HOW TO USE THE GREEK DICTIONARY
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Entry Format Strong's Greek refererence Greek word transliteration; origin or derivation; meanings:– NASB usage: specific meanings |
Entry example G1705a ἐμπίπλημι empiplēmi; from G1722 and G4092a; to fill up, by impl. to satisfy:– NASB usage: enjoyed(1), filled(2), satisfying(1), well-fed(1). |
Where:
Strong's Greek reference is the original Strong's number preceded with a 'G' in this Dictionary.
Greek word is the actual word in the Greek language.
transliteration is the transliteration of the Greek word.
origin or derivation is given on the basis of the standard Greek lexicons (see below for examples).
meanings section gives the general meaning of the Greek word (see below for examples)
NASB usage is a list of all appearances of the word in NASB (see below for examples)
EXAMPLES
origin or derivation
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G2741a καυσόω kausoō; from καῦσος kausos (burning heat, fever); to burn with great heat:– |
Word 2741a is derived from a word not found in the New Testament, so it is given together with its definition.
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G2763 κεραμεύς kerameus; from G2767; a potter:– NASB usage: potter(1), Potter's(2). |
This word is derived from word 2767 in this dictionary.
OR
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G3998 πενιχρός penichros; from the same as G3993; needy, poor:– NASB usage: poor(1). |
This word is derived from the same root or root word as word G3993 in this dictionary.
OR
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G869 ἄφνω aphnō; a prim. word; suddenly:– NASB usage: suddenly(3). |
This word is called primitive because it is not derived from any other known word in the Greek language.
OR
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G2748 Κεδρών Kedrōn; of Heb. or. H6939; Kidron, a brook and wadi near Jer.:– NASB usage: Kidron(1). |
This word is derived from a word of Hebrew origin with the reference number H6939 and may be found in the Hebrew Dictionary in this volume.
Please note: In a few cases the phrase “(not used)” is found after a number. This means that the word referenced is not found in any reliable manuscript, or that the entry is obsolete for other reasons. The number has been retained for compatibility with Strong’s system.
Two other irregularities occur for the same reason. First, the numbers 3203-3302 in the Greek dictionary are not used, because the same numbers are omitted in Strong’s. Second, there are a few entries which do not follow alphabetical order. In these cases a formatting change was required for various reasons, and to maintain alphabetical order it would have been necessary to reassign the numbers affected by the change.
Meanings
General Meanings: Following the second semicolon in each entry is the section that gives the general meaning of the Greek word. In some cases, the general meaning will be followed by a note indicating that the word does not occur in the earliest and best manuscripts, and the reader will be directed to the word that actually does occur in those manuscripts.
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G2763 κεραμεύς kerameus; from G2767; a potter:– NASB usage: potter(1), Potter's(2). |
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G2748 Κεδρών Kedrōn; of Heb. or. H6939; Kidron, a brook and wadi near Jer.:– NASB usage: Kidron(1). |
If the word is a proper name, a brief note of identification is given.
Specific Meanings: Specific meanings of words are dependent upon the context in which the words are found. Following the colon-dash (:—) in each entry is a list of NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE translations of the Greek word.
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G2763 κεραμεύς kerameus; from G2767; a potter:– NASB usage: potter(1), Potter's(2). |
The number in parenthesis gives the number of times that English key word was used to translate the Greek word in the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE Updated Edition.
SPECIAL SIGNS
An asterisk (*) indicates that the key word represents two or more Greek words. Refer to the English concordance listing of the keyword for the additional Greek word numbers.
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G3113 μακρόθεν makrothen; from G3117; from afar, afar:– NASB usage: away*(1), distance(11), far(1), great distance(1), some distance away(1). |
The phrase “var. reading” (for variant reading) means that the word cited is not found in the oldest and best Greek manuscripts, and a reference is given to the corresponding word in those manuscripts.*
In contrast to variant readings, the phrase “another reading” means that the entry is found in one or more reliable manuscripts, but that the corresponding word referenced has better manuscript support. Some entries of this type occur both in reliable and in inferior manuscripts.
