Hebrews 12:18 — Word Study
N1904Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ ὄρει καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ καὶ γνόφῳ καὶ ζόφῳ καὶ θυέλλῃ
BSANotou forgar you have come toproserchomai■ [that] being touchedpsēlaphaō▸ [that might be touched, a physical peak, felt, handled] mountainoros andkai kindledkaiō■✻ [kindled, ablaze] with firepur [flames, divine judgment] andkai to darknessgnophos△ [blackness] andkai to gloomskotos andkai to stormthuella△ [tempest, whirlwind]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| Οὐ | Not | Particle, negative |
| γὰρ | for | Conjunction |
| προσεληλύθατε | you have come to | Verb, perfect, active |
| ψηλαφωμένῳ | [that] being touched | Verb, present, passive |
| ὄρει | mountain | Noun, dative, singular |
| καὶ | and | Conjunction |
| κεκαυμένῳ | kindled | Verb, perfect, passive |
| πυρὶ | with fire | Noun, dative, singular |
| καὶ | and | Conjunction |
| γνόφῳ | to darkness | Noun, dative, singular |
| καὶ | and | Conjunction |
| ζόφῳ | to gloom | Noun, dative, singular |
| καὶ | and | Conjunction |
| θυέλλῃ | to storm | Noun, dative, singular |
Every word in the verse. Click a row to open it in the panel on the left.
| BSB | For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; |
| KJV | For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, |
| ASV | For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, |
| YLT | For ye came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest, |
| WEB | For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm, |
| BBE | You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind, |
Where they part company is in the rendering of phrases like προσεληλύθατε — see How Translations Differ.
The sentence is structured with a main clause followed by descriptive noun phrases that elaborate on the nature of what has not been approached.
8 commentators on this verse
Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them ›
clause
verbπροσέρχομαι
The sentence as the grammar sees it Open the tree ›
2 of 14 occur nowhere else in the New Testament — words chosen on purpose.
Bars are logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word in the Greek New Testament, stands 19,867 times, so a linear scale would leave everything else invisible. Click a row to open that word.
Deep Study — Hebrews 12:18
Sections marked generated are written from the data on this page rather than by a named author. Everything else — the lexicon entries, the cross references, the manuscript readings, the counts — is quoted from its source unchanged.
Context — The Contrast Between Sinai and Ziongenerated
Hebrews 12:18 emphasizes that believers have not approached a physical mountain like Sinai, which was associated with fear and divine judgment. Instead, they are invited into a new relationship with God that is characterized by grace and access. This passage draws a clear distinction between the old covenant, marked by fear and separation, and the new covenant, which offers closeness to God and a community of faith.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exodus 19:12–19 | And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. |
| 2 | Exodus 20:18 | When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance. |
| 3 | Exodus 24:17 | And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites. |
| 4 | Deuteronomy 4:11 | You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. |
| 5 | Deuteronomy 5:22–26 | The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 8 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — προσεληλύθατε, proserchomaigenerated
The verb προσερχομαι (transliterated as proserchomai) means 'to approach' or 'to draw near.' It is in the perfect tense, indicating a completed action with ongoing relevance. This suggests that the act of coming near to God is not just a one-time event but an ongoing relationship.
This word is often used in contexts where individuals approach God in worship or seek His presence. In this verse, it signifies that believers have a direct access to God, contrasting with the fearful approach to the mountain in the old covenant.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study uses the Berean Standard Bible as the baseline, which states, "For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched..." The KJV and ASV use similar language, emphasizing the physical nature of the mountain.
Where they differ is in the rendering of specific phrases. The BSB uses "with fire," while the KJV uses "burned with fire," and the ASV uses "that burned with fire." The translations also vary in their choice of words for darkness, with the KJV and ASV opting for "blackness" and the BSB using "darkness."
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main clause is introduced by the conjunction γὰρ, meaning 'for,' which sets up the explanation. The finite verb προσεληλύθατε (you have come to) governs the entire sentence, indicating what the audience has not approached.
The sentence contains multiple noun phrases describing the mountain and its characteristics, including the participial phrases that elaborate on the conditions surrounding it, such as 'that can be touched' and 'that is burning with fire.'
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The word ὄρος (mountain) is used in the Septuagint to translate the Hebrew הַר (har), which also means mountain. This connection highlights the continuity between the Old and New Testaments.
The concept of drawing near is echoed in the Septuagint's use of προσερχομαι, which translates the Hebrew קָרֵב (qarav), meaning to approach or come near, emphasizing the relational aspect of approaching God.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Hebrews 12:18 explains that believers have not come to a physical mountain like Sinai, which was associated with fear and divine judgment. Instead, they are invited into a new relationship with God, characterized by grace and access, contrasting the old covenant with the new.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
It signifies that believers are not approaching a physical place of fear and separation but are instead entering into a spiritual relationship with God.
The verse contrasts the fearful experience at Sinai with the grace-filled access believers have in the new covenant.
The imagery of fire, darkness, and storm evokes the awe and fear associated with God's presence at Sinai, highlighting the transformative nature of the new covenant.
Understanding this difference helps believers grasp the nature of their relationship with God and the access they have through Christ.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what ways do I approach God in my life, and how can I deepen that relationship?
- How can understanding the contrast between Sinai and Zion impact my faith journey?
- What fears do I need to let go of in approaching God?
- How does the imagery of fire and darkness shape my understanding of God's holiness?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Several early church Fathers comment on this verse, reflecting on the significance of the imagery used and its implications for understanding God's revelation.
Wonderful indeed were the things in the Temple, the Holy of Holies; and again awful were those things also that were done at Mount Sinai, "the fire, the darkness, the blackness, the tempest." For, it says,Early Church Fathers on Hebrews 12 →
While he brought out the fearsome things, he did not reveal the fruit springing from them. He did not say he “appeared,” because what they saw was not the God of all in person but some impression of the divine coming.Early Church Fathers on Hebrews 12 →
There is fire, for this reason, that God may appear more fearsome to those who were delivering the law. "And to darkness and gloom." Darkness and gloom signify the shadow of the Old Testament.Early Church Fathers on Hebrews 12 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Hebrews 12:18 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleFor ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched,.... The design of the apostle in the following words is, in general, to engage the Hebrews to adhere closely to the Gospel, from the
Read John Gill on Hebrews 12 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryFor ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, For - The fact that we are not under the law, but under the
Read Robert Jamieson on Hebrews 12 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleFor showeth, , the apostle enforcing on these Hebrews, and with them on all Christians, the pursuit of holiness and peace, by subjoining the great helps they have for it, beyond what the Old Testament church had, they being freed from the legal dispensation, which was less helpful to it, and admitted to that of the gospel, most promoting it. The first he layeth down, ; and the other, . They are freed from the covenant dispensation at Mount Sinai. Ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched; you have not been called, as to your body, to journey it to Sinai, or as to your faith to close with that covenant administration, to depend on, or have any expectation from it, as delivered by…
Read Matthew Poole on Hebrews 12 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, Ver. 18. For ye are not come, &c.] q.d. You are not under the law, but under grace, beware therefore of profaneness and licentiousness. For think you that God hath hired you to be wicked? are you delivered to do all these abominations Jeremiah 7:10. Ought you not to walk gospel high? Philippians 1:27. Will not the angel (Christ) that goeth along with you, destroy you after that he hath done you good, if ye turn not and repent according to the rules of the law, the gospel? Exodus 33:2-4.
Read John Trapp on Hebrews 12 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18-29) The exhortation to faithfulness is most impressively enforced by means of a comparison between the earlier revelation and that which is given in Christ. The mount that might be touched.—It appears certain that the word “mount” has no place in the true Greek text. Had this word been in the sentence as originally written, its absence from all our more ancient authorities would be inexplicable; whilst, on the other hand, the contrast with Hebrews 12:22, and the recollection of Deu 4:11, from which the last words in this verse are taken, would very naturally lead a transcriber to supply this word, which he might suppose to have accidentally dropped out of the text. If, however, the…
Read Charles John Ellicott on Hebrews 12 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 18. - 21. For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched] I believe the words ψηλαφωμενωορει should be translated to a palpable or material mountain; for that it was not a mountain that on this occasion might be touched, the history, Exodus 19:12; Exodus 19:13, shows; and the apostle himself, in Hebrews 12:20, confirms. It is called here a palpable or material mount, to distinguish it from that spiritual mount Sion, of which the apostle is speaking. Some contend that it should be translated tacto de caelo, thunder-struck; this sense would agree well enough with the scope of the place. The apostle's design is to show that the dispensation of the law engendered terror; that it…
Read AdamClarke on Hebrews 12 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges18–29. The mercy and sublimity of the New Covenant as contrasted with the Old (18–24) enhance the guilt and peril of the backslider (25–29)18. For ye are not come] At the close of his arguments and exhortations the writer condenses the results of his Epistle into a climax of magnificent eloquence and force, in which he shews the transcendent beauty and supremacy of the New Covenant as compared with the terrors and imperfections of the Old.unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire] Unless we allow the textual evidence to be overruled by the other considerations, which are technically called “paradiplomatic evidence,” the verse should be rendered “For ye have not come…
Read Cambridge on Hebrews 12 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleFor ye are not come - To enforce the considerations already urged, the apostle introduces this sublime comparison between the old and new dispensations; Hebrews 12:18-24.
Read Albert Barnes on Hebrews 12 →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
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to blackness, darkness, and storm;
For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind
Tyndale line
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
For ye are not come to the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor to blackness, and to darkness, and tempest,
For ye are not come vnto the mount that might be touched, nor vnto burning fire, nor to blacknes and darkenes, and tempest,
Strictly literal
For ye have not come to [the mount] that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,
For ye came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
For you did not come near to the mountain touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and storm,
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched, a mountain of burning fire, darkness, gloom, and storm.
From the Latin
For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched, and a burning fire, and a whirlwind, and darkness, and storm,
Simplified
You haven't arrived at a physical mountain that can be touched, that burned with fire, to a stormy place of black darkness,
You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,
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.
Non enim accessistis ad tractabilem montem, et accensibilem ignem, et turbinem, et caliginem, et procellam,
Jerome revised the Old Latin against the Greek from AD 382; the Latin west read this text for a thousand years.
ܠܐ ܓܝܪ ܐܬܩܪܒܬܘܢ ܠܢܘܪܐ ܕܝܩܕܐ ܘܡܬܓܫܐ ܐܦܠܐ ܠܚܫܘܟܐ ܘܠܥܪܦܠܐ ܘܠܥܪܘܪܐ
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.
Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ — καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ καὶ γνόφῳ καὶ ζόφῳ καὶ θυέλλῃ
The standard critical text of the New Testament.
Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ — καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ καὶ γνόφῳ καὶ ζόφῳ καὶ θυέλλῃ
The previous edition, still widely cited.
Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ — καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ καὶ γνόφῳ καὶ ζόφῳ καὶ θυέλλῃ
The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.
Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ — καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ καὶ γνόφῳ καὶ ζόφῳ καὶ θυέλλῃ
The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.
Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ — καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ καὶ γνόφῳ καὶ ζόφῳ καὶ θυέλλῃ
An independent critical text built from the oldest witnesses then known.
Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ — καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ καὶ γνόφῳ καὶ ζόφῳ καὶ θυέλλῃ
A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.
Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ ὄρει καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ καὶ γνόφῳ καὶ — καὶ θυέλλῃ
The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.
Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ ὄρει καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ καὶ γνόφῳ καὶ — καὶ θυέλλῃ
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ὄρει mountain | TR, Byz | NA28, NA27, SBL, WH, Treg, Tyn |
| ζόφῳ to gloom | NA28, NA27, Tyn, SBL, WH, Treg | TR, Byz |
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Greek New Testament — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Hebrews 12:18
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.
