχομαί σε ὑιαίνειν (1. by—) καὶ τὸ προσκύνημά cov ποιῶ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ Σιαράπιδι, ‘before all else I pray for your health, and I supplicate the lord Sarapis on your behalf”’ (P Fay 127°—ii/iii a.p.), and we may add, owing to the striking resemblance of phraseology to 1 Cor 1024 such…
Read the full entry →κύριος (kurios) — lord: God.
κύριος [ῡ], α, ον,
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—Thess. κῦρρος [Refs 8th c.BC+]:
I. of persons, having power or authority over, with genitive, Ζεὺς ὁ πάντων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν ἄν σε κ. στήσω τέκνων put thee in possession of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+], of the god to whom a temple is dedicated, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τῶν αὑτοὺ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θανάτου κ. τινός with power of life and death over, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. κύριός εἰμι with infinitive, I have authority to do, am entitled to do, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὗτος κ. ὁρκωμοτεῖν (probably to be read instead of -ῶν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; -ώτεροι δοῦναι better able to give, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also κ. τοῦ μὴ μεθυσθῆναι having power not to.., [Refs]: with accusative et infinitive, κ. εἶναι ἢ τοίαν εἶναι [πόλιν] ἢ τοίαν [Refs 5th…
κύριος
kurios
from kuros (supremacy); supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun)
controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title):-- God,
Lord, master, Sir.
κύριος, ου, ὁ
n.m.
lord, Lord, master, sir
κύριος kyrios 717x
a lord, master, Mt. 12:8; an owner, possessor, Mt. 20:8; a potentate, sovereign, Acts 25:26; a power, deity, 1 Cor. 8:5; the Lord, Jehovah, Mt. 1:22; the Lord Jesus Christ, Mt. 24:42; Mk. 16:19; Lk. 10:1; Jn. 4:1; 1 Cor. 4:5; freq.; κύριε, a term of respect of various force, Sir, Lord, Read the full entry →
Noun-ASM — Noun · accusative · singular · masculineaccusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked singular masculine.
N-ASM Part of Speech: Noun Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine
Lord
There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
(1.) Heb. Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD, printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews. The form “Jehovah” is retained only in Ex. 6:3; Ps. 83:18; Isa. 12:2; 26:4, both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.
(2.) Heb. ‘adon, means one possessed of absolute control. It denotes a master, as of slaves (Gen. 24:14, 27), or a ruler of his subjects (45:8), or a husband, as lord of his wife (18:12).
The old plural form of this Hebrew word is ’adonai. From a superstitious reverence for the name “Jehovah,” the Jews, in reading their Scriptures, whenever that name…
[GOD]
This name belongs to God by preeminence; and in this sense ought never to be given to any creature. Jesus Christ, as the Messiah, the Son of God, and equal with the Father, is often called Lord in Scripture, especially in the writing of Paul. The word LORD, in the English Bible, when printed in small capitals, stands always for JEHOVAH in the Hebrew. See JEHOVAH.
753 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 15 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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„οὐ φυτεύσεις σεαυτῷ ἄλσος, πᾶν ξύλον παρὰ τὸ θυσιαστήριον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου οὐ ποιήσεις σεαυτῷ“ (Deuter.
Τῶν δὲ Ἰσάκου παίδων Ἡσαῦς, περὶ ὃν μάλιστα ὁ πατὴρ ἐσπουδάκει, τεσσαράκοντα γεγονὼς ἔτη γαμεῖ Ἄδαν τὴν Ἥλωνος καὶ Ἀλιβάμην τὴν Εὐσεβεῶνος δυναστευόντων ἐν Χαναναίοις ἀνδρῶν θυγατέρας, ἑαυτὸν ποιήσας τῆς περὶ τὸν γάμον ἐξουσίας κύριον καὶ μηδὲ τῷ…
Χαίρετε, υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες, ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς, ἐν εἰρήνῃ.
