Titus 2:3 — Word Study
N1904Πρεσβύτιδας ὡσαύτως ἐν καταστήματι ἱεροπρεπεῖς, μὴ διαβόλους, μὴ οἴνῳ πολλῷ δεδουλωμένας, καλοδιδασκάλους,
BSA[the] aged [women]presbutis△ [aged women] likewisehōsautōs [in the same way] inen behaviorkatastēma△ [demeanor, conduct] reverent,hieroprepēs△ [respectful, having a deep respect for God] notmē slanderers,diabolos [false accusers] notmē to wineoinos muchpolus enslaved,douloō■✻ [enslaved] teachers of what is good,kalodidaskalos△ [righteous, noble]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| Πρεσβύτιδας | [the] aged [women] | Noun, accusative, plural |
| ὡσαύτως | likewise | Adverb |
| ἐν | in | Preposition |
| καταστήματι | behavior | Noun, dative, singular |
| ἱεροπρεπεῖς, | reverent, | Adjective, accusative, plural |
| μὴ | not | Particle, negative |
| διαβόλους, | slanderers, | Adjective, accusative, plural |
| μὴ | not | Particle, negative |
| οἴνῳ | to wine | Noun, dative, singular |
| πολλῷ | much | Adjective, dative, singular |
| δεδουλωμένας, | enslaved, | Verb, perfect, passive |
| καλοδιδασκάλους, | teachers of what is good, | Adjective, accusative, plural |
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| BSB | Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. |
| KJV | The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; |
| ASV | that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; |
| YLT | aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers, |
| WEB | and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good, |
| BBE | That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good, |
Where they part company is καταστήματι — see How Translations Differ.
The sentence has a main clause with additional phrases that clarify the expected behaviors and roles of older women.
8 commentators on this verse
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clause
verbδουλόω
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4 of 12 occur nowhere else in the New Testament — words chosen on purpose.
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Deep Study — Titus 2:3
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Context — Guidance for Older Womengenerated
Titus 2:3 emphasizes the qualities expected of older women in the church. Paul instructs them to be reverent and to avoid behaviors that could harm their witness, such as slandering others or being overly indulgent with wine. Instead, they are called to be teachers of what is good, impacting the younger women positively and guiding them in their roles within the family and community.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romans 16:2 | Welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me. |
| 2 | Ephesians 5:3 | But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. |
| 3 | 1 Timothy 2:9–10 | Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, |
| 4 | 1 Timothy 3:11 | In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things. |
| 5 | 1 Timothy 5:5–10 | The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 11 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — πρεσβῦτις, presbutisgenerated
The term πρεσβύτιδας is the accusative plural form of πρεσβῦτις, meaning 'aged women.' It denotes a respectful term for older women, highlighting their wisdom and experience.
In this context, it signifies not just age but also the expected behavior and role within the church community, as they are to model reverence and teach younger women.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
The Berean Standard Bible translates the verse as 'Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.' This is consistent with the KJV and ASV, which also emphasize reverence and teaching.
However, the YLT and WEB provide slightly different nuances in phrasing, particularly in how they express the behaviors expected of older women.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main finite verb is εἶναι, to be, which connects the subject πρεσβύτιδας with the adjective phrases describing their expected behavior. Several clauses and phrases elaborate on what this behavior entails.
The structure includes a subject phrase, followed by adverbial and adjective phrases that describe the characteristics and actions expected of the older women.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The term πρεσβύτιδας does not have a direct equivalent in the Septuagint, but the concept of aged women is present in various forms throughout the Old Testament, often associated with wisdom and guidance.
The related terms in the LXX often reflect the respect given to elders, emphasizing their role in teaching and leading the community.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Titus 2:3 instructs older women to behave reverently, avoid slander, and not be enslaved to excessive drinking. Instead, they are to teach what is good, guiding younger women in their roles.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
Being reverent means showing deep respect for God and living in a way that reflects that respect in their behavior.
Slander can harm relationships and the reputation of the church; older women are called to model integrity and kindness.
Teaching good emphasizes the role of older women in guiding younger women to live righteous and honorable lives.
Older women can fulfill this role by sharing their experiences, providing mentorship, and modeling good behavior in their daily lives.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what ways can I learn from the behavior of older women in my community?
- How can I support and encourage older women in their teaching roles?
- What does it mean to me to be reverent in my actions and words?
- How can I apply the teachings of older women in my own life?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early Church Fathers comment on the role of older women in the church, drawing from this verse to emphasize their importance in teaching and modeling godly behavior.
Gracefully, therefore, the apostle says in the Epistle to Titus, "that the eider women should be of godly behaviour, should not be slanderers, not enslaved to much wine;Early Church Fathers on Titus 2 →
Therefore, he wants those for whom “the Lord is their portion” to be sober, to fast, to be vigilant at all times, but especially when they are present at the altar to pray to the Lord and to offer sacrifices in his presence.Early Church Fathers on Titus 2 →
Ver. 3. "The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness." That is, that in their very dress and carriage they exhibit modesty.Early Church Fathers on Titus 2 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Titus 2:3 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd the aged women likewise,.... Speak also to them the things which become their profession, and what is right for them to be, and do: these aged women design not persons in office, who were ancient
Read John Gill on Titus 2 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryThe aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; Behaviour , [ katasteemati (G2688)] - 'deportment:' 'the
Read Robert Jamieson on Titus 2 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleThe aged women likewise; that is, do thou also teach the women that in age exceed others. That they be in behaviour as becometh holiness; en katasthmati ieroprepeiv to be in their habit becoming holiness. The word is of a very large signification, it signifies state, gesture, and habit; we have well translated it by as general a word, behaviour; it signifies clothes, converse, one’ s whole carriage. Not false accusers; not devils. That name is given to the devil, because he is the accuser of the brethren, and he was a liar from the beginning; it is applied to any persons that charge others falsely. Not given to much wine: Greek, not serving much wine; for those that frequent the tap too…
Read Matthew Poole on Titus 2 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; Ver. 3. In behaviour] ενκαταστηματι, or, in habit, apparel, gait, gesture. Teachers of good things] As was Bathsheba, Proverbs 31:1-2; Lois, 2 Timothy 1:5; Monica, &c.
Read John Trapp on Titus 2 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) The aged women likewise.—St. Paul, faithful to what had now become one of the guiding principles of Christianity, the equal position of women in the city of God, fellow-heirs with men in the citizenship of the city which hath foundations, proceeds to remind the elder women of Crete of their own high duties in the company of believers. They now—the women—must remember that the position which Christ and His disciples had claimed for them in the world was not without its grave responsibilities. These aged women of the flock. like the elders just exhorted, had also much to do for Christ. That they be in behaviour as becometh holiness.—That is, that they should show themselves as it becometh…
Read Charles John Ellicott on Titus 2 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 3. The aged women likewise] I believe elderly women are meant, and not deaconesses. That they be in behaviour] ενκαταστηματιιεροπρεπεις. That they be in their dress, gait, and general deportment, such as their holy calling requires; that they be not like the world, but like the Church, decent without, and adorned with holiness within. Not false accusers] Μηδιαβολους. Not devils; we have had the same expression applied in the same way, 1 Timothy 3:11, where see the note. Not given to much wine] Μηοινῳπολλῳδεδουλωμενας·. Not enslaved by much wine, not habitual drunkards or tipplers; habit is a species of slavery. Both among the Greeks and Romans old women were generally reputed to be…
Read AdamClarke on Titus 2 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges3. The aged women likewise] That aged women, not of any order of women corresponding to that of ‘elders’; though this exact word is used of such an order in the 11th Laodicean Canon, ‘those that are called elder women, to wit those that preside in the church, must not be ordained’; cf. Neander, Ch. Hist., iii. 305 sqq.; and in Apocryphal Acts and Martyrdom of Matthew, Tisch. Act, apocr. apost., p. 187. It undoubtedly arose later, based upon this passage, see note on 1 Timothy 5:3-16.be in behaviour] Vulg. here ‘in habitu sancto,’ and in 1 Timothy 2:9 ‘in habitu ornato,’ but the Greek word here more properly corresponds to the classical sense of habitus ‘settled ways and bearing,’ (comp.…
Read Cambridge on Titus 2 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleThe aged women likewise - Not only those who may have the office of deaconesses, but all aged females.
Read Albert Barnes on Titus 2 →The verse in English, compared — 16 translations, and where they part company
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Modern formal
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.
Tyndale line
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanour, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
The elder women likewise, that they be in such behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not subiect to much wine, but teachers of honest things,
Strictly literal
that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right;
aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,
Aged women, in like manner, in behavior as becomes sacred persons, not false accusers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good things,
Teach older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or being slaves to much wine, but to be teachers of what is good.
From the Latin
The aged women, in like manner, in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well:
Simplified
Similarly older women ought to behave in a way that shows they live their lives for God. They shouldn't destroy people's reputations by what they say, and they shouldn't be addicted to wine.
That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,
Word by word, the decisions they made
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The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the Nestle 1904 treebank
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The earliest translations — Latin and Syriac
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anus similiter in habitu sancto, non criminatrices, non multo vino servientes, bene docentes :
Jerome revised the Old Latin against the Greek from AD 382; the Latin west read this text for a thousand years.
