noun
agamos
Strong’sG22
unmarried
stem agam-4 times in the New Testament3 of 20 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** ἄ-γαμος, -ον
[in LXX: IV Mac 16:9 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G22 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
unmarried, single, properly of the man, whether bachelor or widower (ἄνανδρος being used of the woman), Refs 8th c.BC+adverb -ως Scholia (at [prev. work])
II γάμος ἄ. marriage that is no marriage, fatal marriage, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | feminine singular | masculine singular | feminine plural | masculine plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | agamas2×ἄγαμος | agamos1×ἄγαμος | agamais | agamois |
| object accusative | agaman | agamon | agamain | agamoin |
| direct address vocative | agamar | agamor | agamair | agamoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | agamau | agamou | agamaiu | agamoiu |
| to, for dative | agama | agamo | agamai | agamoi1×ἀγάμοις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
agam is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
agamas“unmarried”subjectnominative singular2×
1 Corinthians 7:11ean de kai chōriziteia, menatōr agamas ē to andro katallaxitar kai andron …… if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her …
1 Corinthians 7:34kai merizotē. kai tas gunaikas tas agamas kai tas parthenas merimnatō teim tou …and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about …
agamos“unmarried”subjectnominative singular1×
1 Corinthians 7:32Thelamō de vin amerimnoin arō. tos agamos merimnatō teim tou kuriou, pōs areskateia …… to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work …
agamoi“unmarried”to, fordative plural1×
1 Corinthians 7:8Legamō de toi agamoi kai tai chērai, kalem autoi ean …Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It …