ὡς ἐτῶν κζ μέση μελίχρως λεύκωμα ὀφθαλμόν, μακροπρόσωπος εὐθύρριν αἱ τρεῖς τῶν Ψεμμίνιος μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἑαυτῶν ἀδελφοῦ Παχνούβιος τοῦ προγεγραμμένου καὶ συνπωλουμένου, ἀπὸ τῆς ὑπαρχούσης αὐτοῖς πατρικῆς γῆς
Πανίσκου ἀγορανόμου τῆς ἄνω τοπαρχίας τοῦ Παθυρίτου. ὁμολογεῖ Πετεσοῦχος Πετεαρσεμθέως Τορτομίννει Σχώτου Περσίνη μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἑαυτῆς υἱοῦ Πανοβχούνιος τοῦ Ἁρπαήσιος ἐκ τῶν φρουρῶν περὶ τοῦ ἐὰν βεβαιώσῃ αὐτῶι
τῆς Βελλέους ὡς ἐτῶν κβ μέσης μελιχρόου στρογγυλοπροσώπου εὐθύρινος οὐλὴ μετώπῳ ἐκ δεξιῶν μετὰ κυρίου Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Ψενμεγχείους ὡς ἐτῶν λε μέσου … πάντες τῶν ἐκ τοῦ Παθυρίτου τὴν
περιαιρέω is built from the prefix περί meaning 'around' and a root meaning 'to take away.' It covers a range of meanings from physically removing something that surrounds, like an anchor or a garment, to metaphorically expiating sin. In the New Testament, it appears in contexts such as 2 Corinthians 3:16 and Hebrews 10:11, where it signifies taking away guilt or hope.
περι-αιρέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for סוּר hi.;]
to take away that which surrounds, take away, take off (τείχη, Hdt., Thuc.; χιτῶνα, Plat.; δακτύλιον, Ge 41:42, cf. σφρηγῖδα, Hdt., ii, 151): τ. κάλυμμα, pass., II Co 3:16; as nautical term (RV, cast off), ἀγκύρας, Ac 27:40; absol., to cast loose: Ac 28:13. Metaph., to take away entirely: ἐλπίς, pass., Ac 27:20; ἁμαρτίας, He 10:11.†
περι-αιρέω, -ῶ : 2 aor. inf. περιελεῖν, [ptep. plur. περιe\dvres; Pass., pres. 3 pers. sing. περιαιρεῖται] ; impf. 3 pers. sing. περιῃρεῖτο; fr. Hom. down; Sept. chiefly for VO; a. to take away that which surrounds or en= velops a thing (cf. περί, III. 1]: τὸ κάλυμμα, pass., 2 Co. ili. 16 (πορφύραν, 2 Mace. iv. 38; τὸν δακτύλιον, Gen. xli. 42; Joseph. antt. 19, 2, 3); ἀγκύρας, the anchors from both sides of the ship, [R. V. casting off], Acts xxvii. 40 ; [2 aor. ptep., absol., in a nautical sense, to cast loose, Acts xxviii. 13 WII (al. περιελθόντες]. b. metaph. to take away altogether or entirely: τὰς ἁμαρτίας (with which one is, as it were, enveloped), the guilt of sin, i. e. to expiate perfectly, Heb. x. 11; τὴν ἐλπίδα, pass., Acts xxvii. 20.
περιαιρέω in its literal sense ‘‘take away,” “‘remove,’’ may be illustrated from BGU IV. 1061!® (B.c. 14) ἐξέδυσαν kal περιείλοντο αὐτοῦ πόκους ἐρίων py. Cf. P Tebt II. 300! (A.D. 151), where instructions are given that a priest who had died should be struck off the list—émS(S0(= ὠ)μι (= ὅγπως περιερεθῇ [τ]οῦτο τὸ ὄνομα, BGU IV. 1085-7 (ii/A.D.) ἀξιούντων περιαιρεθῆναι αὐτὸν τῆς προκηρύξεωϊς, and the corresponding use of the act. in P Flor III, 3087 (A.D. 203) ἀξιῶ αὐτὸν περιελεῖν ἐκ τῶν δημοσίων λόγων : see also Ac 2818 and Field Motes, p. 149f. For the metaph. usage, as in Ac 272°, cf. M. Anton. xii. 2 τὸν πολὺν περισπασμὸν σεαυτοῦ περιαιρήσεις, “thou wilt free thyself from the most of thy distracting care”…
Read the full entry →περιαιρέω (periaireō) — to take away.