ܘܐܦ ܩܫܝܫܬܐ ܗܟܢܐ ܕܢܗܘܝܢ ܒܐܣܟܡܐ ܕܝܐܐ ܠܕܚܠܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܘܠܐ ܢܗܘܝܢ ܐܟܠܢ ܩܪܨܐ ܘܠܐ ܢܗܘܝܢ ܡܫܥܒܕܢ ܠܚܡܪܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ ܘܢܗܘܝܢ ܡܠܦܢ ܫܦܝܪܬܐ
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The Greek editions compared — what the manuscripts actually say
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Πρεσβύτιδας ὡσαύτως ἐν καταστήματι ἱεροπρεπεῖς, μὴ διαβόλους, μὴ οἴνῳ πολλῷ δεδουλωμένας, καλοδιδασκάλους,
The standard critical text of the New Testament.
Πρεσβύτιδας ὡσαύτως ἐν καταστήματι ἱεροπρεπεῖς, μὴ διαβόλους, μὴ οἴνῳ πολλῷ δεδουλωμένας, καλοδιδασκάλους,
The previous edition, still widely cited.
Πρεσβύτιδας ὡσαύτως ἐν καταστήματι ἱεροπρεπεῖς, μὴ διαβόλους, — οἴνῳ πολλῷ δεδουλωμένας, καλοδιδασκάλους,
The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.
Πρεσβύτιδας ὡσαύτως ἐν καταστήματι ἱεροπρεπεῖς, μὴ διαβόλους, — οἴνῳ πολλῷ δεδουλωμένας, καλοδιδασκάλους,
The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.
Πρεσβύτιδας ὡσαύτως ἐν καταστήματι ἱεροπρεπεῖς, μὴ διαβόλους, — οἴνῳ πολλῷ δεδουλωμένας, καλοδιδασκάλους,
An independent critical text built from the oldest witnesses then known.
Πρεσβύτιδας ὡσαύτως ἐν καταστήματι ἱεροπρεπεῖς, μὴ διαβόλους, — οἴνῳ πολλῷ δεδουλωμένας, καλοδιδασκάλους,
A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.
Πρεσβύτιδας ὡσαύτως ἐν καταστήματι ἱεροπρεπεῖς, μὴ διαβόλους, μὴ οἴνῳ πολλῷ δεδουλωμένας, καλοδιδασκάλους,
The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.
Πρεσβύτιδας ὡσαύτως ἐν καταστήματι ἱεροπρεπεῖς, μὴ διαβόλους, μὴ οἴνῳ πολλῷ δεδουλωμένας, καλοδιδασκάλους,
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 |
|---|---|---|
| μὴ not | NA28, NA27, TR, Byz | SBL, WH, Treg, Tyn |
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The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
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Lexicons — every word in Titus 2:3
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The Greek word πρεσβῦτις, feminine of πρεσβύτης, means 'aged woman' and is used in the New Testament in Titus 2:3. It appears in classical literature as well, indicating a similar meaning. Some sources suggest that the term may imply a role akin to priestesses, but this interpretation is debated.
πρεσβῦτις, -ἰδος, 7, (fem. of πρεσβύτης), an aged woman : Tit. ii. 3. (Aeschyl., Eur., Plat., Diod., Plut., Hdian. 5, 3, 6 (3 ed. Bekk.).)
πρεσβῦτις, “an old woman.” It is sometimes thought that the πρεσβύτιδες of Tit 2°, the only place where the word occurs in the NT (cf. 4 Macc 161), are the members of a priestly or organized class in view of the tepompemets which follows, see the citations s.v. tepompemns ; but the word need not imply more than that the πρεσβύτιδες ‘are to carry into daily life the demeanour of priestesses in a temple’? (Lock 7CC ad /.), and this meaning is strongly confirmed by the context (cf. v. 2). ?
πρεσβῦτις (presbutis) — old woman.
Related to: πρεσβύτης [ῠ], ητος,
Doric dialect -ας, ατος, ἡ, age, seniority, [Refs] probably restoration in [Refs]
πρεσβῦτις
presbutis
feminine of 4246; an old woman:--aged woman.
see GREEK for 4246
πρεσβῦτις, ιδος, ἡ
n.f.
an old woman
πρεσβῦτις presbytis 1x
an aged woman, Tit. 2:3*
πρεσβῦτις πρεσβῦτις, ιδος, an aged woman, Aesch.
Noun-APF — Noun · accusative · plural · feminineaccusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked plural feminine.
N-APF Part of Speech: Noun Case: Accusative Number: Plural Gender: Feminine
The position of women in the Hebrew commonwealth contrasts favorably with that which in the present day is assigned to them generally in eastern countries. The most salient point of contrast in the usages of ancient as compared with modern Oriental society was the large amount of liberty enjoyed by women. Instead of being immured in a harem, or appearing in public with the face covered. The wives and maidens of ancient times mingled freely and openly with the other sex in the duties and amenities of ordinary life. Rebekah travelled on a camel with her face unveiled until she came into the presence of her affianced. (Genesis 24:64,65) Jacob saluted Rachel with a kiss in the presence of the shepherds. (Genesis 29:11) Women played no inconsiderable part in public celebrations (
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.
ἔλαθεν δὲ γυνὴ πρεσβῦτις καὶ συγγενὴς ἑτέρα τις Ἐλεαζάρου, φρονήσει καὶ παιδείᾳ πλεῖστον γυναικῶν διαφέρουσα, καὶ πέντε παιδία τοῖς ὑπονόμοις, οἳ ποτὸν ἦγον ὕδωρ διὰ γῆς, ἐγκατακρυβῆναι τῶν ἄλλων πρὸς τῇ σφαγῇ τὰς διανοίας ἐχόντων,
ταῦτά μου συμβουλευομένου καὶ διακρίνοντος ἐν τῇ κάρδίᾳ μου, βλέπω κατέναντί μου καθέδραν λευκὴν ἐξ ἐρίων χιονίνων γεγονυῖαν μεγάλην: καὶ ἦλθεν γυνὴ πρεσβῦτις ἐν ἱματισμῷ λαμπροτάτῳ, ἔχουσα βιβλίον εἰς τὰς χεῖρας, καὶ ἐκάθισεν μόνη καὶ ἀσπάζεταί με:…
ἀπὸ τῆς Μικρᾶς Ὀάσεως. βίαν πάσχουσα … … γυνὴ χήρα καὶ πρεσβῦτις ὑπὸ Ἀμμω … … τῆς αὐτῆς Μικρᾶς Ὀάσεως
The Greek word ὡσαύτως is an adverb meaning 'in like manner' or 'likewise,' formed from ὡς and αὔτως. It appears in various contexts in the New Testament, often requiring a verb to be supplied from the surrounding text, as seen in Matthew 20:5 and Romans 8:26. The lexicons consistently define it as indicating similarity or agreement.
ὡσαύτως
adv.,
strengthened for ὡς (in Hom, at the beginning of a clause, in the form ὣς δ' αὔτως, later in one word), in like manner, just so, likewise: Mt 20:5 21:30, 36 25:17, Mk 14:31, Lk 13:5 20:31, Ro 8:26, I Ti 5:25, Tit 2:6; with verb to be supplied from context, Mk 12:21, Lk 22:20, I Co 11:25, I Ti 2:9 3:8 3:11, Read the full entry →
ὡσ-αύτως, (ὡς and αὔτως), adv., [asa single word, PostHomeric], in like manner, likewise: put after the verb, Mt. xx. 5; xxi. 30,36; put before the verb, Mk. xiv. 31; Lk. xiii. 3 (here L T Tr WH ὁμοίως), 5 (T Trtxt. WH); Ro. viii. 26; 1 Tim. v. 25; Tit. ii. 6; as often in Grk. writ. the verb must be supplied from the preceding context, Mt. xxv.17; Mk. xii. 21; Lk. xx. 31; xxii. 20 [WH reject the pass.]; 1 Co. xi. 25; 1 Tim. ii. 9 (sc. βούλομαι, ef. 8); iii. 8 (sc. δεῖ, cf. 7), 11; Tit. ii. 3 (se. πρέπει εἶναι)
ὡσαύτως, ‘cin like manner,” ‘‘likewise ” : 238) Κάλας τέτακται συναντήσεσθαι πρὸς σὲ. δὲ καὶ τῶι ᾿Ακολλούθωι παρηγγείλαμεν συναντᾶν πρὸς σέ, P Eleph 20° (iii/B.c.) ὡσαύτως παστοφόριον ἐν Τεντύρει ἐντὸς τείχους, P Petr Il. 4 (11)® (111.8.6.) ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ σχοινία p, ἐὰν δὲ ὑπάρχηι πλέω σ, ““ likewise, too, 100 ropes, but if you have plenty, 200,” in connexion with building operations, P Ry] II. 130! (A.p. 31) ἔτι δὲ καὶ πλειστάκι ὡσαύτως ἐτρύγησαν Kal ἀπηνέγκαντο, **moreover they repeatedly gathered them in the same way and carried them off,” of thieves in an olive-yard, P Oxy IL. 26719 (agreement of marriage—a.D. 36) προσομολογῶι ἐὰν ὡσαύτως ἐκ διαφορᾶς ἀπίαλλαγ]ῶμεν ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων... ., “J further agree if as aforesaid owing to a quarrel we separate from each other. . .” (Edd.), similarly 24. III. 49614 (A.D. 127), and Preisigke 5114}7} (A.D. 613-640). P Hamb I. 2514 (B.c. εν…
Read the full entry →ὡσαύτως (hōsautōs) — likewise.
