noun · masculine
alexandrevos
GreekἈλεξανδρεύς (alexandreus)
Strong’sG221
an Alexandrian
stem alexandrev-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ἀλεξανδρεύς, -έως, ὁ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G221 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidal-ex-and-reuce'
an Alexandreian or inhabitant of Alexandria
Fromfrom Ἀλεξάνδρεια (the city so called);
King Jamesof Alexandria, Alexandrian.
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 | alexandrevos1×Ἀλεξανδρεὺς | alexandrevois |
| object accusative | alexandrevon | alexandrevoin |
| direct address vocative | alexandrevor | alexandrevoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | alexandrevou | alexandrevoiu1×Ἀλεξανδρέων |
| to, for dative | alexandrevo | alexandrevoi |
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
alexandrevo 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
alexandrevos“of Alexandria”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 18:24“of Alexandria”Ioudaios de tinos Apollos onome, Alexandrevos te gene, anēros logios, katantata eis Efesan, dunatos arōtos en tai grafai.Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.
alexandrevoiu“Alexandrians”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 6:9“Alexandrians”anistanala de tinois toiu ek tau sunagōgau tau legirōtau Libertinoiu kai Kurēnaioiu kai Alexandrevoiu kai toiu apo Kilikiau kai Asiau suzētarōtois to Stefano,But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They disputed with Stephen,