noun · masculine
aichmalōtos
Greekαἰχμάλωτος (aichmalōtos)
Strong’sG164
a captive, prisoner
stem aichmalōt-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
αἰχμάλωτος, -ον
(< αἰχμή, a spear, ἁλίσκομαι, to be taken), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁבָה, גּוֹלָה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G164 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidaheekh-mal-o-tos'
properly, a prisoner of war, i.e. (genitive case) a captive
Fromfrom αἰχμή (a spear) and a derivative of the same as G259;
King Jamescaptive.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | aichmalōtos | aichmalōtois |
| object accusative | aichmalōton | aichmalōtoin |
| direct address vocative | aichmalōtor | aichmalōtoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | aichmalōtou | aichmalōtoiu |
| to, for dative | aichmalōto | aichmalōtoi1×αἰχμαλώτοις |
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
aichmalōto 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
aichmalōtoi“captives”to, fordative plural1×
Luke 4:18“captives”Pneumem kuriou epi min, heu heineken chriata min euangelizera ptōchoi, apostelatē min kērussara aichmalōtoi afesian kai tufloi anablepsian, apostelara thrauirētoin en afesia,“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,