ὡσαύτως,
adverb of ὁ αὐτός, in like manner, just so, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+].. in like manner as.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ὡς ἑτέρως, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. further strengthened, ὡ. οὕτως so in like manner, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
ὡσαύτως
hosautos
from 5613 and an adverb from 846; as thus, i.e. in the same way:--even
so, likewise, after the same (in like) manner.
see GREEK for 5613
see GREEK for 846
ὡσαύτως
Adv
likewise
ὡσαύτως hōsautōs 17x
just so, in just the same way or manner, likewise, Mt. 20:5; 21:30
ὡσαύτως ὥς, αὔτως in like manner, just so, ὣς δ᾽ αὔτως, for ὡσαύτως δὲ . . , Hom., etc.; ὡσαύτως καὶ . . in like manner as . . , Hdt.; so c. dat., ὣς δ᾽ αὔτως τῇσι κυσὶ θάπτονται id. Hdt.; ὡς. ἔχειν Plat.
Adv — Adverbadverb — it qualifies the verb, and never changes form.
ADV ADVerb or adverb and particle combined
18 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 17 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 16 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.
ὑπὸ γὰρ φωτὸς ἄνω παραπεμφθεῖσα ἡ ὅρασις καὶ κατιδοῦσα φύσιν ἀστέρων καὶ κίνησιν αὐτῶν ἐναρμόνιον, ἀπλανῶν τε καὶ πλανήτων εὖ διατεταγμένας περιφοράς, τῶν μὲν κατὰ ταὐτὰ καὶ ὡσαύτως περιπολούντων, τῶν δ’ ἀνομοίως τε καὶ ὑπεναντίως διτταῖς περιόδοις…
καὶ κλείσας τὴν σκηνὴν ἐσφράγισεν τὰς κλεῖδας ὡσαύτως καὶ τὰς ῥάβδους,
πᾶς δὲ προφήτης δεδοκιμασμένος, ἀληθινός, ποιῶν εἰς μυστήριον κοσμικὸν ἐκκλησίας, μὴ διδάσκων δὲ ποιεῖν, ὅσα αὐτὸς ποιεῖ, οὐ κριθήσεται ἐφ̓ ὑμῶν: μετὰ θεοῦ γὰρ ἔχει τὴν κρίσιν: ὡσαύτως γὰρ ἐποίησαν καὶ οἱ ἀρχαῖοι προφῆται.
γενέθλια τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ βασιλίσσης οἴνου παλαιοῦ εὐώδους κεράμια ὅσα ἄν σοι δόξῃ, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ἱερεῖα … προαπο … ν … εἰς τὴν ἑορτὴν
ἐν Πτολεμαΐδι ὑπαίθρωι ἱππεῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς τεταγμένους ἐν τοῖς Χηνοβοσκίοις τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ παρὰ τοὺς … πεζοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις τόποις τεταγμένους μισθοφόρους
Σαντοβίθυος τοῦ στρατηγοῦ … συνσχεθεὶς ἠξίωσεν ὡς μετὰ τὴν δίεσιν παντὶ δίκαιον … ου. Ὡσαύτως ἐπὶ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ Παθυρίτου … μων κληρονομίαν καὶ συνγραφὴν πατρικῆς … ὑπογράφει
The most frequent preposition in the New Testament, 2,752 occurrences. In, on, at, among, within — its force comes almost entirely from the word it is attached to. What it does here is put the events inside a community rather than at a distance: they were fulfilled among us.
ἐν,
prep, (the most freq. of all in NT), c. dat. (= Heb. בְּ, Lat. in, c. abl.).
Of place, c. dat. rei, pers., in, within, on, at, by, among: ἐν τ. πόλει, Lk 7:37; τ. οφθαλμῷ, Mt 7:3; τ. κοιλίᾳ, Mt 12:40; τ. ὄρει, II Pe 1:18; τ. θρόνῳ, Re 3:21; τ. δεξιᾷ τ. θεοῦ, Ro 8:34; ἐν ἡμῖν , Lk 1:1; of books, ἐν τ. βιβλίῳ, Ga 3:10; τ. νόμῳ, Mt 12:5, al.; ἐν τοῖς τ. Πατρός, in my Father's house (RV; cf. M, Pr., 103)…
Read the full entry →ἐν Χριστῷ, ἐν Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ, ἐν κυρίῳ, (οἴ. Fritzsche, Com. on Rom. vol. ii. p. 82 544.; W. 389 (364); Weiss, Bibl. Theol. des N. T. §§ 84 b., 149 c.), ingrafied as it were in Christ, in fellowship and union with Christ, with the Lord: Ro. iii. 24; vi. 11, 23; viii. 39; 1Co.i.4; 2 Co. iii. 14; Gal. ii. 4; iii. 14, 26, 28; v. 6; Eph.i. 3 [Rec. om. ἐν]; ii. 6 sq. 10,13; 1 Tim.i.14; 2 Tim.i. 1,13; ii-1; 1 Pet. iii. 16; v.10; στήκειν ἐν κυρίῳ, Phil. iv. 1; iva εὑρεθῶ ἐν αὐτῷ, that I may be found (by God and Christ) most intimately united to him, Phil. iii. 9; εἶναι ἐν Χριστῷ "Inc. 1 Co. i. 30; οἱ ἐν Xp. "Ina. Ro. viii. 1; 1 Pet. v. 14; κοιμᾶσθαι ἐν Χριστῷ, θνήσκειν ἐν κυρίῳ, to fall asleep, to die, mindful of relationship to Christ and confiding in it [W. u.s.], 1 Co. xv. 18; Rey. xiv. 13. Since such union with Christ is the basis on which actions and virtues rest, the expression is…
Read the full entry →ἐν 210 contract—time of Augustus) ἱμάτια γυναικεῖα ἐν apyv(plov) δραχμαῖς ἑκατόν, P Oxy IV. 7247 (A.D. 155) ἐξ ὧν ἔσχες τὴν πρώτην δόσιν ἐν δραχμαῖς τεσσαράκοντα, 70. I. 565 (A.D. 211) δανειζομένη. .. ἀργύριον ἔντοκον ἐν δραχμαῖς ἑξακισχειλίαις, and P Grenf II. 778 (iii/iv a.p.) (=Selections, Pp. 120) το]ὺς μισθοὺς. . ὄντας ἐν δραχμαῖς τριακοσίαις τεσσαράκοντα. Similar are P Oxy IV. 7084 (a.p. 188) yopou . . ἐν (1vpod)(apraBats) ’B, BGU 1. 724 (a.p. 191) ἐξέκοψαν πλεῖστον τόπον ἐν ἀρούραις πέντε: with which may be compared Eph 2!° τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασιν, “consisting in.” In P Lond 9215 (ii/iii a.p.) (ΞΞ 111. P- 134) γεγονέναι ἐν ἀμπέλῳ = ‘to be planted with vines.” A predicative use of ἐν is seen in P Hib I. 421° (B.c. 262) δώσομεν Λευκίωι ἐν ὀφειλήματι, ‘asa debt,” P Petr I. 1215 (cf. II. p. 22) ὅσα δὲ ᾿Αξιοθέα προσενήνεγκται ἐμ φερνῆι, “ἐᾷς dowry,” and P Tebt I. 120 135…
Read the full entry →ἐν (en) — in/on/among.
ἐν,
poetry ἐνί, εἰν, εἰνί [Refs 8th c.BC+], forms used by Epic dialect and Lyric Poets as the metre requires, but only as falsa lectio in Trag., εἰν [Refs 5th c.BC+] ἰν [Refs]
__PREP. WITH DAT. AND ACC. Radical sense, in, into.
__A WITH DAT.
__A.I OF PLACE,
__A.I.1 in, νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; with names of cities or islands, as ἐν Ἀθήνῃς, ἐν Τροίῃ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; where ἐν is used, it = in the district of.., ὲν Ἐλευσῖνι [Refs] in my arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν αὑτῷ εἶναι to be in one's senses, be oneself, ἔτ᾽ ἐν σαυτῷ (variant -τοῦ) γενοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.1.b ἐν τοῖς ἰχθύσιν in the fish-market, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἐν τοῖν δυοῖν ὀβολοῖν ἐθεώρουν ἄν in the two-obol seats, [Refs 4th…
ἐν
en
a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or
state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or
constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519
and 1537); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.:--about, after, against, +
almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+
all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to,
-wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly,
one, X quickly,
X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on),
through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while,
with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same
import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate
direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different)
preposition.
see GREEK for 1519
see GREEK for 1537
ἐν
Prep.
in, on, among
ἐν en 2x
followed by the dat., in, Mt. 8:6; Mk. 12:26; Rev. 6:6,; upon, Lk. 8:32; among, Mt. 11:11; before, in the presence of, Mk. 8:38; in the sight, estimation of, 1 Cor. 14:11; before, judicially, 1 Cor. 6:2; in, of state, occupation, habit, Mt. 21:22; Lk. 7:25; Rom. 4:10; in the case of,
ἐν
e)nprepe)ni/prep ei)nprep ei)ni/prep in, among. c. dat.
Lat. in.