The Greek word οὐ (transliterated as ou) is a primary negative particle meaning 'not' or 'no.' It is used to negate verbs or statements, often appearing in various forms depending on the following sound. In the New Testament, it frequently serves to deny facts and is distinct from another negative particle, μή (transliterated as mē), which is used for prohibitions or wishes.
οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Ac 2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., § 409; M, Pr., 44, 244),
[in LXX for לֹא, אַיִן, אֵין;]
neg. particle,
not, no, used generally c. indic. and for a denial of fact (cf . μή);
absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Mt 13:29, Jo 1:21 21:5; οὒ οὔ, Mt 5:37, Ja 5:12.
οὐ before a consonant, οὐκ before a vowel with a smooth breathing, and ody before an aspirated vowel ; but sometimes in the best codd. οὐχ occurs even before a smooth breathing; accordingly LT WH mrg. have adopted οὐχ ἰδού, Acts ii. 7; LT οὐχ ᾿Ιουδαϊκῶς, Gal. ii. 14 (see WH. Introd. § 409); L οὐχ ὀλίγος, Acts xix. 23; οὐχ ἠγάπησαν, Rev. xii. 11; and contrariwise οὐκ before an aspirate, as οὐκ ἕστηκεν, Jn. viii. 44 T; [οὐκ ἕνεκεν, 2 Co. vii. 12 T]; (οὐκ εὗρον, Lk. xxiv. 3; [οὐκ ὑπάρχει, Acts iii. 6] in cod. x [alsoC*; ef. cod. Alex. in 1 ἔβαν. iv. 2,12; Job xix. 16; xxxviiil. 11, 26]); cf. W. $5, 14d. 14; Β. τ; [A. v. Schiitz, Hist. Alphab. Att., Berol. 1875, pp: 54-58 ; Sophocles, Hist. of Grk. Alphab., 1st ed. 1848, p- 64 sq. (on the breathing); Tdf Sept., ed. 4, Proleg. pp: Xxxiii. xxxiv.; Scrivener, Collation ete., 2d ed., p. lv. no. 9; id. cod. Bezae p. xlvii. no. 11 (ef. p. xlii.…
Read the full entry →ου to make the voyage” (Edd.), and P Amh II. 78?! (a.p. 184) τοιαύτης ο[ὖ]ν αὐθαδίας ἐν αὐτῷ οὔσης οὐ δυνάμενος [ἐν]καρτερεῖν ἐπιδίδωμι, ‘“ his audacity having reached this pitch I can endure no longer and present this petition.” See further Proleg. p. 231 f. In support of the translation ‘‘ I determined not to know” in 1 Cor 2, we may cite P Par 2657 (B.c. 163) (= UPZi. Ρ-. 248) οὐκ ἐκρίναμεν καταχωρῆσαι, ‘we determined not to record,” P Tebt I. 124° (c. B.c. 118) οὐκ (ἐκδρίναμεν ἐξαρ[ιθ]μεῖ[σθαι, “we determined not to be counted,” and the classical formula in P Hamb I. 27° (B.c. 250 (249)) οὐκ ἔφη εἰδέναι, ‘he said that he did not know.” The origin of the double negative οὐ μή is fully discussed by Moulton Pro/eg. p. 187 ff. When we pass to its actual occurrences in the NT, we find that these for the most part are found in passages derived from the OT and in the Sayings of our Lord…
Read the full entry →οὐ (ou) — no.
οὐ,
the negative of fact and statement, as μή of will and thought; οὐ denies, μή rejects; οὐ is absolute, μή relative; οὐ objective, μή subjective. —The same differences hold for all compounds of οὐ and μή, and some examples of οὐδέ and οὐδείς are included below.—As to the Form, see infr. G. USAG[Refs 5th c.BC+]
I. as the negative of single words,
II. as the negative of the sentence.
I. οὐ adhering to single words so as to form a quasi-compound with them:—with Verbs: οὐ δίδωμι withhold, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ εἰῶ prevent, [Refs]; οὐκ ἐθέλω refuse, [Refs]; οὔ φημι deny, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but sometimes οὐ is retained, εἰ δ᾽ ἂν.. οὐκ ἐθέλωσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐάντε.. οὐ (variant{μή}) φῆτε ἐάντε φῆτε [Refs 8th c.BC+] —On the use of οὐ in contrasts, see below [Refs 5th…
οὐ
ou
ouk ook, and (before an aspirate)
ouch ookh
a primary word; the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or
not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, +
nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also
3364, 3372.
see GREEK for 3361
see GREEK for 3364
see GREEK for 3372
οὐ
Neg.prt.
no, not
οὐ ou 1x
negative adverb, originally the gen. of ὅς, spelled οὐκ if followed by a word beginning with a vowel and a smooth breathing, οὐχ if followed by a vowel and rough breathing, not, no, Mt. 5:37; 12:43; 23:37; for the peculiarities of its usage (especially as distinct from μή) consult a grammar
Particle-N — Particle · negativeparticle — a small word colouring the clause; it does not decline.
PRT-N PaRTicle, disjunctive particle Negative
1,689 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 17 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,622 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
8 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →
ὡς γὰρ τῶν κολοσσιαίων μεγεθῶν τὰς ἐμφάσεις καὶ ἡ βραχυτάτη σφραγὶς τυπωθεῖσα δέχεται, οὕτως τάχα που καὶ τὰ τῆς ἀναγραφείσης ἐν τοῖς νόμοις κοσμοποιίας ὑπερβάλλοντα κάλλη καὶ ταῖς μαρμαρυγαῖς τὰς τῶν ἐντυγχανόντων ψυχὰς ἐπισκιάζοντα βραχυτέροις…
ὁ δὲ τῶν παρʼ ἡμῖν ἀρχιερέων οὐδενὸς ἀρετῇ δεύτερος Ἐλεάζαρος τῷ προειρημένῳ βασιλεῖ ταύτης ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς ὠφελείας οὐκ ἐφθόνησε πάντως ἀντειπὼν ἄν, εἰ μὴ πάτριον ἦν ἡμῖν τὸ μηδὲν ἔχειν τῶν καλῶν ἀπόρρητον.
ἐγὼ δὲ οὐχ ὡς διδάσκαλος, ἀλλ̓ ὧς εἰς ἐξ ὑμῶν ὑποδείξω ὀλίγα, δἰ ὧν ἐν τοῖς παροῦσιν εὐφρανθήσεσθε.
δὲ γενόμεναι κατὰ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον κληρονομήσασαι ταξάμεναι τὰ καθήκοντα τέλη θεᾶι Βερενίκηι κυριεύομεν. ὅθεν οὐκ ἀποδιδόντων τὰ ἡμέτερα ἐπεδώκαμεν ἐν τῶι λ ἔτει προσανγελίαν Ἡρακλείδει γενομένωι ἀρχιφυλακίτηι τοῦ Παθυρίτου
ι ἀρουρῶν πρόκτησιν … ένου αὐτὸν ἐν συνεδρίωι καὶ συγχώρησιν … ειν, ἐν ἧι οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ὁ πατήρ. ὅθεν καταβεβραβευμένοι … ήρου συνεριου ἀξιοῦμεν, ἐὰν φαίνηται, συντάξαι γράψαι, οἷς
ὠνῆς ἐν πίστει διὰ τῶν περὶ τὸν Πανεβχοῦνιν ἐκτελειωθεῖσαν τῶι … ἔτει ἀντὶ ὀφειλημάτων, οὐκ ἐπελευσομένους τὸν Πανερέα καὶ τὴν Σενενοῦπιν περὶ ὀφειλημάτων μηδὲ περὶ ἄλλου μηδενός. ταῦτα δὲ
The Greek word γάρ (gar) is a coordinating particle primarily used to introduce reasons or explanations, similar to 'for' in English. It can serve various functions, including causal, explicative, and conclusive, and is often placed after the first word in a clause. In the New Testament, it appears in contexts that clarify or justify preceding statements, aligning with its classical usage.
γάρ, a conjunction, which ace. to its composition, γέ and dpa (i. 4. ἄρ), is properly a particle of affirmation and conclusion, denoting truly therefore, verily as the case stands, “ the thing is first aflirmed by the particle yé, and then is referred to what precedes by the force of the particle dpa” (Klotz ad Devar. ii. 1, p. 232; οἵ. Kiihner ii. p. 724; [Jelf § 786; W. 445 (415) sq-]). Now since by a new affirmation not infrequently the reason and nature of something previously mentioned are set forth, it comes to pass that, by the use of this particle, either the reason and cause of a foregoing statement is added, whence arises the causal or argumentative force of the particle, for (Lat. nam, enim; Germ. denn) ; or some previous declaration is explained, whence γάρ takes on an ex plicative force: YP Sor, the fact is, namely (Lat. videlicet, Germ. ndmilich). Thus the force of the…
Read the full entry →γάρ (gar) — for.
γάρ
(γε, ἄρα), causal conjunction, used alone or with other Particles.
I. introducing the reason or cause of what precedes, for, τῷ γὰρ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκε θεὰ λευκώλενος Ἥρη· κήδετο γ. Δαναῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but frequently in explanation of that which is implied in the preceding clause, πολλάων πολίων κατέλυσε κάρηνα.. τοῦ γὰρ κράτος ἐστὶ μέγιστον [Refs]
I. b in simple explanations, especially after a Pronoun or demonstrative adjective, ἀλλὰ τόδ᾽ αἰνὸν ἄχος κραδίην καὶ θυμὸν ἱκάνει· Ἕκτωρ γ. ποτε φήσει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὃ δὲ δεινότατον.. ὁ Ζεὺς γ... [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in introducing proofs or examples, μαρτύριον δέ· Δήλου γ. καθαιρομένης.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τεκμήριον δέ· οὔτε γ. Λακεδαιμόνιοι.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; in full, τεκμήριον δὲ…
γάρ
gar
a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument,
explanation or intensification; often with other particles):--and, as,
because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then,
therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
γάρ
Cj.
for
γάρ for, Lat. enim, and like it, regularly placed after the first word of a sentence: to introduce the reason:
ARGUMENTATIVE, to introduce the reason for a statement, which usually precedes:—when it precedes the statement, it may be rendered since, as, Ἀτρείδη, πολλοὶ γὰρ τεθνᾶσιν Ἀχαιοί, χρὴ πόλεμον παῦσαι Il.
the statement of which γάρ gives the reason may be omitted, οὐ γάρ τί μοι Ζεὺς ἦν ὁ κηρύξας τάδε [yes], for it was not Zeus, etc., Soph.; ἔστι γὰρ οὕτω [yes], for so it is, i. e. yes certainly, Plat.; οἵδ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ εἰσί: τοῦτο γάρ σε δήξεται [I say this], for it will sting thee, Eur.: —in Conditional Propositions, where the Condition is omitted, it may be transl. for otherwise, else, οὐ γὰρ ἄν με ἔπεμπον πάλιν, (sc. εἰ μὴ ἐπίστευον)…
Read the full entry →Conj — Conjunctionconjunction — it joins clauses, and never changes form.
CONJ CONJunction or conjunctive particle
for (ki (conjunction), le, from 'el (preposition), and various other words. In the New Testament also the words are various, chiefly gar, kai gar, hoti (conjunctions); anti apo eis dia (accusative), epi (dative and accusative), peri (genitive), pros (genitive and accusative), huper (genitive) (prepositions)): the English Revised Version and the American Standard Revised Version give in many cases more literal or more accurate renderings than those in the King James Version.