περιαιρ-έω,
aorist περιεῖλον [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—take away something that surrounds, strip off, remove, with accusative of things, τεῖχος Hdt.[same place],[Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τὸν κέραμον taking off the earthen jar into which the gold had been run, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δέρματα σωμάτων π. strip skins off from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, take away from, τῶν πολεμικῶν τὸ μελετᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, take off from oneself, π. τὴν κυνέην, τὴν σφρηγῖδα, take off one's helmet, one's signet-ring, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βυβλίον περιαιρεόμενος taking [the cover] off one's letter, i. e. opening it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: but middle is frequently used like active, strip off, take away, τὸ περιελέσθαι αὐτῶν τὰ ὅπλα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be taken off, τοὐπίβλημ᾽ ἐπεὶ περιῃρέθη [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῦ ἄλλου περιῃρημένου when the rest has been…
Read the full entry →περιαιρέω
periaireo
from 4012 and 138 (including its alternate); to remove all around,
i.e. unveil, cast off (anchor); figuratively, to expiate:--take away
(up).
see GREEK for 4012
see GREEK for 138
περιαιρέω
v.
I strip off, cast off
περιαιρέω periaireō 5x
to take off, lift off, remove, 2 Cor. 3:16; to cast off, Acts 27:40; met. to cut off hope, Acts 27:20; met. to take away sin, remove the guilt of sin, make expiation for sin, Heb. 10:11
περιαιρέω fut. ήσω perf. -ῄρηκα aor2 περι-εῖλον inf. -ελεῖν to take off something that surrounds, take off an outer coat, take away, strip off, τὰ τείχη Hdt., Thuc.; π. τὸν κέραμον taking off the earthen jar into which the gold had been run, Hdt.:—Mid. to take off from oneself, π. τὴν κυνέην to take off one's helmet, Hdt.; βιβλίον περιαιρεόμενος taking [the cover] off the letter, i. e. opening it, id. Hdt.:—but Mid. often just like Act. to strip off, take away, Xen., Plat.:—Pass. to be taken off, τοῦ ἄλλου περιῃρημένου when the rest has been taken away, Thuc.
Pass. also c. acc. rei, to be stript of a thing, περιῃρημένοι χρήματα καὶ συμμάχους Dem.; τοὺς στεφάνους περιῄρηνται id. Dem.
Verb-PPI-3S — Verb · present · passive · indicative · third person · singularpresent passive indicative — an action in progress.
V-PPI-3S Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Present Voice: Passive Mood: Indicative Person: third Number: Singular
5 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.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 4 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
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Counted over the 33 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.
ἐπεὶ οὖν ὁ ἄρτι εἰσαγόμενος μακρὰν τοῦ τέλους ἀφέστηκεν, εἰκότως φυτεύσαντι αὐτῷ προστέτακται περιελεῖν τὴν ἀκαθαρσίαν τοῦ φυτευθέντος.
ἀναπηδήσας δέ τις Τρεβέλλιος Μάξιμος περιαιρεῖται τὸν δακτύλιον τοῦ Σεντίου, λίθος δὲ εἰκόνα Γαΐου ἐγγεγλυμμένος ἐδεσμεύετο αὐτῷ, καὶ σπουδῇ τῶν λεγομένων καὶ ὧν ἐπενόει πράξειν, ὅπερ ᾤετο, ἐν λήθῃ γεγονότι καὶ ἡ μὲν γλυφὴ κατάγνυται.
γ ἐκ τῆς ἰδιοσπόρου χμ γ ιβ γίνονται ἀρτάβαι χοε δ ἐλάσσω ὃ δεῖ περιελεῖν Ἡρακλείδην ἀρτάβαις κε δ κρότωνος ξα 𐅵 Κλείταρχος δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἰδιοσπόρου νθ ιβ
ας ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν γονέων ἐτελεύτησεν τετελεκὼς πάντα τὰ ὑπὲρ αὑτοῦ δημόσια, ἀξιῶ αὐτὸν περιελεῖν ἐκ τῶν δημοσίων λόγων, ὡς καθήκει καὶ ὀμνύω τὴν τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Αὐτοκρατόρων Σεουήρου
ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης ἐτελεύτησαν ὑπὲρ ὧν ἐτελέσθη ἃ καθήκει δημόσια μέχρι νῦν, ἀξιῶ περιελεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῶν δημοσίων λόγων ὡς καθήκει καὶ ὀμνύω τὴν τοῦ κυρίου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου
The definite article — the commonest word in the Greek New Testament at 19,867 occurrences. Greek uses it more freely than English does and can drop it deliberately, so its presence and its absence both carry weight for a translator; but no single occurrence carries a message of its own. Here it simply gathers “the things” into one definite bundle.