PREP. WITH DAT.:
OF PLACE
in, ἐν νήσῳ, ἐν Τροίῃ, etc., Hom., etc.:—elliptic, ἐν Ἀλκινόοιο (sc. οἴκῳ) Od.; εἰν Ἀΐδαο Il.; ἐν παιδοτρίβου at the school of the training master, Ar.
in, upon, ἐν οὔρεσι Hom., etc.
in the number of, amongst, ἐν Δαναοῖς, etc., Hom.; and with Verbs of ruling, ἄρχειν, ἀνάσσειν ἐν πολλοῖς to be first or lord among many, i. e. over them, id. Hom.; cf. ὁ, τό B. III. 3.
in one's hands, within one's reach or power, Lat. penes, Hom., etc.; ἐν σοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν Soph.; ἐν τῷ θεῷ τὸ τέλος ἦν Dem.
in respect of, ἐν γήρᾳ in point of age, Soph.
Prep — Prepositionpreposition — its sense depends on the case of the word it governs.
PREP PREPosition
A principal thing to notice about this preposition, which in the King James Version represents about 16 Hebrew and as many Greek words and prepositions, is that, in hundreds of cases (especially in the Old Testament, but frequently also in the New Testament) in the Revised Version (British and American) the rendering is changed to more exact forms ("to," "unto," "by," "upon," "at," "with," "among," "for," "throughout," etc.; compare e.g. Ge 6:16; 13:8; 17:7,9,12; 18:1; Ex 8:17; Le 1:9, etc.); while, nearly as often, "in" is substituted for divergent forms of the King James Version (e.g. Ge 2:14; 17:11; 31:54; 40:7; 49:17; Ex…
2,833 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 36 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 2,743 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
← 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 →
The Greek word κατάστημα (katastēma) derives from καθίστημι and generally refers to a condition or state, particularly in terms of behavior or demeanor. It appears in the New Testament in Titus 2:3, where it pertains to conduct. The term also encompasses various contexts, including health, weather, and political conditions, indicating a broad range of meanings.
**† κατά-στημα, -τος, τό
(καθίστημι),
[in LXX: III Mac 5:45 (-εμα, A)*;]
condition, of health, etc.
demeanour: Tit 2:3 (for exx. v. Field, Notes, 220).†
κατά-στημα, -ros, τό, (καθίστημι), (Lat. status, habitus), [demeanor, deportment, bearing]: Tit. ii. 3. (3 Mace. v. 45; Joseph. b. 1. 1,1, 4 [of a city; cf. ἀτρεμαίῳ τῷ καταστήματι πρὸς τ. θάνατον ἀπήει. Joseph. antt. 15, 7,5; Plut. Marcell. 23,6; cf. Tib. Gracch. 2,2. See Wetst. on Tit. 1. c.; ef. Ignat. ad Trall. 3, 2 (and Jacobson or Zahn in loc.)].)
κατάστημα. With the use of this subst. in Tit 2% we may compare Aristeas 122 τὸ μέσον ἐξηλωκότες KaTaoTHpa—ToiTo yap κάλλιστόν ἐστιν, ‘‘they cultivated the due mean, the best of courses”: see also 24. 210 τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας, . κατάστημα, 278 τὸ δὲ τῆς ἀρετῆς κατάστημα. Cf. further OG/S 6695 (i/A.D.) πᾶσαν πρόνοιαν ποιούμενος τοῦ διαμένειν τῷ προσήκοντι καταστήματι τὴν πόλιν.
κατάστημα (katastēma) — behavior.
κατάστημα, ατος, τό,
later κατάστεμα [LXX]:— condition, state, not necessarily permanent:
1. bodily or mental condition, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] [prev. cited]
2. weather, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; direction of wind, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; time, season, [Refs 2nd c.AD+].
3. demeanour, behaviour, Ep. Tit.[Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας, τῆς ἀρετῆς κ., Aristeas [Refs].
4. political condition, constitution, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
5. generally, state of the case, state of affairs, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
6. Astrology texts, position of the heavens, [Refs]
7. physical constitution, τὸ κοσμικὸν κ., i.e. the four elements and four winds, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; of the Intelligible World, [Refs 6th c.AD+].
κατάστημα
katastema
from 2525; properly, a position or condition, i.e. (subjectively)
demeanor:--behaviour.
see GREEK for 2525
κατάστημα, ατος, τό
n.n.
behavior, conduct
κατάστημα katastēma 1x
determinate state, behavior, condition; personal appearance, Tit. 2:3*
κατάστημα κατάστημα, ατος, τό, καθίσταμαι a condition or state of helath, Plut.
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
be-hav'-yer (Ta`am, "taste," "flavor," hence, "intellectual taste," i.e. judgment, reason, understanding): Of significance as referring to David's feigning madness before Aehish, king of Gath, being "sore afraid." Gesenius renders it "changed his understanding," i.e. his mental behavior and outward manner (1Sa 21:13, and title to Ps 34).
Twice used in the New Testament (the King James Version) of the well-ordered life of the Christian (kosmios, "well-arranged," "modest," i.e. living with decorum: 1Ti 3:2), defining the blameless life expected of a minister (overseer), "A bishop must be. .... of good behavior," the Revised Version (British and American) "orderly" (katastema, "demeanor," "deportment"), including, according to Dean Alford, "gesture and habit" as the outward expression…
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.
αὐτή γε μὴν ἀτρεμαίῳ τῷ καταστήματι καὶ τῇ χρόᾳ τῆς σαρκὸς ἀμεταβλήτῳ πρὸς τὸν θάνατον ἀπῄει, τὴν εὐγένειαν οὐδʼ ἐν τοῖς ἐσχάτοις ἄδηλον τοῖς ἐπιθεωροῦσιν αὐτὴν ἐμφαίνουσα.
τὸ γὰρ ἐξεμπλάριον τῆς ἀγάπης ὑμῶν ἔλαβον καὶ ἔχω μεθ̓ ἑαυτοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ ὑμῶν, οὖ αὐτὸ τὸ κατάστημα μεγάλη μαθητεία, ἡ δὲ πραότης αὐτοῦ δύναμις: ὃν λογίζομαι καὶ τοὺς ἀθέους ἐντρέπεσθαι.
ματος ο ὑστερεση κ … … κατ’ οὐδένα τρόπον … … κατάστημα καὶ ὅπως … … ἀδελφῶι ὅντινα
ἀντίγραφον ἐκθέματος. Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος Ἀλέξανδρος λέγει· πᾶσαν πρόνοιαν ποιούμενος τοῦ διαμένειν τῷ προσήκοντι καταστήματι τὴν πόλιν ἀπολαύουσαν τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν, ἃς ἔχει παρὰ τῶν Σεβαστῶν καὶ τοῦ τὴν Αἴγυπτον
The Greek word ἱεροπρεπής (i.e., *hieroprepēs*) is an adjective formed from ἱερός (sacred) and πρέπει (to be fitting). It describes something that is suited to a sacred character or is reverent. The term appears in the New Testament in Titus 2:3, where it conveys a sense of holiness and appropriateness.
** ἱεροπρεπής, -ές
(< ἱερός, πρέπει),
[in LXX: IV Mac 9:25 11:20*;]
suited to a sacred character, reverend (RV, reverent): Tit 2:3 (cf. Tr., Syn., § xcii).†
ἱεροπρεπής see Ramsay Luke, p. 387, and for the fem. ἱέρεια = ‘‘ wife of a hiereus” see 7b. p. 365. This last is found joined with ἱέρισσα in P Lond 8807 (B.c. 113) (= III. p. 8), a2. For the verb tepdw cf. Chrest. I. 72° (A.D. 234) μηδένα δὲ τῶν ἱερέω[ν ἢ] ἱερωμένων ἐνκαταλελοιπέναι τὰς [θρ]ησκείας, where, however, the meaning is far from clear: see Wilcken’s note. See also the interesting libellus of a heathen ἱέρεια in Chrest. 1. 125 (A.D. 250).
ἱεροπρεπής (hieroprepēs) — reverent.
ἱερο-πρεπής, ές,
bseeming a sacred place, person or matter, ὄνομα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέχνη, of cookery, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of persons, -έστατος τῶν προγεγενημένων [NT+5th c.BC+]. adverb -πῶς[Refs 4th c.BC+]
ἱεροπρεπής
hieroprepes
from 2413 and the same as 4241; reverent:--as becometh holiness.
see GREEK for 2413
see GREEK for 4241
ἱεροπρεπής, ές
Adj
suitable to a sacred character, reverent
ἱεροπρεπής hieroprepēs 1x
reverent, Tit. 2:13*
ἱεροπρεπής ἱερο-πρεπής, ές πρέπω beseeming a sacred place, person or matter, holy, reverend, Plat., Luc.; ἱεροπρεπέστατος Xen.
Adj-APF — Adjective · accusative · plural · feminineaccusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked plural feminine.
A-APF Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Accusative Number: Plural 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.
ἧς εἰ γένοιο ἡγεμών, τὸ μὲν οἰκτρὸν ἀνθρώπων γένος ὀλοφυρῇ, τὸ δὲ θεῖον οὐ παύσῃ προστρεπομένη, τὸν δὲ θεὸν οὐκ ἐπιλείψεις εὐδαιμονίζουσα, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὕμνους ἱεροπρεπεῖς στήλαις ἐγχαράξεις, ἵνα μὴ μόνον λέγῃς εὐτρόχως, ἀλλὰ καὶ ᾄδῃς μουσικῶς τὰς τοῦ…
μή (mē) is a Greek negative particle used to express subjective negation, often in conditional or hypothetical contexts. It contrasts with οὐ (ou), which indicates absolute denial. μή can function as an adverb meaning 'not' or as a conjunction meaning 'lest.' It appears in various grammatical constructions, including prohibitions and deliberative questions, and is referenced in verses like Matthew 5:29 and John 3:18.