In the New Testament the most important preps. from a doctrinal point of view are anti, "face to face," "over against," "instead," "on behalf of," peri, "around," "about," "concerning," huper, "over," "on behalf of." The first has been claimed as stating the substitutionary nature of Christ's sacrifice as contrasted with huper and peri, more frequently used of it. But, although anti in the New Testament often means…
1,083 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 11 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,038 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
1 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →
καὶ γὰρ λόγον καὶ ἀκοὴν ὑπερβάλλει μείζω καὶ σεμνότερα ὄντα ἢ ὡς θνητοῦ τινος ὀργάνοις ἐναρμοσθῆναι.
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·
ἐγνώρισεν γὰρ ἡμῖν ὁ δεσπότης διὰ τῶν προφητῶν τὰ παρεληλυθότα καὶ τὰ ἐνεστῶτα, καὶ τῶν μελλόντων δοὺς ἀπαρχὰς ἡμῖν γεύσεως, ὧν τὰ καθ̓ ἕκαστα βλέποντες ἐνεργούμενα, καθὼς ἐλάλησεν, ὀφείλομεν πλουσιώτερον καὶ ὑψηλότερον προσάγειν τῷ φόβῳ αὐτοῦ.
ἀποκαταστῆναι , ἔτι καὶ νῦν καλῶς ποιήσεις παρακαλῶν σαυτὸν καὶ τοὺς παρʼ ἡμῶν· προσπέπτωκεν γὰρ Παῶν ἀναπλεῖν ἐν τῶι Τῦβι μηνὶ μετὰ δυνάμεων ἱκανῶν πρὸς τὸ καταστεῖλαι τοὺς ἐν
ἀλλʼ ἀποστερέσαι … ησας ἀλλά … τας κατὰ κοινόν … ἐπίσκεψιν ποιησάσθαι. … τούτων γὰρ γενομένων ἐσόμεθα βεβοηθημένοι ὑφʼ ὑμῶν. ἔρρωσθε. ἔτους θ Φαρμοῦθι κζ, ἐπιλέγματος ἀναγνωσθέντος τοῦ ὑπομνήματος
ποιήσετε συνγεινόμενοι εἰς τοῦτον τόπον ἐν ἀσφαλείαι ὑπάρχοντα συντηρηθῆναι τοῦτον τῶι κυρίωι βασιλεῖ· οὕτω γὰρ πράσσοντες καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὰ πράγματα εὔνοιαν διατηροῦντες … ε … παρὰ τῶν ἐπάνω
προσέρχομαι (proserchomai) means to approach or draw near, often in a physical or metaphorical sense, such as approaching God in worship. It appears frequently in the New Testament, including in Matthew and Hebrews, and can also imply consent or agreement, as seen in 1 Timothy 6:3. The word is built from the components for 'to' and 'come,' and its usage spans various contexts, including both literal and figurative approaches.
προσ-έρχομαι,
[in LXX for קרב, נגשׁ, etc.;]
to approach, draw near: absol., Mt 4:11, Lk 9:42, al.; c. infin., Mt 24:1, al.; c. dat. loc., He 12:18, 22; dat. pers., Mt 5:1, and freq., Jo 12:21, al.; ptcp., προσελθών, c. indic., Mt 8:2, and freq., Mk 1:31, Lk 7:14, al.; π. αὐτῷ, c. indic., Mt 4:3, Mk 6:35. Metaph.,
Read the full entry →προσέρχομαι. The semi-technical use of this verb of the approach of the worshipper to God is frequent in the LXX, and is found septies in Heb, twice (10! 33) without an obj. : cf. P Giss I. 204 (beg. ii/a.p.) (= Chrest. I. p. 124) ἀξιώσεις ody δίστιXov αὐτῶι γραφῆναι, ἵνα ἀξίως σου kal τῶν θεῶν ἀόκνως προσέλθῃ, of worship to be performed at a private shrine of the Dioscuri. See also Dio Cassius ἵν]. 9 τοῖς θεοῖς προσερχώμεθα. The verb is similarly used of approach to a court in P Oxy VIII. rr1g® (A.D. 254) προσήλθομεν τῇ κρατίστῃ βουλῇ. Other exx. of προσέρχομαι c. dat. are P Oxy I. 7622 (A.D. 179) οὐκ οὖσα δὲ προαιρέσεως προσέρχεσθαι τῇ τούτου κληρονομίᾳ, ‘Cas I have no intention of entering on his inheritance ’’ (Edd.) (cf. adire hereditatem), and P Ryl II. 2348 (ii/A.D.) per’ dJACyov δέ μου προσελθόντος τῷ y[pap]paret. The absol. use is seen in P Oxy I. 40* (ii/iii A.D.)…
Read the full entry →προσέρχομαι (proserchomai) — to come near/agree.
προσέρχομαι,
imperfect -ηρχόμην[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future -ελεύσομαι[Refs 2nd c.BC+]aorist -ήλυθον, -ῆλθον: perfect -ελήλυθα:—come or go to, with dative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. Σωκράτει visit him as teacher, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὶ ὥσπερ ἀθλητῇ Th. [prev. cited] (see. προσάρχομαι); αἷς ἂν προσέλθω [γυναιξί] [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with adverbs, π. δεῦρο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγγύθεν, ὄπισθεν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, approach, draw nigh, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of pain, pleasure, etc., to be nigh at hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. in hostile sense, attack, π. πρὸς τοὺς ἱππέας [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. come in, surrender, capitulate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
προσέρχομαι
proserchomai
from 4314 and 2064 (including its alternate); to approach, i.e.
(literally) come near, visit, or (figuratively) worship, assent
to:--(as soon as he) come (unto), come thereunto, consent, draw near,
go (near, to, unto).
see GREEK for 4314
see GREEK for 2064
προσέρχομαι
v.
I come near, consent to
προσέρχομαι proserchomai 86x
to come or go to any one, approach, Mt. 4:3, 11; 5:1; 8:19, 25, et al. freq.; trop. to come or go to, approach, draw near, spiritually, Heb. 7:25; 11:6; 4:16; 1 Pet. 2:4; met. to assent to, accede to, concur in, 1 Tim. 6:3
προσέρχομαι imperf. -ηρχόμην fut. -ελεύσομαι the attic imperf. and fut. are προσῄειν, πρόσειμι aor2 -ήλυθον aor2 -ῆλθον perf. -ελήλυθα Dep.:
to come or go to, c. dat., Aesch., etc.; πρ. Σωκράτει to visit him as teacher, Xen.:—c. dat. loci, Aesch., Eur.; also c. acc. loci, Eur.; often also with Preps., ἐπί, εἰς, πρός: and with Advs., δεῦρο, πέλας:—absol. to approach, draw nigh, be nigh at hand, Hdt., Soph.
in hostile sense, πρ. πρός τινα Xen.
to come in, surrender, capitulate, Thuc.
to come forward to speak, πρ. τῷ δήμῳ Dem.; πρὸς τὸν δῆμον Aeschin.
to associate with one, πρός τινα Dem.
to come in, of revenue, Lat. redire, Hdt., Xen.
Verb-2RAI-2P — Verb · perfect · active · indicative · second person · pluralperfect active indicative — a past action whose result still stands.
V-2RAI-2P Part of Speech: Verb Tense: second peRfect Voice: Active Mood: Indicative Person: second Number: Plural
kum: The translation of many Hebrew and Greek words. In the phrase "The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon him" (Jud 14:6,19; 15:14; 1Sa 10:10; 11:6; 16:13), the word is tsaleah; Jud 14:6; 15:14 "came mightily," which is the uniform translation of the Revised Version (British and American) (compare Jud 13:25 "to move," i.e. to disturb or stir up). In Jud 6:34; 1Ch 12:18; 2Ch 24:20, it is labhesh, "to clothe"; the Revised Version, margin "The Spirit .... clothed itself with Gideon" and .... "with Zechariah,"…
87 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.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 87 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
Counted over the 60 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.
συγγενής τε καὶ ἀγχίσπορος ὢν τοῦ ἡγεμόνος, ἅτε δὴ πολλοῦ ῥυέντος εἰς αὐτὸν τοῦ θείου πνεύματος, πάντα καὶ λέγειν καὶ πράττειν ἐσπούδαζεν εἰς ἀρέσκειαν τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ βασιλέως, ἑπόμενος κατ’ ἴχνος αὐτῷ ταῖς ὁδοῖς, ἃς λεωφόρους ἀνατέμνουσιν ἀρεταί,…
καὶ προσελθὼν ἐμήνυσεν αὐτῷ τὸν Ἰώσηπον τήν τε ὄψιν, ἣν αὐτὸς εἶδεν ἐν τῇ εἱρκτῇ, καὶ τὸ ἀποβὰν ἐκείνου φράσαντος, ὅτι τε σταυρωθείη κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ἡμέραν ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν σιτοποιῶν κἀκείνῳ τοῦτο συμβαίη κατὰ ἐξήγησιν ὀνείρατος Ἰωσήπου προειπόντος.
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…
ὡρισμένοις δικαίοις, ἀλλὰ ἐπιχειροῦντος ἀφαρπάσαι τὰ ἐπιβάλλοντα αὐτῷ ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ὑποκείμενα καὶ φιλάνθρωπα, προσῆλθεν στρατηγῷ ἀξιῶν με στέρεσθαι καὶ ἀξιῶ, ὑποτεταγμένος τῆς τοῦ δανείου συνγραφῆς τὸ ἀντίγραφον, ἐὰν
ὅλαις ἀρούραις να ὡς πρόκειται, ὕστερον δὲ μεθʼ ἣν ἐποιησάμεθα κατασπορὰν Λυσᾶς τις Ἀπολλωνίου προσελθὼν ταῖς σημαινομέναις ἀρούραις η ὡς ἀγεωργήτοις οὔσαις ὑπέστη αὐτῶν ἐκφόρια τελέσειν ἀνὰ κριθῆς ἀρτάβας
δῶναι τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ ἀφανὴς ἐγένετο, βαστάξας μου καὶ χείλωμα ἐν ᾧ νέα ζωνή· προσελθόντων δὲ ἡμῶν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ περὶ τοῦ πυροῦ ἠρνήσατο μήτε ἀργύριον εἰληφέναι μήτε εἰδέναι
ψηλαφάω means to feel, touch, or handle, often implying a sense of searching or groping for something, as in the dark. It appears in the New Testament in contexts like Acts 17:27, where it metaphorically refers to seeking God. The word is built from the root of ψάω, which means to touch, and covers both physical and metaphorical senses of searching.
AN accurate synonymous distinction will sometimes cause us at once to reject as untenable some interpretation of Scripture, which might, but for this, have won a certain amount of allowance. Thus, many interpreters have explained Heb. xii. 18: “ For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched” (ψηλαφωμένῳ ὄρει), by Ps. civ. 82: “ He towcheth the hills, and they smoke; ”’ and call in aid the fact that, at the giving of the Law, God came down upon mount Sinai, which ‘“‘ was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it” (Exod. xix. 18). But decisively forbidding this is the fact that ψηλαφάω never expresses the so handling of an object as to exercise a moulding, modifying influence upon it, but at most a feeling of its surface (Luke xxiv. 39: 1 John i. 1); this, it may be, with the intention of learning its composition (Gen. xxvii. 12, 21, 22); while not seldom it…
Read the full entry →ψηλαφάω, -ῶ
(< ψάω, to touch),
[in LXX for מוּשׁ, משׁשׁ pi., etc. ;]
to feel or grope about; c. acc, to feel about for, search after: metaph., of seeking God, Ac 17:27.