ὁ, ἡ, τό,
the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article.
As demonstr. pron.
As freq. in Hom., absol., he (she, it), his (etc.): Ac 17:28 (quoted from the poet Aratus).
ὁ 435 ὁ tives of quantity, ὅλος, πᾶς, πολύς, see each in its own place. d. What has been said concerning adjectives holds true also of all other limitations added to substantives, as ἡ κατ᾽ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις, Ro. ix. 11; ἡ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ διαθήκη, Ro. xi. 27; 6 λόγος 6 τοῦ σταυροῦ, 1 Co. i. 18; ἡ εἰς Χριστὸν πίστις, Col. ii. 5; on the other hand, ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεόν, 1 Th. i. 8; τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους, 2 Co. viii. 4; see many other exx. of each usage in W. 131 (124) sqq.; [B. 91 (80) sqq.]. e. The noun has the article before it when a demonstrative pronoun (υὗτος, ἐκεῖνος) belonging to it either precedes or follows [W. § 18, 4; B. § 127, 29-31]; as, ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος, Jn. ix. 24 [οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρ. 1, Tr mrg. WH); Acts vi. 13; xxii. 26; ὁ λαὸς οὗτος, Mt. xv. 8; 6 vids σου οὗτος, Lk. xv. 30; plur. Lk. xxiv. 17, and numberless other exx.; οὗτος 6 ἄνθρωπος, Lk. xiv. 30; οὗτος ὁ…
Read the full entry →ὃ, ἡ τό. (1) Apart from connexion with μέν or δέ (see below) the demonstrative use of the art. in the NT is confined to a poetical quotation Ac 1778, but it is not uncommon in the papyri, e.g. P Par 45® (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski®, p. 85) τὰ (for ἃ) πράσεις (Δ πράσσεις), P Oxy VIII. 1160! (iii/iv A.D.) Ta (for ἃ) σεσύλληχα (for συνείληχα) δὲ κέρμα {ταν τηρῶ αὐτὰ εἰς τὴν δίκην, “1 am keeping for the trial the money that I have collected” (Ed.). For the distributive Opéev.. - 6 8€, as in 1 Cor7’, cf. P Lond 535 (B.c. 161) (=I. p. 19, U.P.Z. i. p. 239) kal τὰ μὲν ἡμῶν ἐληφότων εἰς τὴν γινομένην ἡμῖν συντάξειν, τὰ δ᾽ ἔτι διὰ τὴν τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων {(.. ... > παρελκομένων. (2) The use of the art. as a relative, of which there is no trace in the NT, may again be illustrated by the following papyrus citations from ¢c. A.D. 346—P Lond 414® (= II. Ῥ. 292) γεινῴσκιν oe θέλω περὶ τοῦ βρεουίου…
Read the full entry →ὁ (ho) — the/this/who.
ὁ,
ἡ, τό, is, when thus written,
__A demonstrative Pronoun.
__B in Attic dialect, definite or prepositive Article.
__C in Epic dialect, the so-called postpositive Article, = relative Pronoun, ὅς, ἥ, ὅ.—The nominative masculine and feminine singular and plural, ὁ, ἡ, οἱ, αἱ, have no accent in codices and most printed books, except when used as the relative; but ὁ, ἡ, οἱ, αἱ differ only in writing from ὃ, ἣ, οἳ, α; the nominative forms of the article are said by Hdn.Gr.1.474 to be oxytone, and by [Refs 2nd c.AD+] in Aeolic dialect accusative to [Refs 8th c.BC+] genitive and dative dual τοῖιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]— In Doric dialect and all other dialects except Attic dialect and Ionic dialect the feminine forms preserve the old ᾱ instead of changing it to η, hence Doric dialect etc. ἁ, τάν, τᾶ; the genitive plural τάων contracts in many dialects to τᾶ; the genitive…
ὁ ἡ τό
ho
he hay, and the neuter
to to
in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be
supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one,
he, she, it, etc.