μή,
subjective negative particle,
used where the negation depends on a condition or hypothesis, expressed or understood, as distinct from οὐ, which denies absolutely. μή is used where one thinks a thing is not, as distinct from an absolute negation. As a general rule, οὐ negatives the indic., μή the other moods, incl, ptcp. [In LXX for אֵין, אַיִן, אַל.]
As a neg. adv., not;
with ref. to thought or opinion: Jo 3:18, Tit 1:11, II Pe 1:9.
μή, Sept. for Ox, |X, PN, ἃ particle of negation, which differs from οὐ (which is always an adverb) in that ov denies the thing itself (orto speak technically, denies simply, absolutely, categorically, directly, objectively). but μή denies the thought of the thing, or the thing according to the judgment, opinion, will, purpose, preference, of some one (hence, as we say technically, indirectly, hypothetically, subjectively). This distinction holds also of the compounds οὐδείς, μηδείς, οὐκέτι, μηκέτι, ete. But pris either an ad verb of negation, not (Lat. non, ne); or aconjunction, that... not, lest, (Lat. ne); or an interrogative particle, (Lat. num) [i. e. (generally) implying aneg. ans.; in indir. quest. whether nol (suggesting apprehension) ]. Cf. Herm. ad Vig. § 267 p- 802 sqq-; Matthiae § 608; Bitm. Gram. § 148 (cf. Alex. Bttm. N. T. Gr. p. 344 (296) sqq.); Kiihner ii. §§ 512 sq. p.…
Read the full entry →μή Grenf II. 384 (mid. 1.8.6.) καλῶς οὖ]ν ποιήσις μὴ ἀμελήσ[α]ς α[. . ἀγο]ράσαι. .. , P Oxy I. 3815 (a.p. 49--50) (= Selections, p. 53) τοῦ δὲ Σύρου μὴ βουλομένου ἐνμεῖναι τοῖς κεκριμένοις, “45 Syrus does not wish to abide by what has been decided,” 2d. II. 2755 (A.D. 66) (= Selections, p. 58) ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ μὴ ἰδότος γράμματα, “1 wrote for him seeing that he was unlettered,” BGU I. 22° (a.p. 114) (= Selections, p. 74) TappovOios . . . τὸ παρὸν μὴ ἔχουσα κύριον, ‘ Tarmuthis at present without a guardian,’ and P Grenf II. 779 (iii/iv A.D.) (= Sedections, p. 120) θαυμάζω πάνυ [ὅτι] ἀλόγως ἀπέστητε μὴ ἄραντες [τὸ σ]ῶμα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ὑμῶν, “1 wonder exceedingly that you went off so unreasonably, without taking the body of your brother”; cf. P Tor 1. 1¥8-4 (νον 116) εἰ δὲ kal τις θείηι τὸ μὴ ὄν (cf. 1 Cor 1°8)—acc. and inf. follow, P Ryl II. 144°? (Α.Ὁ. 38) ἐπαγαγεῖν αἰτίας τοῦ μὴ ὄντος, ‘‘…
Read the full entry →μή (mē) — not.
μή,
Elean μά [ᾱ] [Refs 6th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit mā´, Armenian mi [from I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+] mē´], negative used in prohibitions):—not, the negative of the will and thought, as οὐ of fact and statement; μή rejects, οὐ denies; μή is relative, οὐ absolute; μή subjective, οὐ objective. (A few examples of μηδέ and μηδείς have been included.)
__A in INDEPENDENT sentences, used in expressions of will or wish, command, entreaty, warning,
__A.1 with present imperative, 2 person, μή μ᾽ ἐρέθιζε [Refs 8th c.BC+]: rarely with aorist imperative, μὴ.. ἔνθεο τιμῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect, μὴ ψεῦσον, ὦ Ζεῦ, τῆς.. ἐλπίδος [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect imperative [Refs 8th c.BC+] person when perfect = present, μὴ κεκράγετε [Refs 5th c.BC+]
μή
me
a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an
absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an
interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an
affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, +
lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not,
nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in
substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372,
3373, 3375, 3378.
see GREEK for 3756
see GREEK for 3362
see GREEK for 3363
see GREEK for 3364
see GREEK for 3372
see GREEK for 3373
see GREEK for 3375
see GREEK for 3378
μή
Neg.prt.
not, lest
μή mē 1x
a negative particle, can function as a conj, not, for the particulars of its usage, especially as distinguished from that of οὐ, consult a grammar; as a conj., lest, that not, Mt. 5:29, 30; 18:10; 24:6; Mk. 13:36; μή, or μήτι, or μήποτε, when prefixed to an interrogative clause, it expresses an intimation either of the reality of the matters respecting which the question is asked, Mt. 12:23; or the contrary, Jn. 4:12
Particle-N — Particle · negativeparticle — a small word colouring the clause; it does not decline.
PRT-N PaRTicle, disjunctive particle Negative
1,085 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 23 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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2 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →
Counted over the 1,321 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.
διάβολος is derived from διαβάλλω, meaning slanderous or accusing falsely. It refers to a slanderer or the Devil, particularly in the New Testament, where it is used to denote Satan as the accuser of humanity. Key verses include Matthew 4:1 and 1 Timothy 3:11. The lexicons consistently identify it with the concept of false accusation and malevolence.
διάβολος, -ov, (διαβάλλω, q. ν.); prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely, (Arstph., Andoc., Plut., al.): 1 Tim. iii. 11; 2 Tim. iii. 3; Tit. ii. 3; as subst. ὁ διάβολος, a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer, [see κατηγορέω. fin.], (Xen. Ages. 11, 5; [Aristot., al.]): Sept. Esth. vii. 4; viii. 1. In the Bible and in eccl. writ. ὁ διάβολος [also διάβ. without the art.; cf. W. 124 (118); B. 89 (78)] is applied κατ᾽ ἐξοχήν to the one called in Hebr. jOwn, ὁ σατανᾶς (q. v.), viz. Satan, the prince of demons, the author of evil, persecuting good men (Jobi.; Zech. iii. 1 sqq., cf. Rev. xii. 10), estranging mankind from God and enticing them to sin, and afflicting them with diseases by means of demons who take possession of their bodies at his bidding; the malignant enemy of God and the Messiah: Mt. iv. 1, 5, [8, 11]; xiii. 39; xxv. 41; Lk. iv. 2, [3, 5 RL, 6, 13]; viii. 12; Jn.…
Read the full entry →διάβολος (diabolos) — devilish/the Devil.
διάβολ-ος, ον,
slanderous, backbiting, γραῦς [Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; διάβολόν τι, aliquid invidiae, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. substantive, slanderer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; enemy, [LXX]: hence, = Sâtân,[Refs]; the Devil, [NT]
III. adverb -λως injuriously, invidiously, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
διάβολος
diabolos
from 1225; a traducer; specially, Satan (compare 7854):--false
accuser, devil, slanderer.
see GREEK for 1225
see HEBREW for 07854
διάβολος, ον
Adj
slanderous, the Slanderer, the Devil
διάβολος diabolos 37x
slanderer, 1 Tim. 3:11; 2 Tim. 3:3; Tit. 2:3; a treacherous informer, traitor, Jn. 6:70; ὁ διάβολος, the devil
διάβολος διάβολος, ον slanderous, backbiting, Sup.; διαβολώτατος Ar.
as Subst. a slanderer, Arist.: the slanderer, the Devil, NTest.
adv. -λως, injuriously, invidiously, Thuc.
Adj-APF — Adjective · accusative · plural · feminineaccusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked plural feminine.
A-APF Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Accusative Number: Plural Gender: Feminine
38 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 3 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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Counted over the 15 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 γὰρ αὐτὸς πανθαμαρτωλὸς ὢν καὶ μήπω φυγὼν τὸν πειρασμόν, ἀλλ̓ ἔτι ὢν ἐν μέσοις τοῖς ὀργάνοις τοῦ διαβόλου σπουδάζω τὴν δικαιοσύνην διώκειν, ὅπως ἰσχύσω κἂν ἐγγὺς αὐτῆς γενέσθαι, φοβούμενος τὴν κρίσιν τὴν μέλλουσαν.