ψηλαφάω, -@: 1 aor. ἐψηλάφησα, optat. 3 pers. plur. ψηλαφήσειαν (Acts xvii. 27, the Molie form; see ποιέω, init.) ; pres. pass. ptep. ψηλαφώμενος ; (fr. aw, to touch) ; to handle, touch, feel: τί or twa, Lk. xxiv. 39; Heb. xii. 18 [see R. V. txt. and mrg., cf. B. § 134, 8; W. 343 (322)]; 1Jn.i.1; metaph. mentally to seek afler tokens of a person or thing : θεόν, Acts xvii. 27 [A.V. feel afier}. (Hom., Arstph., Xen., Plat., Polyb., Philo, Plut. ; often for wi, wm, Ww.) [SYN.see ἅπτω, 2 6.1" noite; 1 aor. ἐψήφισα; (ψῆφος, q-Vv-); to count with pebbles, to compute, calculate, reckon: τὴν δαπάνην, Lk. xiv. 28; τὸν ἀριθμόν, to explain by computing, Rev. xiii. 18. (Polyb., Plut., Palaeph., Anthol.; commonly and indeed chiefly in the mid. in the Grk. writ. to give one’s vole by casting a pebble into the urn; to decide by voting.) [Comp.: συγ- κατα-, cup…
Read the full entry →ψηλαφάω. From meaning ‘“‘ feel,” ‘‘touch’’ (as in Lk 2439, cf. Gen 2712), ψηλαφάω comes in late Greek to denote ‘examine closely,”’ as in Polyb. viii. 18. 4 πᾶσαν ἐπίνοιαν ἐψηλάφα, and P Lond IV. 13964 (A.D. 709-714): cf. Thumb Ae//en. p- 250. See also an interesting official letter of the Arab period, edited by ΕἸ. I. Bell in Journ. of Egypt. Archaeology xii. (1926), p. 273 (= Preisigke III. p. 251) ἐπείπερ ψηλαφήσαντός μου Tov λόγον τῶν ἐπιζητουμένων Sv ὑμῶν ἀπὸ Siaypagov, ‘whereas, on my examining the register of sums demanded of you in respect of poll-tax.” For the difficult A ’ ψηφίζω 698 ψυχή Heb 1218 E. C. Selwyn (77:5 xii. p. 133 f.) suggests a con- ψυχή. jectural reading πεφεψαλωμένῳ (ὄρει) = “a calcined As in the case of σάρξ (7.v.), no attempt can be made volcano.” here to treat fully this important word; but a few miscelF laneous exx. may be given to illustrate its varied…
Read the full entry →ψηλαφάω (psēlaphaō) — to touch.
ψηλᾰφ-άω,
mostly used in present: future -ήσω[LXX]aorist ἐψηλάφησα[LXX]passive, future ψηλαφηθήσομαι[LXX]: aorist ἐψηλαφήθην [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—feel or grope about to find a thing, like a blind man or hoodman-blind, χερσὶ ψηλαφόων (Epic dialect for -άων), of the Cyclops when blinded, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψηλαφῶν οὐκ ἐδυνάμην εὑρεῖν [τὸ ἱμάτιον] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. with accusative of things, feel about for, grope or search after, ἐψηλαφῶμεν ἐν σκότῳ τὰ πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ.. ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν (i.e. τὸν θεὸν) καὶ εὕροιεν [NT]
ψηλαφάω
pselaphao
from the base of 5567 (compare 5586); to manipulate, i.e. verify by
contact; figuratively, to search for:--feel after, handle, touch.
see GREEK for 5567
see GREEK for 5586
ψηλαφάω
v.
I feel, touch, handle, grope for
ψηλαφάω psēlaphaō 4x
to feel, handle, Lk. 24:39; to feel or grope for or after, as persons in the dark, Acts 17:27; Heb. 12:18; 1 Jn. 1:1*
ψηλαφάω ψηλα^φάω, mostly in pres. ψάω to feel or grope about (epic for -άων), of the blinded Cyclops, Od.; ψηλαφῶντες ὥσπερ ἐν σκότῳ Plat.
like a blind man or one in the dark, χερσὶ ψηλαφόων c. acc. rei, to feel about for, search after, Ar., NTest.
to feel, touch, stroke, Xen., NTest.
Verb-PPP-DSN — Verb · present · passive · participle · dative · singular · neuterdative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
V-PPP-DSN Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Present Voice: Passive Mood: Participle Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter
4 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 4 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
Counted over the 10 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.
καὶ ὅτε πρὸς τοὺς περὶ Πέτρον ἦλθεν, ἔφη αὐτοῖς: Λάβετε, ψηλαφήσατέ με καὶ ἴδετε, ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ δαιμόνιον ἀσώματον.
The Greek word ὄρος (i.e., *oros*) means 'mountain' or 'hill.' It appears frequently in the New Testament, often referring to specific mountains like Sinai or the Mount of Olives. The word can also denote the hill district, contrasting with lowlands. Notably, it is used proverbially to express overcoming great challenges, as seen in 1 Corinthians 13:2.
ὄρος, -ους, τό,
[in LXX chiefly, and very freq., for הַר;]
a mountain: Mt 4:8 17:1, Mk 9:2, Jo 4:20, II Pe 1:18, al.; opp. to βουνός, Lk 3:5(LXX); ὄ. τ. ἐλαιῶν, Mt 21:1 24:3, al. (v.s. ἐ.); ὄ. Σιών (Σ., prob. in gem appos.), He 12:22, Re 14:1; ὄ. Σινά, Ac 7:30, 38, Ga 4:24, 25; τὸ ὄ., of the hill district as distinct from the lowlands, esp. the hills above the Sea of Galilee, Read the full entry →
ὄρος, -ovs, τό, (OPQ, ὄρνυμι [i. 6. a rising; see ὄρθρος ]), [fr. Hom. down], Sept. for 19, @ mountain: Mt. v. 14; Lk. iii. 5; Rev. vi. 14, and often; τὸ ὄρος, the mountain nearest the place spoken of, the mountain near by [but see 6, II. 1 b.], Mt. v.1; Mk. iii. 13 ; Lk. ix. 28; Jn. vi. 3,15; plur. ὄρη, Mt. xviii. 12; xxiv. 16; Mk. v.5; Rev. vi. 16, ete.; gen. plur. ὀρέων (on this uncontracted form, used also in Attic, ef. Bim. Gram. § 49 note 3; W. § 9, 2c.; [B. 14 (13); Dindorf in Fleckeisen’s Jahrb. for 1869 p.83]), Rev. vi. 15; ὄρη μεθιστάνειν a proverb. phrase, used also by rabbin. writ., to remove mountains, 1. 6. to accomplish most difficult, stupendous, meredible things: 1 Co. xiii. 2, ef. Mt. xvii. 20; xxi. 21; Mk. xi. 23.
ὄρος. That ὄρος is used in the papyri to denote the “ desert” is seen in the reference in P Tebt II. 3838 (A.D. 46) to the keepers of the registry-offices of Tebtunis and Kerkesuchaon-desert—tay πρὸς γρ(αφείῳ) Τεβτ(ύνεως) kal Κερκεσούx(@v)"Opovs. Cf. also the following passages showing that the ‘‘desert” was the regular place of burial—P Oxy II. 27427 (A.D. 89-97) ὑπάρχει δὲ αὐτῶι ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀπὸ λιβὸς (Wb oo emo 6 ] ὄρους ἥμισυ μέρος τάφου, P Ryl 11. 153° (A.D. 138--161) ἐν ταῖς ἐπ[ισ]ήμοις τοῦ ὄρους ἡμέραις, “on the high days of the cemeteries” (Edd.), and P Grenf II. 77> (iii/iv A.D.) (= Se/ectzons, p. 121), a letter regarding funeral expenses, which include a fowrdoire to a νεκροτάφος for conveying a body εἰς τὸ ὄρος for burial. According to Bell (P Lond IV. p. xvii.) ὄρος came to be used as a synonym of μοναστήριον (= ‘‘desert-monastery”). The ordinary meaning ‘‘mountain,” which…
Read the full entry →ὄρος (oros) — mountain.
ὄρος, εος, τό:
genitive plural ὀρέων (the form proper to Ionic dialect and other dialects) is required by the metre in [Refs 5th c.BC+], and is alone used in [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; but ὀρῶν (the Attic dialect form) is required in [Refs 5th c.BC+] for the sake of meter| in Doric dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+], see at {ὄρειος} (οὔρεσιν is an Epicism in [Refs 7th c.BC+] at end of a hexameter, [Refs]; ὄρος is found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+] and should perhaps be restored elsewhere:—mountain, hill, ὄρεος κορυφῇσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. canton, parish, ὄ. Ἀργειατᾶν, ὄ. Ὀγχνιάἱον, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. in Egypt, desert, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; as place of burial, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
4. part of the foot, ={τὸ ἄνω πρὸ τῶν δακτύλων}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
ὄρος
oros
probably from an obsolete oro (to rise or "rear"; perhaps akin to 142;
compare 3733); a mountain (as lifting itself above the plain): -hill,
mount(-ain).
see GREEK for 142
see GREEK for 3733
ὄρος, ους, τό
n.n.
a mountain
ὄρος oros 63x
a mountain, hill, Mt. 5:1, 14; 8:1; 17:20
ὄρος ὄρος, ionic οὖρος, εος, a mountain, hill, Hom., etc.; pl. οὔρεα, id. Hom.
Noun-DSN — Noun · dative · singular · neuterdative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
N-DSN Part of Speech: Noun Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter
65 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 4 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 63 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
Counted over the 346 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.
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·
ὅρους τε γῆς πρῶτος ἔθετο καὶ πόλιν ἐδείματο καὶ τείχεσιν ὠχύρωσεν εἰς ταὐτὸν συνελθεῖν τοὺς οἰκείους καταναγκάσας.
λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή: Καὶ ἦν Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ ὄρει νηστεύων ἡμέρας τεσσαράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσαράκοντα, καὶ ἔλαβεν τὴν διαθήκην ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου, πλάκας λιθίνας γεγραμμένας τῷ δακτύλῳ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ κυρίου.
Καίσαρος Δομιτιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Μεσορὴ κα λ. Διο … … καὶ οἱ μέτοχοι σιτολόγοι Κερκεσούχων Ὄρους καὶ ἄλλων κωμῶν … … μεμετρήμεθα ἀπὸ τῶν γενημάτων τοῦ … … ἔτους πυροῦ
αὐτῶν μὴ εἰδότων γράμματα. ἀναγέγραπται διὰ Λουρίου τοῦ πρὸς τῶι γραφείωι Τεπτύνεως καὶ Κερκεσούχων Ὄρους Πολέμωνος.
ἀνατέτακται διὰ Λουρίου τοῦ καὶ Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ πρὸς τῷ γραφείῳ κώμης Τεπτύνεως καὶ Κερκεσούχων Ὄρους Πολέμονος μερίδος ἔτους ἕκτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Μεσορὴ νουμηνίᾳ.
καί (kai) is a conjunction meaning 'and,' used to connect words, phrases, and clauses. It serves various functions, including copulative and adjunctive uses, and can express cumulative ideas like 'also' or 'even.' The New Testament frequently employs it to link terms and sentences, as seen in verses like Matthew 2:18 and John 10:3. Abbott-Smith notes its use in both simple and complex structures, while Thayer emphasizes its role as the most common particle in the New Testament.