Usually the variant reading is found in the “Textus Receptus,” a collation of several inferior Greek manuscripts edited in the 16th and 17th centuries. The variant reading may also occur in a large group of Greek manuscripts to which the name “Majority Text” has been given. These manuscripts usually agree with the Textus Receptus, and are likewise considered inferior by many scholars. A third possibility is that the variant reading is found in another manuscript or group of manuscripts whose value is questionable, such as the “Western Text” which is most often represented by manuscript D.
In a few instances a word in the preferred manuscripts referenced by a var. reading note is said to have come from the variant reading itself (see, for example, 217 and 251, 2045 and 2038a). While this might seem confusing at first, it is actually typical of such readings. Scribes who labored centuries after the New Testament was written sometimes changed a word of unfamiliar spelling to the correspond- ing form found in older, Classical Greek, thinking that they were making a correction. However, the word from the original manuscript being copied was in fact correct, because the spelling of this word had changed by New Testament times.
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE GREEK DICTIONARY
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abb. |
abbreviated, abbreviation |
Isr. |
Israel, |
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acc. |
accusative (case) |
Jer. |
Jerusalem |
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act. |
active |
Lat. |
Latin |
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adj. |
adjective |
lit. |
literal, literally |
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adv. |
adverb, adverbial |
masc. |
masculine |
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alt. |
alternate |
mean. |
meaning |
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anal. |
analogy |
mid. |
middle (voice) |
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aor. |
aorist |
mult. |
multiplicative |
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appar. |
apparent, apparently |
N. |
north, northern |
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Ara. |
Aramaic |
neg. |
negative |
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Arab. |
Arabic |
neut. |
neuter |
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art. |
article |
nom. |
nominative (case) |
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card. |
cardinal |
N.T. |
New Testament |
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caus. |
causative |
num. |
number |
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Chr. |
Christian |
obs. |
obsolete |
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cf. |
compare |
onomatop. |
onomatopoeia, onomatopoeic |
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comp. |
compound |
or. |
origin |
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conjunc. |
conjunction |
ord. |
ordinal |
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contr. |
contracted, contraction |
O.T. |
Old Testament |
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cop. |
copulative |
Pal. |
Palestine |
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cptv. |
comparative, comparatively |
part. |
participle |
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dat. |
dative (case) |
pass. |
passive |
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def. |
definite |
perf. |
perfect |
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der. |
derivation, derivative, derived |
perh. |
perhaps |
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desc. |
descended, descendant(s) |
pers. |
person, personal |
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dim. |
diminutive |
Pers. |
Persian |
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E. |
east, eastern |
pl. |
plural |
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Eg. |
Egypt, Egyptian |
poss. |
possessive |
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equiv. |
equivalent |
pref. |
prefix |
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esp. |
especially |
prep. |
preposition, prepositional |
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euph. |
euphemism |
pres. |
present |
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ext. |
extension |
prim. |
primary, primitive |
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etc. |
et cetera |
prob. |
probably |
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fem. |
feminine |
prol. |
prolongated, prolongation |
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fig |
figurative, figuratively |
pron. |
pronoun |
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for. |
foreign |
q.v. |
quod vide, which see |
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fut. |
future |
recip. |
reciprocal |
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gen. |
genitive (case) |
redupl. |
reduplicated, reduplication |
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Gr. |
Greek |
refl. |
reflexive |
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Heb. |
Hebrew |
rel. |
relative |
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i.e. |
id est, that is |
Rom. |
Roman |
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imper. |
imperative |
S. |
south, southern |
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imperf. |
imperfect |
sing. |
singular |
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impl. |
implied, implication |
spec. |
specifically |
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incl. |
including |
subst. |
substantive |
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ind. |
indicative |
suff. |
suffix |
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indef. |
indefinite |
superl. |
superlative |
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inf. |
infinitive |
unc. |
uncertain |
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inhab. |
inhabited, inhabitant |
var. |
variant (reading) |
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intens. |
intensive |
vb. |
verb |
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interj. |
interjection |
W. |
west, western |
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interrog. |
interrogative |
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