τοῖς οὖν κληθεῖσι πρὸ τούτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ἔθηκεν ὁ κύριος μετάνοιαν: καρδιογνώστης γὰρ ὢν ὁ κύριος καὶ πάντα προγινώσκων ἔγνω τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ τὴν πολυπλοκίαν τοῦ διαβόλου, ὅτι ποιήσει τι κακὸν τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πονηρεύσεται εἰς…
ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν εὑρεθῶμεν τῇ ἐπιεικείᾳ: μιμηταὶ δὲ τοῦ κυρίου σπουδάζωμεν εἶναι, τίς πλέον ἀδικηθῇ, τίς ἀποστερηθῇ, τίς ἀθετηθῇ: ἵνα μὴ τοῦ διαβόλου βοτάνη τις εὑρεθῇ ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ̓ ἐν πάσῃ ἁγνείᾳ καὶ σωφροσύνῃ μένητε ἐν Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ σαρκικῶς καὶ…
οἶδα μὲν ἀεὶ ὅτι διὰ τῶν ἁγίων σου εὐχῶν σωθήσομαι ἀπὸ παντὸς πειρατηρίου τοῦ διαβόλου καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης ἐπιβουλίας ἀνθρώπων, καὶ νῦν παρακαλῶ ὅπως μνημονεύσῃς μου ἐν ταῖς ἁγίαις
θην μάλα εὐχαριστήσας τῷ πανελεήμονι θεῷ ἐ … εργι πάντοτε τὸν διάβολον. τὴν εὐλογίαν, ἣν ἀπέστειλεν ἡ σὴ ἁγιότης διὰ τῶν σῶν παίδων, τὰ τῆς πανηγυρήσεως,
πρεσβείας τῶν ὁσίων ὑμῶν εὐχῶν ὅπως ῥυσθῶ παρὰ τοῦ Κρείττονος … πατ … τοῦ διαβόλου … ε μεῖζον πάντων προσκυνῶ καὶ ἀσπάζομαι ἐκθύμως τὴν ὑμετέραν πατρικὴν διάθεσιν μετὰ τῶν
μή (mē) is a Greek negative particle used to express subjective negation, often in conditional or hypothetical contexts. It contrasts with οὐ (ou), which indicates absolute denial. μή can function as an adverb meaning 'not' or as a conjunction meaning 'lest.' It appears in various grammatical constructions, including prohibitions and deliberative questions, and is referenced in verses like Matthew 5:29 and John 3:18.
μή,
subjective negative particle,
used where the negation depends on a condition or hypothesis, expressed or understood, as distinct from οὐ, which denies absolutely. μή is used where one thinks a thing is not, as distinct from an absolute negation. As a general rule, οὐ negatives the indic., μή the other moods, incl, ptcp. [In LXX for אֵין, אַיִן, אַל.]
As a neg. adv., not;
with ref. to thought or opinion: Jo 3:18, Tit 1:11, II Pe 1:9.
μή, Sept. for Ox, |X, PN, ἃ particle of negation, which differs from οὐ (which is always an adverb) in that ov denies the thing itself (orto speak technically, denies simply, absolutely, categorically, directly, objectively). but μή denies the thought of the thing, or the thing according to the judgment, opinion, will, purpose, preference, of some one (hence, as we say technically, indirectly, hypothetically, subjectively). This distinction holds also of the compounds οὐδείς, μηδείς, οὐκέτι, μηκέτι, ete. But pris either an ad verb of negation, not (Lat. non, ne); or aconjunction, that... not, lest, (Lat. ne); or an interrogative particle, (Lat. num) [i. e. (generally) implying aneg. ans.; in indir. quest. whether nol (suggesting apprehension) ]. Cf. Herm. ad Vig. § 267 p- 802 sqq-; Matthiae § 608; Bitm. Gram. § 148 (cf. Alex. Bttm. N. T. Gr. p. 344 (296) sqq.); Kiihner ii. §§ 512 sq. p.…
Read the full entry →μή Grenf II. 384 (mid. 1.8.6.) καλῶς οὖ]ν ποιήσις μὴ ἀμελήσ[α]ς α[. . ἀγο]ράσαι. .. , P Oxy I. 3815 (a.p. 49--50) (= Selections, p. 53) τοῦ δὲ Σύρου μὴ βουλομένου ἐνμεῖναι τοῖς κεκριμένοις, “45 Syrus does not wish to abide by what has been decided,” 2d. II. 2755 (A.D. 66) (= Selections, p. 58) ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ μὴ ἰδότος γράμματα, “1 wrote for him seeing that he was unlettered,” BGU I. 22° (a.p. 114) (= Selections, p. 74) TappovOios . . . τὸ παρὸν μὴ ἔχουσα κύριον, ‘ Tarmuthis at present without a guardian,’ and P Grenf II. 779 (iii/iv A.D.) (= Sedections, p. 120) θαυμάζω πάνυ [ὅτι] ἀλόγως ἀπέστητε μὴ ἄραντες [τὸ σ]ῶμα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ὑμῶν, “1 wonder exceedingly that you went off so unreasonably, without taking the body of your brother”; cf. P Tor 1. 1¥8-4 (νον 116) εἰ δὲ kal τις θείηι τὸ μὴ ὄν (cf. 1 Cor 1°8)—acc. and inf. follow, P Ryl II. 144°? (Α.Ὁ. 38) ἐπαγαγεῖν αἰτίας τοῦ μὴ ὄντος, ‘‘…
Read the full entry →μή (mē) — not.
μή,
Elean μά [ᾱ] [Refs 6th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit mā´, Armenian mi [from I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+] mē´], negative used in prohibitions):—not, the negative of the will and thought, as οὐ of fact and statement; μή rejects, οὐ denies; μή is relative, οὐ absolute; μή subjective, οὐ objective. (A few examples of μηδέ and μηδείς have been included.)
__A in INDEPENDENT sentences, used in expressions of will or wish, command, entreaty, warning,
__A.1 with present imperative, 2 person, μή μ᾽ ἐρέθιζε [Refs 8th c.BC+]: rarely with aorist imperative, μὴ.. ἔνθεο τιμῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect, μὴ ψεῦσον, ὦ Ζεῦ, τῆς.. ἐλπίδος [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect imperative [Refs 8th c.BC+] person when perfect = present, μὴ κεκράγετε [Refs 5th c.BC+]
μή
me
a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an
absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an
interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an
affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, +
lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not,
nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in
substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372,
3373, 3375, 3378.
see GREEK for 3756
see GREEK for 3362
see GREEK for 3363
see GREEK for 3364
see GREEK for 3372
see GREEK for 3373
see GREEK for 3375
see GREEK for 3378
μή
Neg.prt.
not, lest
μή mē 1x
a negative particle, can function as a conj, not, for the particulars of its usage, especially as distinguished from that of οὐ, consult a grammar; as a conj., lest, that not, Mt. 5:29, 30; 18:10; 24:6; Mk. 13:36; μή, or μήτι, or μήποτε, when prefixed to an interrogative clause, it expresses an intimation either of the reality of the matters respecting which the question is asked, Mt. 12:23; or the contrary, Jn. 4:12
Particle-N — Particle · negativeparticle — a small word colouring the clause; it does not decline.
PRT-N PaRTicle, disjunctive particle Negative
1,085 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 23 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,060 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
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2 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →
Counted over the 1,321 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.
The Greek word οἶνος (i.e., *oinos*) means "wine" and is used both literally and metaphorically in various contexts. It appears frequently in the New Testament, often referring to the beverage itself or symbolically to represent concepts like joy or judgment. The lexicons note its use in the Septuagint and classical literature, and it can also refer to fermented drinks made from other ingredients, such as barley.
οἶνος, -ov, ὁ, [fr. Hom. down], Sept. for 7), also for WITT (must, new wine), ὍΤΙ, ete.; wine; a. prop.: Mt. ix. 17; [xxvii. 34 Ltxt.T Tr WH]; Mk. xv. 23; 11.1.15; Jn. 11. 8; Ro. xiv. 21; Eph.v.18; 1 Tim. v. 23; Rey. xvii. 2, ete.; οἴνῳ προσέχειν, 1 Tim. iii. 8; δουλεύειν, Tit. ii. 3. b. metaph.: οἶνος τοῦ θυμοῦ (see 9 ? , “ OK TANMEPOS
οἶνος. It is hardly necessary to illustrate this common word, but we may note οἶνος καινός in Ostr 1142 (beginning of iii/ A.D.) as the antithesis to οἶνος παλαιός in 7. 1129, not νέος as in [Lk] 58%. See also P Lond 11135? cited s.v. ὅδοιπορέω. For the dim. οἰνάριον cf. P Eleph 135 (B.c. 223-2) (= Witkowski?, p. 43) περὶ δὲ τοῦ oivaplov ΤΤραξιάδης οὔπω εἰσελήλυθεν ἐξ ἀγροῦ, P Oxy XIV. 16725 (A.D. 37-41) πολλὰ λέα οἰνάρια, ‘‘a quantity of quite thin wine,” and P Grenf II. 773° (iii/iv A.D.) (= Selections, p. 122), where provision is made that the man who is conveying a dead body for burial shall be entertained—ev ψωμίοις kal [οἰ]ναρίῳ καὶ ἐλαίῳ, ‘with delicacies and thin wine and olive-oil.’’ Οἰνηγία, ‘‘conveyance of wine,” is found in P Oxy XIV. 1651° (iii/A.D.), and the corresponding adj. οἰνηγός (not in LS) in PSI VI. 568? (B.c. 253-2): cf. οἰνικός in 20. 715! (A.D. 92), with the…
Read the full entry →οἶνος (oinos) — wine.