καί, a conj., and; the most freq. by far of all the particles in the N. T. [On its uses see W. § 53, 3sqq.; B. 361 (310) sqq., and ef. Ellicott on Phil. iv. 12; on the difference between it and τέ see 8. v. τέ ad init. ] I. It serves as a copulative i.e. to connect (Lat. et, atque, Germ. und) ; 1. it connects single words or terms: a. univ., as of Φαρισαῖοι καὶ Σαδδουκαῖοι, Mt. xvi. 1; ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατήρ, he who is God and Father (see θεός, 3); ἐν καρδίᾳ καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ, Lk. viii. 15; πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως, ΗΘ}. 1. 1; it is repeated before single terms, to each of which its own force and weight is thus given: ἡ υἱοθεσία καὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ ai διαθῆκαι καὶ ἡ νομοθεσία καὶ ἡ λατρεία καὶ αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι, Ro. ix. 4 ; ἁγία καὶ δικαία καὶ ἀγαθή, Ro. vii. 12; add, Mt. xxiii. 23; Lk. xiv. 21; Jn. xvi. 8; Acts xv. 20, 29; xxi. 25; Heb. ix. 10; Rey. v. 12; xviii. 12 sq.; ef. W. 519 sq. (484). b. it…
Read the full entry →και. In LAE p. 129 ff. Deissmann discusses the thoroughly popular character of the Johannine style with its short paratactic sentences, introduced by kal. . . καί. To illustrate this, he cites amongst other exx. a Dream from the Serapeum, P Par 51 (B.C. 160) (= Selections, p. 18 ff. : see especially the amended readings in Archiv vi. p. 204), which runs—** ὦμ[ην] βατί -- δ)ίζειν pe [ἀπ]ὸ λειβὸς ἕως ἀ[ πηλι]ώτου, καὶ ἀναπίπτομαι ἐπ᾿ ἄχυρον" καὶ [ἄν]θρωπ[ος9] ἀπὸ λιβός μου, ἐχόμενός μου’ ἀναπίπτει καὶ αὐτός, καὶ ὥσπερ κεκλειμμ[évot] μου ἦσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, καὶ ἐξαί[φνης] ἀνύγω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς pov, καὶ ὁρῶ kTA., “ I dreamed that I was going from West to East, and I lie down upon chaff. And there | αὐτὸ (deleted in the original) Σεμφθεῖ. | ἐκ καινῆς ἐν Σομολ(ῶ)…
Read the full entry →καί (kai) — and.
καί,
conjunction, copulative, joining words and sentences,
__A and; also adverb, even, also, just, frequently expressing emphatic assertion or assent, corresponding as positive to the negative οὐ (μή) or οὐδέ (μηδέ). copulative, and,
__A.I joining words or sentences to those preceding, ἦ, καὶ κυανέῃσιν ἐπ᾽ ὀφρύσινεῦσε Κρονίων [Refs 8th c.BC+]: repeated with two or more Nouns, αἱ δὲ ἔλαφοι κ. δορκάδες κ. οἱ ἄγριοι οἶες κ. οἱ ὄνοι οἱ ἄγριοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; joining only the last pair, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ὄχλος πλείων κ. πλείων ἐπέρρει more and more, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to add epithets after πολύς, πολλὰ κ. ἐσθλά [Refs 8th c.BC+]
καί
kai
apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also
a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in
connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and,
also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when,
yet.
καί
Cj.
and, even, also, namely
καί kai 9x
(1) and, Mt. 2:2, 3, 11; 4:22; (2) καί ... καί, both ... and; (3) as a cumulative particle, also, too, Mt. 5:39; Jn. 8:19; 1 Cor. 11:6; (4) emphatic, even, also, Mt. 10:30; 1 Cor. 2:10; in NT adversative, but, Mt. 11:19; also introductory of the apodosis of a sentence, Gal. 3:28; Jas. 2:4
Conj — Conjunctionconjunction — it joins clauses, and never changes form.
CONJ CONJunction or conjunctive particle
9,477 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 42 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 8,978 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
3 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 καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν
1 ἔτους ιζ Θῶυθ κη ἀπέδοτο Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει
βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιϛ, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν
The Greek word καίω (i.e., *kaio*) means to kindle or light, and can also refer to burning or consuming by fire. It appears in various contexts in the New Testament, including Matthew 5:15, where it relates to lighting a lamp, and John 15:6, where it signifies destruction. The entries highlight its literal and metaphorical uses, such as burning with passion.
καίω [ Vanitek p. 98]; Pass., pres. καίομαι ; pf. ptep. κεkavpévos; 1 fut. καυθήσομαι (1 Co. xiii. 3 Tdf., where R GLTr give the solecistie fut. subjunc. καυθήσωμαι, on which ef. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 720 sq-; W. § 13,1e.; B. 35 sq. (31)); [Soph. Lex., Intr. p.40; WH. App. p. 172; Tdf. Proleg. p. 122. WH txt. Lchm. ed. ster. read καυχήσωμαι (with ® A B ete.) ; on this reading see WH. App. ad loc.; A. W. Tyler in Bib. Sacr. for July 1873, p. 502 sq-; ef. Scrivener, Introd. etc. p. 629 sq.; Tregelles, Printed Text ete. p. 191 sq.; Tdf. ad loc.]; Sept. for 73, 4) ete. ; [fr. Hom. down]; 1. to set jire to, light: λύχνον, Mt. v.15; pass. ptep. καιόμενος, burning, Lk. xii. 35; Rev. iv. 5; viii. 10; xix. 20; with πυρί added, Heb. xii. 18; Rev. viii. 8; xxi. 8; in fig. dise. λύχνος καιόpevos, a light showing the right way, Jn. v. 35 (a comparison pointed at the Jews, to whom John the Baptist had…
Read the full entry →καίω. P Oxy XII. 1453278 (B.c. 30-29) τὸ καθῆκον ἔλαιον εἰς τοὺς Kad’ ἡμέραν λύχνους καομένους ἐν τοῖς σημαινομένοις ἱεροῖς, ‘‘the proper oil for the daily lamps burning in the temples signified” (Edd.), P Tebt II. 273! (medical prepov καιόμενον, and the citation from the same papyrus s.v. κατακαίω. On the possibility of explaining the different renderings in this Lukan passage as due to a single Syriac original in three stages of corruption cf. W. C. Allen in JTS ii. p. 299. For flexions (e.g. 2 Pet 31°) see Moulton Gr. ii. 8.95. MGr καίω, katy, κάβω : for the metaphorical sense cf. καγμός, “longing,” ‘‘ desire,” ‘* pain.
καίω (kaiō) — to kindle/burn.
καίω,
Attic dialect κάω [ᾱ], imperfect ἔκαιον [Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect καῖον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future καύσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἔκαυσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἔκηα (certain active and middle forms have κει- in codices of [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular ἔκηε (ν) [Refs]; unaugm. κῆεν [Refs]; 3rd.pers. plural ἔκηαν (variant{ἔκειαν}) [Refs 8th c.BC+] codices; 1st pers. plural subjunctive κείομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+] (κατα-), [Refs]; infinitive κῆαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle κείαντες [Refs], Attic dialect κέαντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect κέκαυκα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, aorist 1 ἐκαυσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect κείαντο, κειάμενοι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, future καυθήσομαι [NT+5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐκαύθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect and Ionic dialectaorist 2 ἐκάην [ᾰ] [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive καήμεναι [Refs 8th…
Read the full entry →καίω
kaio
apparently a primary verb; to set on fire, i.e. kindle or (by
implication) consume:--burn, light.
καίω
v.
I ignite, light, burn
καίω kaiō 11x
to cause to burn, kindle, light, Mt. 5:15; pass. to be kindled, burn, flame, Lk. 12:35; met. to be kindled into emotion, Lk. 24:32; to consume with fire, Jn. 15:6; 1 Cor. 13:3
καίω to light, kindle, πυρὰ πολλά Il.; πῦρ κῆαι Od.; Mid., πῦρ κήαντο they lighted them a fire, Hom.:—Pass. to be lighted, to burn, Il., Hdt., etc.
to set on fire, burn up, burn, Hom.
to burn, scorch, of the sun, Hdt.:—also of extreme cold (as Virg. penetrabile frigus adurit), Xen.
Pass., of fever-heat, to be burnt or parched up, Thuc.: metaph. of passion, Pind., etc.
to burn and destroy (in war), τέμνειν καὶ κ., κ. καὶ πορθεῖν to waste with fire and sword, Xen.
of surgeons, to cauterise, τέμνειν καὶ κάειν to use knife and cautery, Plat., Xen.
Verb-RPP-DSN — Verb · perfect · passive · participle · dative · singular · neuterdative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
V-RPP-DSN Part of Speech: Verb Tense: peRfect Voice: Passive Mood: Participle Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter
11 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 4 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 12 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
Counted over the 47 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.
„τί, ὅτι ὁ βάτος καίεται καὶ οὐ κατακαίεται“ (Exod.
ἔπειτα καιομένης ὡς εἶχεν ὅλης τῆς δαμάλιδος σὺν τῇ δορᾷ καὶ τοῖς ἐντὸς ξύλον κέδρινον εἰς μέσον ἐμβάλλουσι τὸ πῦρ καὶ ὕσσωπον καὶ φοινικτὸν ἔριον·
γινώσκετε δέ, ὅτι ἔρχεται ἤδη ἡ ἡμέρα τῆς κρίσεως ὡς κλίβανος καιόμενος, καὶ τακήσονταί τινες τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ ὡς μόλιβος ἐπὶ πυρὶ τηκόμενος: καὶ τότε φανήσεται τὰ κρύφια καὶ φανερὰ ἔργα τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
r … εχρ … ἄχρι … καιω … κα … … προσ … κ … … … στ … παιδ
καιω … … ἐπὶ λίθου … … Θουριήλ· … … … σελήνης οὔσης
ἀποστόλου … . … μένου συλλέγειν τοὺς καρποὺς καίτοι … … ων ἀνθρώπους οὕτω καιομένη καὶ βασανιζομένους καὶ υ … … Φλαύιος Αἴλιος Γέσσιος λαμπρότατος ἡγεμὼν εἶπεν· ὑπὸ τίνος
πῦρ, gen. πυρός, is a Greek noun meaning 'fire.' It appears frequently in the New Testament, often symbolizing divine judgment or trials, as seen in verses like Mark 9:22 and 1 Corinthians 3:13. The word can also refer to hellfire, with specific references in Matthew 18:8 and Revelation 20:10. It has metaphorical uses, such as describing the tongue in James 3:5.
πῦρ, gen. πυρός, τό, [prob. fr. Skr. pu ‘to purify’ (cf. Germ. feuer); Vaniéek p. 541; Curtius § 385], fr. Hom. down; Hebr. wx; fire: Mt. iii. 10, 12; vii.19; xvii. 15; Mk. ix. 22; Lk. iii. 9,17; ix. 54; Jn. xv.6; Actsii. 19; xxviii. 5; 1 Co. iii. 13; Heb. xi. 34; Jas. 111. 5; v. 3; Rev. Cob OAS ths 17. 18. sau Bie ἈΠ|:15.; Sahig 8» Soe PIF Sap 8; xx. 9; ἅπτειν πῦρ, to kindle a fire, Lk. xxii. 55 [T Tr txt. WH περιάπτ.]; ἔβρεξε πῦρ καὶ θεῖον, Lk. xvii. 29; κατακαίειν τι ev ['T om. WH br. ἐν] πυρί, Rev. xvii. 16; xvili. 8; καίομαι πυρί, Mt. xiii. 40 [R LT WH κατακ.]; Heb. xii. 18 [W. § 31, 7 d.]; Rev. viii. 8; xxi. 8; φλὸξ πυρός, a fiery flame or flame of fire, Acts vii. 30; 2 Th. i. 8 Ltxt. Trtxt.; Heb. i. 7; Rev. i.14; ii.18; xix. 12, (Ex. iii. 2 cod. Alex.; Is. xxix.6); mip φλογός, a flaming fire or fire of flame, 2 Th. i.8 RGLmrg. T Trmre. WH (Ex. iii. 2 cod. Vat.; Sir. xlv. 19)…
Read the full entry →πῦρ (pur) — fire.
