adjective

agenem

Greekἀγενής (agenēs)

Strong’sG36

without family, ignoble

stem agen-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

insignificant1×

What it means

ἀγενής, -ές

(< γένος),

1. unborn (Plat.);

2. of no family, ignoble, base (opp. to ἀγαθός, Soph., Fr., 105): opp. to εὐγενής, I Co 1:28 (for exx. from π., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G36 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidag-en-ace'

properly, without kin, i.e. (of unknown descent, and by implication) ignoble

Fromfrom G1 (as negative particle) and G1085;

King Jamesbase things.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	agenos	agenas	agenem	agenois	agenais	ageneim1×ἀγενῆ
object accusative	agenon	agenan		agenoin	agenain
direct address vocative	agenor	agenar		agenoir	agenair
of, belonging to genitive	agenou	agenau	ageneu	agenoiu	agenaiu	ageneiu
to, for dative	ageno	agena	agene	agenoi	agenai	agenei

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

agenstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

agen 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

ageneim“insignificant”subject or objectdirect plural1×

1 Corinthians 1:28“insignificant”kai teim ageneim tou kosmou kai teim exouthenirēteim eklegeta tos theos, teim mē arōteim, hina teim arōteim katargateia,He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,