οἶνος, ὁ,
wine, μέλας οἶ. (compare οἶνοψ) [Refs 8th c.BC+] over one's cups, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in plural, ἡ ἐν τοῖς οἴ. διατριβή [Refs 5th c.BC+] wines, X.[same place], [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶνος δωδεκάδραχμος wine at [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἶνος καὶ ἀλάθεα (see. ἀλήθεια), in vino veritas, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; οἴνῳ τὸν οἶ. ἐξελαύνειν 'to take a hair of the dog that bit you', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially with names of places, Θάσιος, Χῖος, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]: resin was used as a preservative, πισσίτης οἶ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. fermented juice of other kinds, οἶνος ἐκ κριθέων πεποιημένος barley wine, a kind of beer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶ. φοινικήϊος palm-wine, [Refs]; lotus-wine, [Refs]; from which drinks grape-wine (οἶ.…
οἶνος
oinos
a primary word (or perhaps of Hebrew origin (3196)); "wine" (literally
or figuratively):--wine.
see HEBREW for 03196
οἶνος, ου, ὁ
n.m.
wine
οἶνος οἶνος, ὁ, Lat. vinum, wine, Hom., etc.; παρ᾽ οἴνῳ over one's wine, Lat. inter pocula, Soph.; οἶνος ἐκ κριθῶν barley- wine, a kind of beer, Hdt.
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
Wine
The common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning “to boil up,” “to be in a ferment.” Others derive it from a root meaning “to tread out,” and hence the juice of the grape trodden out. The Greek word for wine is oinos_, and the Latin _vinun. But besides this common Hebrew word, there are several others which are thus rendered.
(1.) Ashishah (2 Sam. 6:19; 1 Chr. 16:3; Cant. 2:5; Hos. 3:1), which, however, rather denotes a solid cake of pressed grapes, or, as in the Revised Version, a cake of raisins.
(2.) ‘Asis, “sweet wine,” or “new wine,” the product of the same year (Cant. 8:2;
The manufacture of wine is carried back in the Bible to the age of Noah, (Genesis 9:20,21) to whom the discovery of the process is apparently, though not explicitly, attributed. The natural history and culture of the vine are described under a separate head. [VINE] The only other plant whose fruit is noticed as having been converted into wine was the pomegranate. (Solomon 8:2) In Palestine the vintage takes place in September, and is celebrated with great rejoicing. The ripe fruit was gathered in baskets, (Jeremiah 6:9) as represented in Egyptian paintings, and was carried to the wine-press. It was then placed in the upper one of the two vats or receptacles of which the winepress was formed, and was subjected to the process of "treading," which has prevailed in all ages in Oriental…
The vine being natural to the soil of Canaan and its vicinity, wine was much used as a beverage, especially at festivals, Es 1:7 5:6 Da 5:1-4 Joh 2:3. As one of the staple products of the Holy Land, it was employed for drink-offerings in the temple service, Ex 20:26 Nu 15:4-10; it was included among the "first-fruits," De 18:4, and was used in the celebration of the Passover, and subsequently of the Lord’s supper, Mt 26:27-29. Together with corn and oil it denoted all temporal supplies,
34 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 1 different way. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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Counted over the 124 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.
ταύτῃ χρῆται ὁ Νῶε γυμνούμενος, ὅταν πίῃ τοῦ οἴνου·
Νῶχος μετὰ τὴν ἐπομβρίαν τῆς γῆς κατασταθείσης εἰς τὴν αὐτῆς φύσιν ἐπʼ ἔργα χωρεῖ καὶ καταφυτεύσας αὐτὴν ἀμπέλοις, ἡνίκα τοῦ καρποῦ τελεσφορηθέντος καθʼ ὥραν ἐτρύγησε καὶ παρῆν εἰς χρῆσιν ὁ οἶνος, θύσας ἐν εὐωχίαις ἦν.
ὡσαύτως κεράμιον οἴνου ἡ ἐλαίου ἀνοίξας, τὴν ἀπαρχὴν λαβὼν δὸς τοῖς προφήταις:
δ αἳ πυροῦ κ ϛ μα … πυροῦ … γ, λοιπὸν πυροῦ γ 𐅵, οἴνου κεράμια … πυροῦ γ γίνονται πυροῦ ϛ 𐅵, τ … ολ … εισονφαι, λοιπὸν
Ἑρμίου τοῦ παρὰ Πανίσκου ἀγορανόμου. ἐδάνεισεν Ναομσῆσις Σπεμμίνιος Περσίνη Ψενθώτηι Ἀλύκιος Πέρσῃ τῆς ἐπιγονῆς οἴνου κεράμια ὀκτὼ ἄτοκα. τὸ δὲ δάνειον τοῦτο ἀποδότω τῇ Ναομσήσι ἐν μηνὶ Ἐπεὶφ λ
ἐκ Παθύρεως Ψεμμενχῆι Νεχούθου τοῦ Πβούκιος Πέρσηι τῆς ἐπιγονῆς τῶν ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς Παθύρεως οἴνου κεράμια ἓξ ἄτοκα. τὸ δὲ δάνειον τοῦτο ἀποδότω Ψεμμενχῆς Πετεαρσεμθεῖ ἐν μηνὶ Μεσορὴ τοῦ
πολύς (polus) means much or many, covering a range of contexts from quantity to degree and value. It appears as an adjective and can also function as a noun or adverb. In the New Testament, it is used to describe large numbers of people or things, as seen in verses like Matthew 9:37 and John 6:10. The lexicons do not show significant disagreement on its meanings.
πολύς, πολλή, πολύ,
[in LXX chiefly for רַב and cognate forms;]
as adj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Ac 11:21; ὄχλος, Mk 5:24; θερισμός, Mt 9:37; χόρτος, Jo 6:10; χρόνος, Mt 25:19; γογγυσμός, Jo 7:12; πόνος, Col 4:13; δόξα, Mt 24:30; σιγή, Ac 21:40; pl., προφῆται, Mt 13:17; ὄχλοι, Mt 4:25; δαιμόνια, Read the full entry →
πολύς, πολλή (fr. an older form πολλός, found in Hom., Hes., Pind.), πολύ; [(cf. Curtius § 375)]; Sept. chiefly for 39; much; used a. of multitude, number, etc., many, numerous, great: ἀριθμός, Acts xi. 21; λαός, Acts xviii. 10; ὄχλος, Mk. v. 24; vi. 34; [viii.1 LT Tr WH]; Lk. vii. 11; viii. 4; Jn. vi. 2,5; Rev. vii. 9; xix. 6, etc.; πλῆθος, Mk. iii. 7sq.; Lk. v. 6; Acts xiv. 1, ete.; 1. q. abundant, plenteous [A. V. often much], καρπός, Jn. xii. 24; xv. 5,8; θερισμός, (the harvest to be gathered), Mt. ix. 37; Lk. x. 2; γῆ, Mt. xiii. 5; Mk. iv. 5; χόρτος, Jn. vi. 10; οἶνος, 1 Tim. iii. 8; plur. πολλοὶ τελῶναι, Mt. ix. 10; Mk. ii. 15; πολλοὶ προφῆται, Mt. xiii. 17; Lk. x. 24; σοφοί, 1 Co. i. 26; πατέρες, 1 Co. iv. 15; δυνάμεις, Mt. vii. 22; xiii. 58, ete.; ὄχλοι, Mt. iv. 25; viii. 1; xii. 15 [but here L TWH om. Trbr. ὄχ.7; Lk. v. 15, ete.; δαιμόνια, Mk.i. 34; and in many otherexx.; with…
Read the full entry →πολύς, “much,” plur. ‘‘many’’: P Petr I. 2905 (iii/B.c.) χάρις τοῖς θεοῖς πολλὴ εἰ ὑγιαίνεις, ‘‘much thanks to the gods if you are well,” P Ryl II. 2435 (ii/A.D.) τοῦτο οὐ μόνον ἡμεῖν yevapevov ἀλλὰ Kal πολλοῖς, ‘this has happened not to us only but to many ” (Edd.), and 16. 238* (A.p. 262) διὰ πολλὰς χρείας, “for various needs’ (Edd.). The word is very conimon in epistolary greetings (πολλὰ χαίρειν : exx. from B.C. 118 to ili/iv A.D. in Exler Eprstolography p. 27 f.) and in rhetorical prefaces (Sirach proem.), and consequently, as Cadbury suggests (in Jackson and Lake Beginnings of Christianity Part I. Vol. ii. p. 492 f.), πολλοί must not be pressed to mean “ἡ Ac 243, 10, For the adverbial πολλά, which ‘‘ lies between πολύ and πολλάκις : it is ‘much’ with the idea of plurality and repetition introduced’’ (Hort ad Jas 32), cf. P Heid 622 (iv/a.p.) (= Selections, p. 127) πολλὰ…
Read the full entry →πολύς (polus) — much.