πῦρ
(once πύυρ [?~X ¯ ?~X] by 'distraction', [Refs 4th c.BC+]; not used in plural, see at {πυρά},{τά}:—fire, π. καίειν or δαίειν to kindle fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἀνακαίειν, ἅπτειν, ἐξάπτειν, αἴθειν, ἐναύειν, (see entry).; π. ποιεῖν, ποιήσασθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἐμβαλεῖν νηυσί, κλισίῃσι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. φυσητέον, ῥιπίζειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b π. τεχνικόν, see at {τεχνικός}.
2. funeral-fire (compare πυρά), ὄφρα πυρός με.. λελάχωσι θανόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ζῶντα διδόναι τινὰ πυρί burn one alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. sacrificial fire, ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς [Refs 8th c.BC+]
πῦρ
pur
a primary word; "fire" (literally or figuratively, specially,
lightning):--fiery, fire.
πῦρ, πυρός, τό
n.n.
fire, trials
πῦρ pyr 71x
fire, Mt. 3:10; 7:19; 13:40, et al. freq.; πυρός, used by Hebraism with the force of an adjective, fiery, fierce, Heb. 10:27; fire used figuratively to express various circumstances of severe trial, Lk. 12:49; 1 Cor. 3:13; Jude 23
πῦρ not used in pl. v. πυρά fire, Hom., etc.; πῦρ καίειν or δαίειν to kindle fire, id. Hom.; πῦρ ἀνακαίειν, ἅπτειν, ἐξάπτειν, αἴθειν, ἐναύειν, v. sub vocc.; πῦρ ἐμβάλλειν νηυσί Il.
the funeral-fire (cf. πυρά), id. Il.
the fire of the hearth, πυρὶ δέχεσθαί τινα Eur.; π. ἄσβεστον or ἀθάνατον the fire of Vesta in the Prytaneion, Plut.
as a symbol of things irresistible or terrible, μάρναντο δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο they were fighting like burning fire, Il.; κρεῖσσον ἀμαιμακέτου πυρός Soph.; διὰ πυρὸς ἰέναι (as we say) to go through fire and water, Xen.; but, διὰ πυρὸς ἦλθε ἑτέρῳ λέκτρῳ she raged furiously against the other partner of the bed, Eur.:—of persons, ὦ πῦρ σύ Soph.:—rarely as an image of warmth and comfort…
Noun-DSN — Noun · dative · singular · neuterdative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
N-DSN Part of Speech: Noun Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter
fir ('esh; pur):
These are the common words for fire, occurring very frequently. 'Ur, "light" (Isa 24:15 the King James Version; compare the Revised Version (British and American); Isa 31:9, and see FIRES), nur (Aramaic) (Da 3:22 ff) are found a few times, also 'eshshah (Jer 6:29), and be`erah (Ex 22:6), once each. Ac 28:2,3 has pura, "pyre," and Mr 14:54; Lu 22:56, phos, "light," the Revised Version (British and American) "in the light (of the fire)." "To set…
Fire
(1.) For sacred purposes. The sacrifices were consumed by fire (Gen. 8:20). The ever-burning fire on the altar was first kindled from heaven (Lev. 6:9, 13; 9:24), and afterwards rekindled at the dedication of Solomon’s temple (2 Chr. 7:1, 3). The expressions “fire from heaven” and “fire of the Lord” generally denote lightning, but sometimes also the fire of the altar was so called (Ex. 29:18; Lev. 1:9; 2:3; 3:5, 9).
Fire for a sacred purpose obtained otherwise than from the altar was called “strange fire” (Lev. 10:1, 2;
is represented as the symbol of Jehovah’s presence and the instrument of his power, in the way either of approval or of destruction. (Exodus 3:2; 14:19) etc. There could not be a better symbol for Jehovah than this of fire, it being immaterial, mysterious, but visible, warming, cheering, comforting, but also terrible and consuming. Parallel with this application of fire and with its symbolical meaning are to be noted the similar use for sacrificial purposes and the respect paid to it, or to the heavenly bodies as symbols of deity, which prevailed among so many nations of antiquity, and of which the traces are not even now extinct; e.g. the Sabean and Magian systems of worship. (Isaiah 27:9) Fire for sacred purposes obtained elsewhere than from the altar was called "strange fire," and for the use of such Nadab and Abihu were punished…
In Scripture, is often connected with the presence of Jehovah; as in the burning bush, and on Mount Sinai, Ex 3:2 19:18 Ps 18:1-50 Hab 1:1-3:19. The second coming of Christ will be "in flaming fire," 2Th 1:8. In the New Testament it illustrates the enlightening, cheering, and purifying agency of the Holy Spirit, Mt 3:11 Ac 2:3. By sending fire from heaven to consume sacrifices, God often signified his acceptance of them: as in the case of Abel, Ge 4:4; Abraham, Ge…
74 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 71 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
Counted over the 246 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.
συγκέκραται γὰρ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν, γῆς καὶ ὕδατος καὶ ἀέρος καὶ πυρός, ἑκάστου τῶν στοιχείων εἰσενεγκόντος τὸ ἐπιβάλλον μέρος πρὸς ἐκπλήρωσιν αὐταρκεστάτης ὕλης, ἣν ἔδει λαβεῖν τὸν δημιουργόν, ἵνα τεχνιτεύσῃ τὴν ὁρατὴν ταύτην εἰκόνα·
ὑπὲρ δὲ τοῦ μὴ διαφυγεῖν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τὰ ηὑρημένα μηδὲ πρὶν εἰς γνῶσιν ἐλθεῖν φθαρῆναι, προειρηκότος ἀφανισμὸν Ἀδάμου τῶν ὅλων ἔσεσθαι τὸν μὲν κατʼ ἰσχὺν πυρὸς τὸν ἕτερον δὲ κατὰ βίαν καὶ πλῆθος ὕδατος, στήλας δύο ποιησάμενοι τὴν μὲν ἐκ πλίνθου…
Διὰ φιλοξενίαν καὶ εὐσέβειαν Λὼτ ἐσώθη ἐκ Σοδόμων, τῆς περιχώρου πάσης κριθείσης διὰ πυρὸς καὶ θείου, πρόδηλον ποιήσας ὁ δεσπότης, ὅτι τοὺς ἐλπίζοντας ἐπ’ αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐγκαταλείπει, τοὺς δὲ ἑτεροκλινεῖς ὑπάρχοντας εἰς κόλασιν καὶ αἰκισμὸν τίθησιν.
τριβῆς καὶ σήψεως, πλὴν ἐὰν μή τι βίαιον ἐκ θεοῦ γένηται κατὰ χειμῶνα ἢ πυρὸς ἀπὸ γῆς πάθῃ τὸ πλοῖον ἢ ὑπὸ πολεμίων ἢ λῃστῶν περισπασθῇ ὃ καὶ συμφανὲς
χλωρῶν οὔπω οὐδέν. παρακαλῶ σε γράψαι μοι περὶ τῆς ὑγιείας σου. οὐ προχωρεῖ ὁ πυρὸς εἰ μὴ ἐκ δραχμῶν ἑπτά . ἔρρωσο καὶ παρακληθεὶς συνεχῶς ἡμῖν γράφε περὶ τῆς
μὲν φοίνικας ἀπὸ συνκομιδῆς καρπῶν, τὸ δὲ ἔδαφος ἀπὸ συγκομιδῆς τῶν σπαρησομένων, τὸν δὲ πυρ… … … … ἐὰν φαίνηται μισθῶσαι ἐπὶ τούτοις
καί (kai) is a conjunction meaning 'and,' used to connect words, phrases, and clauses. It serves various functions, including copulative and adjunctive uses, and can express cumulative ideas like 'also' or 'even.' The New Testament frequently employs it to link terms and sentences, as seen in verses like Matthew 2:18 and John 10:3. Abbott-Smith notes its use in both simple and complex structures, while Thayer emphasizes its role as the most common particle in the New Testament.
καί, a conj., and; the most freq. by far of all the particles in the N. T. [On its uses see W. § 53, 3sqq.; B. 361 (310) sqq., and ef. Ellicott on Phil. iv. 12; on the difference between it and τέ see 8. v. τέ ad init. ] I. It serves as a copulative i.e. to connect (Lat. et, atque, Germ. und) ; 1. it connects single words or terms: a. univ., as of Φαρισαῖοι καὶ Σαδδουκαῖοι, Mt. xvi. 1; ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατήρ, he who is God and Father (see θεός, 3); ἐν καρδίᾳ καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ, Lk. viii. 15; πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως, ΗΘ}. 1. 1; it is repeated before single terms, to each of which its own force and weight is thus given: ἡ υἱοθεσία καὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ ai διαθῆκαι καὶ ἡ νομοθεσία καὶ ἡ λατρεία καὶ αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι, Ro. ix. 4 ; ἁγία καὶ δικαία καὶ ἀγαθή, Ro. vii. 12; add, Mt. xxiii. 23; Lk. xiv. 21; Jn. xvi. 8; Acts xv. 20, 29; xxi. 25; Heb. ix. 10; Rey. v. 12; xviii. 12 sq.; ef. W. 519 sq. (484). b. it…
Read the full entry →και. In LAE p. 129 ff. Deissmann discusses the thoroughly popular character of the Johannine style with its short paratactic sentences, introduced by kal. . . καί. To illustrate this, he cites amongst other exx. a Dream from the Serapeum, P Par 51 (B.C. 160) (= Selections, p. 18 ff. : see especially the amended readings in Archiv vi. p. 204), which runs—** ὦμ[ην] βατί -- δ)ίζειν pe [ἀπ]ὸ λειβὸς ἕως ἀ[ πηλι]ώτου, καὶ ἀναπίπτομαι ἐπ᾿ ἄχυρον" καὶ [ἄν]θρωπ[ος9] ἀπὸ λιβός μου, ἐχόμενός μου’ ἀναπίπτει καὶ αὐτός, καὶ ὥσπερ κεκλειμμ[évot] μου ἦσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, καὶ ἐξαί[φνης] ἀνύγω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς pov, καὶ ὁρῶ kTA., “ I dreamed that I was going from West to East, and I lie down upon chaff. And there | αὐτὸ (deleted in the original) Σεμφθεῖ. | ἐκ καινῆς ἐν Σομολ(ῶ)…
Read the full entry →καί (kai) — and.
καί,
conjunction, copulative, joining words and sentences,
__A and; also adverb, even, also, just, frequently expressing emphatic assertion or assent, corresponding as positive to the negative οὐ (μή) or οὐδέ (μηδέ). copulative, and,
__A.I joining words or sentences to those preceding, ἦ, καὶ κυανέῃσιν ἐπ᾽ ὀφρύσινεῦσε Κρονίων [Refs 8th c.BC+]: repeated with two or more Nouns, αἱ δὲ ἔλαφοι κ. δορκάδες κ. οἱ ἄγριοι οἶες κ. οἱ ὄνοι οἱ ἄγριοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; joining only the last pair, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ὄχλος πλείων κ. πλείων ἐπέρρει more and more, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to add epithets after πολύς, πολλὰ κ. ἐσθλά [Refs 8th c.BC+]
καί
kai
apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also
a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in
connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and,
also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when,
yet.
καί
Cj.
and, even, also, namely
καί kai 9x
(1) and, Mt. 2:2, 3, 11; 4:22; (2) καί ... καί, both ... and; (3) as a cumulative particle, also, too, Mt. 5:39; Jn. 8:19; 1 Cor. 11:6; (4) emphatic, even, also, Mt. 10:30; 1 Cor. 2:10; in NT adversative, but, Mt. 11:19; also introductory of the apodosis of a sentence, Gal. 3:28; Jas. 2:4
Conj — Conjunctionconjunction — it joins clauses, and never changes form.