ὁ, ἡ, τό
Article
the
ὁ ho 19x
the prepositive article, answering, to a considerable extent, to the English definite article; but, for the principle and facts of its usage, consult a grammar; ὁ μὲν ... ὁ δέ, the one ... the other, Phil. 1:16, 17; Heb. 7:5, 6, 20, 21, 23, 24; pl. some ... others, Mt. 13:23; 22:5, 6; ὁ δέ, but he, Mt. 4:4; 12:48; οἱ δέ, but others, Mt. 28:17; used, in a poetic quotation, for a personal pronoun, Acts 17:28
ὁ the, that
ὁ, ἡ, τό, is
demonstr. Pronoun.
the definite Article.
in epic, the relative Pronoun, when it is written with the accent ὅ, ἥ, τό ῀ ὅς, ἥ, ὅ. Besides the common forms, note epic gen. sg. τοῖο for τοῦ; pl. nom. τοί, ταί; gen. fem. τάων [α^], dat. τοῖσι, τῇς and τῇσι; dual gen, and dat. τοῖιν:— in Trag. we find τοὶ μέν . . , τοὶ δέ . . , for οἱ μέν . . , οἱ δέ . . ; dat. pl. also τοῖσι, ταῖσι: the dual has commonly but one gender, τώ for τά, τοῖν for ταῖν.
DEMONSTR. PRONOUN:
joined with a Subst., not as the Art., but like Lat. ille, ὁ Τυδείδης Tydeus's famous son, Il.; Νέστωρ ὁ γέρων Nestor— that aged man, id. Il.; τιμῆς τῆς Πριάμου for honour, namely that of Priam, id. Il.
Art-NSN — Article · nominative · singular · neuternominative — the one doing it — the subject.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
T-NSN Part of Speech: definite arTicle Case: Nominative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter
THE, an adjective or definitive adjective.
1. This adjective is used as a definitive, that is, before nouns which are specific or understood; or it is used to limit their signification to a specific thing or things, or to describe them; as the laws of the twelve tables. the independent tribunals of justice in our country, are the security or private rights, and the best bulwark against arbitrary power. the sun is the source of light and heat.
This he calls the preaching of the cross.
2. the is also used rhetorically before a noun in the singular number, to denote a species by way of distinction; a single thing representing the whole. the fig tree putteth forth her green figs; the almond tree shall flourish; the grasshopper shall be a burden.
3. In poetry, the sometimes loses the final vowel before another vowel.
Th' adorning thee with so much art,
Is but a barb'rous skill.
20,685 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 83 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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40 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →
Τῶν ἄλλων νομοθετῶν οἱ μὲν ἀκαλλώπιστα καὶ γυμνὰ τὰ νομισθέντα παρ’ αὐτοῖς εἶναι δίκαια διετάξαντο, οἱ δὲ πολὺν ὄγκον τοῖς νοήμασι προσπεριβαλόντες ἐξετύφωσαν τὰ πλήθη μυθικοῖς πλάσμασι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπικρύψαντες.
ἡ τοῦ κόσμου σύστασις καὶ διάταξις τῶν στοιχείων.
Χαίρετε, υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες, ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς, ἐν εἰρήνῃ.
r βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν Φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιε, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν
ιζ Θῶυθ κη ἀπέδοτο Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει Παθύρεως χαλκοῦ Γ. ἐπρίατο Ὧρος Νεχούτου.
βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιϛ, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν
The Greek word κάλυμμα (kalumma) means 'covering' or 'veil' and is derived from the verb καλύπτω (kaluptō). It appears in the New Testament, notably in 2 Corinthians 3:13-16, where it is used metaphorically to describe something that obscures understanding. The lexicons indicate a range of meanings, including various types of physical coverings and metaphorical uses.
κάλυμμα, -τος, τό
(< καλύπτω),
[in LXX: Nu 3:25 4:8 ff. (מִכְסֶה), Ex 34:33 ff. (מַסְוֶה), etc.;]
a covering, veil: II Co 3:13-16.†
κάλυμμα, -τος, τὸ, (καλύπτω), α veil, a covering: 2 Co. iii. 13 (Ex. xxxiv. 33); [κάλυμμα, or its equiv., is suggested to the reader by the context in 1 Co. xi. 4 κατὰ κεφαλῆς ἔχων; see ἔχω, I. 1 b.]; metaph., 2 Co. iii. 14-16, of that which prevents a thing from being understood. (Hom., Tragg., Arstph., al.; Sept.)