πολύς,
Attic dialect πολλή, πολ; genitive πολλοῦ, ῆς, ou=; dative πολλῷ, ῇ, ; accusative πολύν, πολλήν, πολύ:—Ionic dialect πολλός [Refs 6th c.BC+], πολλή, πολλόν [Refs 6th c.BC+]; also in Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; accusative πολλόν, πολλήν, πολλόν: [Refs 5th c.BC+] uses the Ionic dialect forms, but codices have πολύν [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—both sets of forms are found in Epic dialect, also genitive singular πολέος [Refs 8th c.BC+], once contraction πολεῖς [Refs]; dative πολέσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; accusative πολέας (trisyllable) [Refs 8th c.BC+] (frequently with variant{πολεῖς} [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in later Epic dialect πολέες is used as feminine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—Epic dialect also have πουλύς (once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; these forms are found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+] — Lyric poetry and Trag. (Lyric poetry) sometimes use Epic dialect forms, dative singular…
Read the full entry →πολύς, πολλή, πολύ
Adj
much, many, often
πολύς polys 416x
great in magnitude or quantity, much, large, Mt. 13:5; Jn. 3:23; 15:8; pl. many, Mt. 3:7; in time, long, Mt. 25:19; Mk. 6:35; Jn. 5:6; οἱ πολλοί, the many, the mass, Rom. 5:15; 12:5; 1 Cor. 10:33; τὸ πολύ, much, 2 Cor. 8:15; πολύ, as an adv., much, greatly, Mk. 12:27; Lk. 7:47; of…
Read the full entry →πολύς the ionic declension πολλός, ή, όν is retained by the attic in all cases, except the nom. and acc. masc. and neut. Hom. uses both ionic and attic forms. of Number, many, opp. to ὀλίγος, Hom., etc.;— with nouns of multitude, πουλὺς ὅμιλος Od.; πολλὸν πλῆθος Hdt., etc.:—also of anything often repeated, πολλὸν ἦν τοῦτο τὸ ἔπος id. Hdt.; πολλὸς αἰνεόμενος id. Hdt.; τούτῳ πολλῷ χρήσεται τῷ λόγῳ often, Dem.
of Size, Degree, Force, much, mighty, great, Il., etc.; π. ὕπνος deep sleep, Od.; π. ὑμέναιος a loud song, Il., etc.:—rarely of a single person, μέγας καὶ πολλὸς ἐγένεο Hdt.; ἢν πολλῇ ῥυῇ if she flow with full stream, metaph. from a river, Eur.; πολλῷ ῥέοντι Dem.; from the wind, πολὺς ἔπνει was blowing strong, id. Dem.; often with a Partic., πολλὸς ἦν λισσόμενος…
Read the full entry →Adj-DSM — Adjective · dative · singular · masculinedative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked singular masculine.
A-DSM Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Dative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine
378 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 20 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 354 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.
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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
Every reference is on the Strong's page.
Counted over the 335 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.
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.
Τοῖς τὰς ἱστορίας συγγράφειν βουλομένοις οὐ μίαν οὐδὲ τὴν αὐτὴν ὁρῶ τῆς σπουδῆς γινομένην αἰτίαν, ἀλλὰ πολλὰς καὶ πλεῖστον ἀλλήλων διαφερούσας.
πεπεισμένος οὖν τοῦτο καὶ συνειδὼς ἐμαυτῷ, ὅτι ἐν ὑμῖν λαλήσας πολλὰ ἐπίσταμαι, ὅτι ἐμοὶ συνώδευσεν ἐν ὁδῷ δικαιοσύνης κύριος, καὶ πάντως ἀναγκάζομαι κἀγὼ εἰς τοῦτο, ἀγαπᾶν ὑμᾶς ὑπὲρ τὴν ψυχήν μου, ὅτι μεγάλη πίστις καὶ ἀγάπη ἐγκατοικεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν ἐπ’…
τῶι προγεγραμμένωι ἱερῶι, ὁ ἐνκεκλημένος προσπηδήσας μοι ἐνώπιόν τινων ἔτυπτεν ἧι εἶχεν ῥάβδωι πληγαῖς πλειόσιν εἰς τὸ τυχὸν μέρος τοῦ σώματός μου. ὅ τε περιεβλήμην, ὀθόνιον κατέρηξεν, περὶ ὦν
νυνὶ παρεφεδρευόντων ἐν Διὸς πόλει τῆι μικρᾶι ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν τῶι ἐν Πτολεμαίδι ὑπαίθρωι. πολλὰς χρείας μισθοφόρων ἱππέων παρεσχημένων ἡμῶν ἤδη πολλάκις κατὰ τὸν πόλεμον καὶ κινδύνους μεγάλους
μέρους ἡμίσους ἀπὸ ἐδάφους ἀμπελῶνος ἀρουρῶν β ἡμίσους ἢ ὅσαν ἂν ἦι ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖον καὶ τοῦ ἀπὸ ἀπηλιώτου αὐτοῦ παραδείσου καὶ φρεάτων καὶ ἐποικίων καὶ ληνῶνος καὶ γῆς
δουλόω (doulōō) means to enslave or bring into bondage, both literally and metaphorically. It is derived from the word for 'slave' (δοῦλος) and is used in various contexts in the New Testament, such as in Acts 7:6 and Romans 6:18. The entries indicate that it can also mean to make oneself subject to another's service, as seen in 1 Corinthians 9:19.
δουλόω, -@: fut δουλώσω ; 1 aor. ἐδούλωσα ; pf. pass. δεδούλωμαι ; 1 aor. pass. ἐδουλώθην ; (δοῦλος) ; [fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down]; to make a slave of, reduce to bondage; a. prop.: τινά, Acts vii. 6; τούτῳ καὶ [yet T WH om. Tr br. καὶ] δεδούλωται to him he has also been made a bondman, 2 Pet. ii. 19. _b. metaph.: ἐμαυτόν τινι give myself wholly to one’s needs and service, make myself a bondman to him, 1 Co. ix.19 ; δουλοῦσθαί τινι. to be made subject to the rule of some one, 6. g. τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ, τῷ θεῷ. Ko. vi. 18, 22; likewise ὑπό τι, Gal. iv. 3; δεδουλωμένος οἴνῳ, wholly given up to, enslaved to, Tit. ii. 3 (δουλεύειν οἴνῳ, Liban. epist. 319); δεδούλωμαι ἔν τινι, to be under bondage, held by constraint of law or necessity, in some matter, 1 Co. vii. 15. [Comp.…
Read the full entry →δέος. P Lond 405!4 (c. A.D. 346) (=II. p. 295)—we fail to make sense of the line, which ends with a hiatus. An adverb formed from the verb δείδω occurs in Vettius Valens p. 235%" βραδέως μὲν kal δεδιότως φθέγγεται. can see, both 8€0sand δείδω belong to a rather higher literary stratum, and a solitary appearance in Heb is quite what might be expected. A pathetic letter from a wife, PSI III. 177° (ii/iii A.D.), says of their child δ[έδια] μὴ ἀποθάνῃ cov μὴ ὄν[τος €v]OaSe: of course δ[είδω] is equally possible—or something else. As far as we
δουλόω (douloō) — to enslave.
δουλ-όω,
enslave, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—mostly in passive, to be enslaved, ὑπὸ Πέρσῃσι, ὑπὸ Ἁρπάγου, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ ψυχαὶ δεδούλωνται [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle (with perfect δεδουλῶσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], make subject to oneself, enslave, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
δουλόω
douloo
from 1401; to enslave (literally or figuratively):--bring into (be
under) bondage, X given, become (make) servant.
see GREEK for 1401
δουλόω
v.
I enslave
δέος deos 1x
fear, Heb. 12:28*
δουλόω δουλόω, φυτ. -ώσω δοῦλος to make a slave of, enslave, Hdt., attic:—Pass. to be enslaved, Hdt., Thuc.:—Mid., with perf. pass. to make one's slave, make subject to oneself, enslave, Thuc., etc.
Verb-RPP-APF — Verb · perfect · passive · participle · accusative · plural · feminineaccusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked plural feminine.
V-RPP-APF Part of Speech: Verb Tense: peRfect Voice: Passive Mood: Participle Case: Accusative Number: Plural Gender: Feminine
8 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 8 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.
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καλοδιδάσκαλος is a compound word meaning 'teacher of good' or 'teacher of virtue,' built from the words for 'good' (καλόν) and 'teacher' (διδάσκαλος). It appears in the New Testament in Titus 2:3, where it refers to those teaching noble qualities. The lexicons consistently emphasize its focus on teaching goodness.
*† καλο-διδάσκαλος, -ου, ὁ,
a teacher of that which is good: Tit 2:3.†
καλο-διδάσκαλος, -ov, ὁ, ἡ, (διδάσκαλος and καλόν, cf. ἱεροδιδάσκαλος, νομοδιδάσκαλος, χοροδιδάσκαλος, teaching that which is good, a teacher of goodness: Tit. ii. 3. Νοwhere else.
καλοδιδάσκαλος (kalodidaskalos) — teaching good.
κᾰλο-δῐδάσκᾰλος, ὁ,
teacher of virtue, [NT]
καλοδιδάσκαλος
kalodidaskalos
from 2570 and 1320; a teacher of the right:--teacher of good things.
see GREEK for 2570
see GREEK for 1320
καλοδιδάσκαλος, ου, ὁ, ἡ
Adj
a teacher of that which is noble
καλοδιδάσκαλος kalodidaskalos 1x
teaching what is good; a teacher of good, Tit. 2:3*
καλοδιδάσκαλος κα^λο-διδάσκαλος, ὁ, a teacher of virtue, NTest.
Adj-APF — Adjective · accusative · plural · feminineaccusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked plural feminine.
A-APF Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Accusative Number: Plural Gender: Feminine
good (Tobh, Tubh, yaTabh; agathos, agathon, kalos, kalon): In English "good" is used in various senses, most of which are represented in the Bible.
(1) In the Old Testament the commonest word is Tobh, occurring very frequently and translated in a great variety of ways. Of the different shades of meaning, which frequently run into each other, the following may be distinguished:
(a) Possessing desirable qualities, beneficial, agreeable, e.g. "good for food" (Ge 2:9); "We will do thee good" (Nu 10:29); Who will show us any good?" (Ps 4:6); "good tidings of good" (Isa 52:7).
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.