CONJ CONJunction or conjunctive particle
9,477 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 42 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 8,978 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
3 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 καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν
1 ἔτους ιζ Θῶυθ κη ἀπέδοτο Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει
βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιϛ, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν
The Greek word γνόφος (*gnophos*) means darkness or gloom, often associated with stormy conditions. It is a later form of the earlier word δνόφος (*dno-phos*), and is used in the New Testament in Hebrews 12:18. Lexicons note its connections to other terms for darkness, such as σκότος (*skotos*) and ζόφος (*zophos*), suggesting a nuanced understanding of gloom that may include tempestuous elements.
OF σκότος it needs hardly to speak. It is the largest and most inclusive word of this group; being of very frequent occurrence in the N. T., both in this its Attic form, as also in that of σκοτία, which belongs to the common dialect. It is the exact opposite to das; thus in the profoundly pathetic words of Ajax in Sophocles (4). 394), ἰώ: σκότος ἐμὸν φάος: compare Plato, Rep. vii. 518 a; Job xxii. 11; Luke xii. 3; Acts xxvi. 18. Γνόφος, which is rightly regarded as a later Doric form of δνόφος, occurs only once in the N. T., namely at Heb. xii. 18.and there in connexion with ζόφος : in which same connexion it is found elsewhere (Deut. iv. 11.; Exod. x. 22; Zeph. i. 16). There was evidently a feeling on the part of our early Translators, that an element of tempest was involved in the word, the renderings of it by them being these: ‘mist (Wiclif and Tyndale) ; ‘storm’ (Cranmer); “…
Read the full entry →γνόφος (later form of δν-),
[in LXX for אָפֵל, עֲרָפֶל, etc. ;]
darkness, gloom (including "an element of tempest," Tr., Syn., §c): He 12:18.†
SYN.: ἀχλύς, ζόφος, σκότος (Tr., l.c.; DB, i, 457a).
γνόφος, -ov, -6, (for the earlier [and poetic] δνόφος, akin to νέφος [so Bitm. Lexil. ii. 266; but see Curtius pp: 704 sq. 706, ef. 535; Vanicek p. 1070]), darkness, gloom: Heb. xii. 18. (Aristot. de mund. ο. 2 fin. p. 392, 12; Leian. de mort. Peregr. 43; Dio Chrys.; Sept. also for jaya cloud, Deut. iv. 11, ete. and for Saw. ‘thick cloud,’ Ex. xx. 21, ete.; [Trench ὃ c.].)
γνόφος γνησίων δημοσίων, ‘‘apart from the legal public charges”: ef. P. Oxy VII. 1031%! (A.p. 228) γνη[σ]ίοις τελέσμασι, P Lond 11574 (? A.p. 197-8) (= III. p. 62) ἐστὶ δὲ ἀριθμήσεως Φαῶφι εἰς ᾿Αθὺρ γνησ(ίων), P Strass I. 213 (a.p. 217) ἐκτὸς τῶν σιτικῶν γνησίων. From this it is an easy transition to the sense of ‘‘ suitable,” ‘‘ fitting,” as in P Giss I. 474 (Hadrian) ἐπὶ τῶι κατὰ τὰς [εἸὐχὰς γνησία καὶ λείαν ἄξια εὑρῆσθαι and} παραζώ[ν]ιον γὰρ πρὸς τὸ παρὸν γνήσιον οὐχ εὑρέθη. Close to this lies its use for ‘‘ genuine” as an epithet of φίλος or the like, as in Phil «α΄: so BGU I. 8619 (A.D. 155) τὸν γνήσιον αὑτοῦ φίλον. Thus it becomes an epithet of affectionate appreciation: so P Oxy I. 4832 (A.D. 86) τοῦ μετηλλαχότος αὐτῆς γνησίου ἀδελφοῦ. Cf. 1 Tim. τῷ Τιμοθέῳ γνησίῳ τέκνῳ ἐν πίστει: in 2 Tim τ΄ ἀγαπητῷ is substituted for γνησίῳ. Cf. the use of the adverb, as in Phil 22°, = ‘‘…
Read the full entry →γνόφος (gnophos) — darkness.
γνόφ-ος,
later form for δνόφος, darkness, [NT+4th c.BC+]: plural, storm-clouds, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
γνόφος
gnophos
akin to 3509; gloom (as of a storm):--blackness.
see GREEK for 3509
γνόφος, ου, ὁ
n.m.
darkness, gloom
γνόφος gnophos 1x
a thick cloud, darkness, Heb. 12:18*
γνόφος = δνόφος, Luc.
Noun-DSM — Noun · dative · singular · masculinedative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular masculine.
N-DSM Part of Speech: Noun Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine
Darkness
The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Ex. 10:21) is described as darkness “which may be felt.” It covered “all the land of Egypt,” so that “they saw not one another.” It did not extend to the land of Goshen (ver. 23).
When Jesus hung upon the cross (Matt. 27:45; Luke 23:44), from the “sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.”
is spoken of as encompassing the actual presence of God, as that out of which he speaks, --the envelope, as it were, of divine glory. (Exodus 20:21; 1 Kings 8:12) The plague of darkness in Egypt was miraculous. The darkness "over all the land," (Matthew 27:45) attending the crucifixion has been attributed to an eclipse, but was undoubtedly miraculous, as no eclipse of the sun could have taken place at that time, the moon being at the full at the time of the passover. Darkness is also, as in the expression "land of darkness," used for the state of the dead, (Job 10:21,22) and frequently, figuratively, for ignorance and unbelief, as the privation of spiritual light. (
The absence of natural light, Ge 1:2, and hence figuratively a state of misery and adversity, Job 18:6 Ps 107:10 Isa 8:22 9:1; also the absence of the sun and stars, and hence the fall of chief men and national convulsions, Isa 13:10 Ac 2:20. "Works of darkness," are the impure mysteries practiced in heathen worship, Eph 5:11. "Outer darkness" illustrates the gloom of those on whom the gates of heaven are closed, Mt 8:12. The darkness in Egypt,
1 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.
Counted over the 23 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.
οὐ γὰρ ἐν γνόφῳ τὸ αἴτιον οὐδὲ συνόλως ἐν τόπῳ, ἀλλ’ ὑπεράνω καὶ τόπου καὶ χρόνου·
καί (kai) is a conjunction meaning 'and,' used to connect words, phrases, and clauses. It serves various functions, including copulative and adjunctive uses, and can express cumulative ideas like 'also' or 'even.' The New Testament frequently employs it to link terms and sentences, as seen in verses like Matthew 2:18 and John 10:3. Abbott-Smith notes its use in both simple and complex structures, while Thayer emphasizes its role as the most common particle in the New Testament.
καί, a conj., and; the most freq. by far of all the particles in the N. T. [On its uses see W. § 53, 3sqq.; B. 361 (310) sqq., and ef. Ellicott on Phil. iv. 12; on the difference between it and τέ see 8. v. τέ ad init. ] I. It serves as a copulative i.e. to connect (Lat. et, atque, Germ. und) ; 1. it connects single words or terms: a. univ., as of Φαρισαῖοι καὶ Σαδδουκαῖοι, Mt. xvi. 1; ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατήρ, he who is God and Father (see θεός, 3); ἐν καρδίᾳ καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ, Lk. viii. 15; πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως, ΗΘ}. 1. 1; it is repeated before single terms, to each of which its own force and weight is thus given: ἡ υἱοθεσία καὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ ai διαθῆκαι καὶ ἡ νομοθεσία καὶ ἡ λατρεία καὶ αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι, Ro. ix. 4 ; ἁγία καὶ δικαία καὶ ἀγαθή, Ro. vii. 12; add, Mt. xxiii. 23; Lk. xiv. 21; Jn. xvi. 8; Acts xv. 20, 29; xxi. 25; Heb. ix. 10; Rey. v. 12; xviii. 12 sq.; ef. W. 519 sq. (484). b. it…
Read the full entry →και. In LAE p. 129 ff. Deissmann discusses the thoroughly popular character of the Johannine style with its short paratactic sentences, introduced by kal. . . καί. To illustrate this, he cites amongst other exx. a Dream from the Serapeum, P Par 51 (B.C. 160) (= Selections, p. 18 ff. : see especially the amended readings in Archiv vi. p. 204), which runs—** ὦμ[ην] βατί -- δ)ίζειν pe [ἀπ]ὸ λειβὸς ἕως ἀ[ πηλι]ώτου, καὶ ἀναπίπτομαι ἐπ᾿ ἄχυρον" καὶ [ἄν]θρωπ[ος9] ἀπὸ λιβός μου, ἐχόμενός μου’ ἀναπίπτει καὶ αὐτός, καὶ ὥσπερ κεκλειμμ[évot] μου ἦσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, καὶ ἐξαί[φνης] ἀνύγω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς pov, καὶ ὁρῶ kTA., “ I dreamed that I was going from West to East, and I lie down upon chaff. And there | αὐτὸ (deleted in the original) Σεμφθεῖ. | ἐκ καινῆς ἐν Σομολ(ῶ)…
Read the full entry →καί (kai) — and.
καί,
conjunction, copulative, joining words and sentences,
__A and; also adverb, even, also, just, frequently expressing emphatic assertion or assent, corresponding as positive to the negative οὐ (μή) or οὐδέ (μηδέ). copulative, and,
__A.I joining words or sentences to those preceding, ἦ, καὶ κυανέῃσιν ἐπ᾽ ὀφρύσινεῦσε Κρονίων [Refs 8th c.BC+]: repeated with two or more Nouns, αἱ δὲ ἔλαφοι κ. δορκάδες κ. οἱ ἄγριοι οἶες κ. οἱ ὄνοι οἱ ἄγριοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; joining only the last pair, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ὄχλος πλείων κ. πλείων ἐπέρρει more and more, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to add epithets after πολύς, πολλὰ κ. ἐσθλά [Refs 8th c.BC+]
καί
kai
apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also
a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in
connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and,
also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when,
yet.
καί
Cj.
and, even, also, namely
καί kai 9x
(1) and, Mt. 2:2, 3, 11; 4:22; (2) καί ... καί, both ... and; (3) as a cumulative particle, also, too, Mt. 5:39; Jn. 8:19; 1 Cor. 11:6; (4) emphatic, even, also, Mt. 10:30; 1 Cor. 2:10; in NT adversative, but, Mt. 11:19; also introductory of the apodosis of a sentence, Gal. 3:28; Jas. 2:4
Conj — Conjunctionconjunction — it joins clauses, and never changes form.
CONJ CONJunction or conjunctive particle
9,477 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 42 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 8,978 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
3 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 καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν
1 ἔτους ιζ Θῶυθ κη ἀπέδοτο Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει
βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιϛ, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν
The Greek word ζόφος (lemma: zophos) refers to gloom or darkness, often associated with the underworld. It encompasses meanings of deep gloom and blackness, appearing in contexts such as Hebrews 12:18 and 2 Peter 2:4. The term is linked to other words for darkness, and while it is consistently defined across sources, its poetic and metaphorical uses may vary.
OF σκότος it needs hardly to speak. It is the largest and most inclusive word of this group; being of very frequent occurrence in the N. T., both in this its Attic form, as also in that of σκοτία, which belongs to the common dialect. It is the exact opposite to das; thus in the profoundly pathetic words of Ajax in Sophocles (4). 394), ἰώ: σκότος ἐμὸν φάος: compare Plato, Rep. vii. 518 a; Job xxii. 11; Luke xii. 3; Acts xxvi. 18. Γνόφος, which is rightly regarded as a later Doric form of δνόφος, occurs only once in the N. T., namely at Heb. xii. 18.and there in connexion with ζόφος : in which same connexion it is found elsewhere (Deut. iv. 11.; Exod. x. 22; Zeph. i. 16). There was evidently a feeling on the part of our early Translators, that an element of tempest was involved in the word, the renderings of it by them being these: ‘mist (Wiclif and Tyndale) ; ‘storm’ (Cranmer); “…
Read the full entry →ζόφος, -ov, 6, (akin to γνόφος, δνόφος, νέφος, κνέφας. ser Bum. Lexil. ii. p. 266 [Fishlake’s trans. p. 378]; ef. Curtius p. 706), darkness, blackness: Heb. xii. 18 L T Tr WH; as in Hom. II. 15,191; 21,56, ete., used of the darkness of the nether world (cf. Grimm on Sap. xvii. 14), 2 Pet. ii. 4; Jude 6; Coos τοῦ σκότους (cf. NyOX-Wwn, Ex. x. 22), the blackness of (i. e. the densest) darkness, 2 Pet. ii. 17; Jude 13. [Cf. Trench § c.]