κάλυμμα “be so good as to sell at your own risk good quality of those drugs of which my friend Sotas says that he has need,” where καλόν is contrasted with σαπρόν a few lines further on, just as in Mt 12%, 1348: P Oxy I. 1161f (ii/a.p.) (as amended II. p. 319) κ[στην σταφυλῆς λείαν καλῆς Kal σφυρίδα φοίνικος καλοῦ, ‘a box of very good grapes, and a basket of good dates”: P Fay 1338 (iv/A.p.) ὑἸπερθοῦ δὲ ἡμερῶν δύο] Kal τριῶν ἵνα. . . ὃ οἶνος. . καλὸς γένηται, ‘* wait for two or three days in order that the wine may become good’’: and with reference to clothing, P Tebt II. 27854 (early i/A.D.) κάλλιστον ἱμάτιν, 73. 423°4 (early iii/A.D.) καλὸν χιτῶνα, P Oxy VII. 1069" (iii/A.D.) σπούδασον yap τὸ κειθώνειν μου γενέστε (1. γενέσθαι) mpd λόγον, καὶ K[a]Aa μέτρα αὐτῷ βαλέτωσαν, ““Ὅ6 careful to have my tunic made properly, and let them put good measure into it” (Ed.). An unusual compar. form…
Read the full entry →κάλυμμα (kalumma) — veil.
κάλυμμα [ᾰ], ατος, τό,
(κᾰλύπτω) head-covering, hood, veil, κ. κυάνεον dark veil worn in mourning, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Χρύσεον κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] 'I will lift the veil', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λεπτῶν ὄμμα διὰ καλυμμάτων ἔχους᾽ [NT+5th c.BC+]
2. fishing-net shaped like a sack, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; βουλευτοῖσιν ἐν καλύμμασιν, of the garment thrown by Clytaemnestra over her husband, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. skull (as the brain's covering), [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
4. grave, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
5. in animals, the covering of the gills of fishes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; operculum of testaceans, [Refs]; eyelid, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
6. covering of honeycomb, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
7. shell of fruit, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
8. shutter, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
κάλυμμα
kaluma
from 2572; a cover, i.e. veil:--vail.
see GREEK for 2572
κάλυμμα, ατος, τό
n.n.
a veil
κάλυμμα kalymma 4x
a covering; a veil, 2 Cor. 3:13; met. a veil, a blind to spiritual vision, 2 Cor. 3:14, 15, 16*
Noun-NSN — Noun · nominative · singular · neuternominative — the one doing it — the subject.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
N-NSN Part of Speech: Noun Case: Nominative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter
With regard to the use of the veil, it is important to observe that it was by no means so general in ancient as in modern times. Much of the scrupulousness in respect of the use of the veil dates from the promulgation of the Koran, which forbade women appearing unveiled except in the presence of their nearest relatives. In ancient times the veil was adopted only in exceptional cases, either as an article of ornamental dress, (Solomon 4:1,3; 6:7) or by betrothed maidens in the presence of their future husbands, especially at the time of the wedding, (Genesis 24:65) or lastly, by women of loose character for purposes of concealment. (Genesis 38:14) Among the Jews of the New Testament age it appears to have been customary for the women to cover their heads (not necessarily their…
An indispensable part of the outdoor dress of Eastern Ladies, who live secluded from the sight of all men except their own husbands and their nearest relatives. If an Egyptian lady is surprised uncovered, she quickly draws her veil over her face, with some exclamation like, "O my misfortune." To lift or remove one’s veil was to insult and degrade her, Ge 24:65 So 5:7 1Co 11:5,10. The custom of wearing veils, however, has not been prevalent at all times. Sarah the wife of Abraham, and Rebekah and her companions at the well do not appear to have worn them, Ge 12:14,15 24:16. Compare also Ge 38:14,15
→ Worn
By Rebekah Ge 24:65
By Tamar Ge 38:14,19
By Moses, to screen his face when he descended from Mount Sinai Ex 34:33,35; 2Co 3:13-16
→ See DRESS
→ See WIMPLE
4 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 1 different way. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 4 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
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what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
Counted over the 14 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.
ἐντεῦθεν ὁρμηθεὶς τήν τε σκηνὴν δυσὶ περιβόλων ὁρίοις συνύφαινε, μέσον ἀμφοῖν κάλυμμα θείς, ὅπως διακρίνηται τῶν εἴσω τὰ ἔξω (Exod.