aifnidios

Strong’sG160

unexpected, sudden

stem aifnidi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 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.

** αἰφνίδιος (in Lk 21:34, ἐφν- WH; v. M, Pr., 35), -ον

(< αἴφνης = ἄφνως, suddenly), [in LXX: Wi 17:15, II Mac 14:17, III Mac 3:24*;]

sudden, unexpected: Lk 21:34, I Th 5:3.†

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

Strong’s G160 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidaheef-nid'-ee-os

unexpected, i.e. (adverbially) suddenly

Fromfrom a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and G5316 (compare G1810) (meaning non-apparent);

King Jamessudden, unawares.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

αἰφνίδιος, ον,
unforeseen, sudden, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -ίωςRefs also -ιον Refs 1st c.AD+. αἰφνιδιοτυχής, ές, profiting by strokes of good fortune, Refs

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.

sudden1×unexpectedly1×

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	aifnidios1×αἰφνίδιος	aifnidias1×αἰφνίδιος	aifnidiem	aifnidiois	aifnidiais	aifnidieim
object accusative	aifnidion	aifnidian		aifnidioin	aifnidiain
direct address vocative	aifnidior	aifnidiar		aifnidioir	aifnidiair
of, belonging to genitive	aifnidiou	aifnidiau	aifnidieu	aifnidioiu	aifnidiaiu	aifnidieiu
to, for dative	aifnidio	aifnidia	aifnidie	aifnidioi	aifnidiai	aifnidiei

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

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

aifnidi 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.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

aifnidios“sudden”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Thessalonians 5:3“sudden”hotan legaleiō; Eirēnas kai asfaleias, tote aifnidios autoi epistēotō olethros hōsper tas ōdinas …While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a …

aifnidias“unexpectedly”subjectnominative singular1×

Luke 21:34“unexpectedly”… merimnai biōtikai, kai epistēateia epi vin aifnidias tas hēmeras ekeinas… and the worries of life — and that day will spring upon you suddenly like …