ζόφος. For the corresponding adj. see Vett. Val. p. 312° διὰ τὸ Τοφῶδες τοῦ ἀέρος. The subst. is cited by Thumb (He//en. pp. 218, 225) as amongst the “ poetic’’ words, which have passed into general use in the Kowy. MGr fodds, “¢ dark.” Ὁ, ζυγός. ek For this word, which survives in MGr, in its literal sense cf. P Rein 172° (B.c. 109) ἄροτρον ἃ ζυ[γὸ]ν a, P Fay 1214 (c. A.D. 109) εὖ ποιήσεις δοὺς Οὐηστείνωι cis τὸν ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ ζυγόϑδεσμον καινὸν στερεόν, ‘kindly give Vestinus for his yoke a new strong yoke-band” (Edd.), P Strass I. 3215 (A.D. 261) ζυγὸν δὲ ἐνάγων παρά σοι τὸν ἐπιτηδειότερον αὐτῷ παράσχες. The neuter form of the subst. =‘‘ balance,” as in Rev 6°, occurs in A/ichel 1222 (ii/B.C.) τὸ ζυγὸν Kal τὰ…
Read the full entry →ζόφος (zophos) — darkness.
ζόφος, ὁ,
nether darkness, ἱεμένων Ἔρεβόσδε ὑπὸ ζόφον [NT+8th c.BC+]; Ἀΐδης δ᾽ ἔλαχε ζόφον ἠερόεντα obtained the realms of gloom for his share, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. generally, gloom, darkness, [NT+8th c.BC+]; χειμέριος ζ. the gloom of winter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. the dark quarter, i.e. the West, ἤδη γὰρ φάος οἴχεθ᾽ ὑπὸ ζόφον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποτὶ ζόφον, opposed to πρὸς ἠῶ τ᾽ ἠέλιόν τε, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (the North accusative to [Refs 1st c.BC+]; Γαδείρων τὸ πρὸς ζόφον to the west of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] —poetical and later Prose. (Prob. _cognate_ with ζέφυρος.)
ζόφος
zophos
akin to the base of 3509; gloom (as shrouding like a
cloud):--blackness, darkness, mist.
see GREEK for 3509
ζόφος, ου, ὁ
n.m.
darkness, murkiness
ζόφος zophos 5x
gloom, thick darkness, Heb. 12:18; 2 Pet. 2:4, 17; Jude 6, 13*
ζόφος ζόφος, ὁ, the gloom of the world below, nether darkness, Hom., Aesch.:—generally, gloom, darkness, Hes., Pind.
the dark quarter, i. e. the west, opposed to ἠώς, Hom.: cf. Ζέφυρος.
Noun-DSM — Noun · dative · singular · masculinedative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular masculine.
N-DSM Part of Speech: Noun Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine
5 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 3 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 5 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
οὐ γὰρ δύεται καὶ σβέννυται, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ πέφυκεν ἀνατέλλειν ὁ ὀρθὸς λόγος, καὶ ὥσπερ, οἶμαι, ἀνατείλας ἥλιος τὸν ζόφον τοῦ ἀέρος φωτὸς ἐνέπλησεν, οὕτως καὶ ἀρετὴ ἀνατείλασα ἐν ψυχῇ τὴν ἀχλὺν αὐτῆς ἐναυγάζει καὶ τὸν πολὺν σκότον σκεδάννυσι.
καί (kai) is a conjunction meaning 'and,' used to connect words, phrases, and clauses. It serves various functions, including copulative and adjunctive uses, and can express cumulative ideas like 'also' or 'even.' The New Testament frequently employs it to link terms and sentences, as seen in verses like Matthew 2:18 and John 10:3. Abbott-Smith notes its use in both simple and complex structures, while Thayer emphasizes its role as the most common particle in the New Testament.
καί, a conj., and; the most freq. by far of all the particles in the N. T. [On its uses see W. § 53, 3sqq.; B. 361 (310) sqq., and ef. Ellicott on Phil. iv. 12; on the difference between it and τέ see 8. v. τέ ad init. ] I. It serves as a copulative i.e. to connect (Lat. et, atque, Germ. und) ; 1. it connects single words or terms: a. univ., as of Φαρισαῖοι καὶ Σαδδουκαῖοι, Mt. xvi. 1; ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατήρ, he who is God and Father (see θεός, 3); ἐν καρδίᾳ καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ, Lk. viii. 15; πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως, ΗΘ}. 1. 1; it is repeated before single terms, to each of which its own force and weight is thus given: ἡ υἱοθεσία καὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ ai διαθῆκαι καὶ ἡ νομοθεσία καὶ ἡ λατρεία καὶ αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι, Ro. ix. 4 ; ἁγία καὶ δικαία καὶ ἀγαθή, Ro. vii. 12; add, Mt. xxiii. 23; Lk. xiv. 21; Jn. xvi. 8; Acts xv. 20, 29; xxi. 25; Heb. ix. 10; Rey. v. 12; xviii. 12 sq.; ef. W. 519 sq. (484). b. it…
Read the full entry →και. In LAE p. 129 ff. Deissmann discusses the thoroughly popular character of the Johannine style with its short paratactic sentences, introduced by kal. . . καί. To illustrate this, he cites amongst other exx. a Dream from the Serapeum, P Par 51 (B.C. 160) (= Selections, p. 18 ff. : see especially the amended readings in Archiv vi. p. 204), which runs—** ὦμ[ην] βατί -- δ)ίζειν pe [ἀπ]ὸ λειβὸς ἕως ἀ[ πηλι]ώτου, καὶ ἀναπίπτομαι ἐπ᾿ ἄχυρον" καὶ [ἄν]θρωπ[ος9] ἀπὸ λιβός μου, ἐχόμενός μου’ ἀναπίπτει καὶ αὐτός, καὶ ὥσπερ κεκλειμμ[évot] μου ἦσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, καὶ ἐξαί[φνης] ἀνύγω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς pov, καὶ ὁρῶ kTA., “ I dreamed that I was going from West to East, and I lie down upon chaff. And there | αὐτὸ (deleted in the original) Σεμφθεῖ. | ἐκ καινῆς ἐν Σομολ(ῶ)…
Read the full entry →καί (kai) — and.
καί,
conjunction, copulative, joining words and sentences,
__A and; also adverb, even, also, just, frequently expressing emphatic assertion or assent, corresponding as positive to the negative οὐ (μή) or οὐδέ (μηδέ). copulative, and,
__A.I joining words or sentences to those preceding, ἦ, καὶ κυανέῃσιν ἐπ᾽ ὀφρύσινεῦσε Κρονίων [Refs 8th c.BC+]: repeated with two or more Nouns, αἱ δὲ ἔλαφοι κ. δορκάδες κ. οἱ ἄγριοι οἶες κ. οἱ ὄνοι οἱ ἄγριοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; joining only the last pair, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ὄχλος πλείων κ. πλείων ἐπέρρει more and more, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to add epithets after πολύς, πολλὰ κ. ἐσθλά [Refs 8th c.BC+]
καί
kai
apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also
a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in
connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and,
also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when,
yet.
καί
Cj.
and, even, also, namely
καί kai 9x
(1) and, Mt. 2:2, 3, 11; 4:22; (2) καί ... καί, both ... and; (3) as a cumulative particle, also, too, Mt. 5:39; Jn. 8:19; 1 Cor. 11:6; (4) emphatic, even, also, Mt. 10:30; 1 Cor. 2:10; in NT adversative, but, Mt. 11:19; also introductory of the apodosis of a sentence, Gal. 3:28; Jas. 2:4
Conj — Conjunctionconjunction — it joins clauses, and never changes form.
CONJ CONJunction or conjunctive particle
9,477 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 42 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 8,978 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← what comes before
what comes after →
branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path
3 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 καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν
1 ἔτους ιζ Θῶυθ κη ἀπέδοτο Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει
βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιϛ, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν
θύελλα (thuella) refers to a storm, tempest, or whirlwind, often associated with violent weather phenomena like hurricanes. It appears in various ancient texts, including the New Testament in Hebrews 12:18. The word is derived from the root meaning 'to blow' and is synonymous with terms like λαῖλαψ. Lexicons note its poetic usage and metaphorical applications in classical literature.
From the words into comparison with which πνεῦμα is here brought, it will be evident that it is proposed to deal with it in its natural and earthly, not in its supernatural and heavenly, meaning. Only I will observe, that on the relations between πνοή and πνεῦμα in this its higher sense there is a discussion in Augustine, De Civ. Dei, xiii. 22; cf. De Anim. et huj. Orig. i. 14, 19. The first three words of this group, as they designate not things heavenly but things earthly, differ from one another exactly as, according to Seneca, do in the Latin ‘aér,’ ‘spiritus,’ ‘ ventus’ (Nat. Qu. v. 13) : ‘Spiritum a vento motus' separat; vehementior enim spiritus ventus est; invicem spiritus leviter fluens aer.’ Πνοή and πνεῦμα occur not seldom together, as at Isai. xlii. 5; lvii. 16; πνοή conveying the impression of a lighter, gentler, motion of the air than πνεῦμα, as ‘aura’ than ‘ventus.’…
Read the full entry →θύελλα, -ης, ἡ
(< θύω),
[in LXX De 4:11 5:22 (19) (עֲרָפֶל), Ex 10:22*;]
(poët. in cl.),
a hurricane, cyclone, whirlwind: He 12:18.†
SYN.: λαῖλαψ (q.v.).
θύελλα, -ης, 7, (θύω to boil, foam, rage, as ἄελλα fr. dw, ἄημι), a sudden storm, tempest, whirlwind: Heb. xii. 18. (Deut. iv. 11; v. 22; Hom., Hes., Tragg., al.) [Cf. Schmidt ch. 55, 11; Trench § xxiii. fin.]
θύελλα (thuella) — storm.
θύελλ-α [ῠ], ἡ,
(θύω, compare ἄελλα from ἄημι) hurricane, squall [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μισγομένων ἀνέμων.. θ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πυρός τ᾽ ὀλοοῖο θύελλαι, probably thunderstorms, [Refs]; τοὺς δ᾽ αἶψ᾽ ἁρπάξασα φέρεν πόντονδε θ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποντία θ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἴκελοι πυρὶ ἠὲ θ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀχλικὴ θ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]
θύελλα
thuella
from 2380 (in the sense of blowing) a storm:--tempest.
see GREEK for 2380
θύελλα, ης, ἡ
n.f.
a storm, tempest
θύελλα thuella 1x
a tempest, whirlwind, hurricane, Heb. 12:18*
θύελλα θύελλα, ἡ, θύω, as ἄελλα from ἄημι a furious storm, hurricane, Hom.; πυρὸς θύελλαι thunderstorms, Od.; ποντία θ. Soph.; metaph., ἄτης θύελλαι Aesch.
Noun-DSF — Noun · dative · singular · femininedative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular feminine.
N-DSF Part of Speech: Noun Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine
1 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.
τοῦτο δʼ ὥσπερ τελευταία θύελλα χειμαζομένους τοὺς νεανίσκους ἐπεβάπτισεν·