noun · masculine
alexandros
Strong’sG223
Alexander
stem alexandr-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 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.
Ἀλέξανδρος, -ου, ὁ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G223 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Alexander
__1. Son of Simon of Cyrene:
__2. A kinsman of the High Priest:
__3. A certain Jew:
__4. A coppersmith:
__5. Perh. = 4 (see Ellic. on I Ti, l.with):
† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | alexandros4×Ἀλέξανδρος | alexandrois |
| object accusative | alexandron1×Ἀλέξανδρον | alexandroin |
| direct address vocative | alexandror | alexandroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | alexandrou1×Ἀλεξάνδρου | alexandroiu |
| to, for dative | alexandro | alexandroi |
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
alexandro 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.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
alexandros“Alexander”subjectnominative singular4×
Acts 4:6… archierevos kai Kaiafos kai Iōannos kai Alexandros kai hosois ale ek geneu archieratikeu,… Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high …
Acts 19:33“Alexander”… proballarantoiu auton toiu Ioudaioiu, tos de Alexandros kataseiarantos tan cheiran thelate apologorō to …The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.
1 Timothy 1:20hoiu atō Humenaios kai Alexandros, hoin paradōama to Satano hina paideuileia …Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to …
2 Timothy 4:14Alexandros tos chalkevos polleim mi kakoseim endeiketa …Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to …
alexandron“Alexander”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 19:33ek de tou ochlou sumbibazala Alexandron proballarantoiu auton toiu Ioudaioiu, tos de …The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he …
alexandrou“Alexander”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Mark 15:21… Kurēnaion erchorōnton apo agrou, ton patron Alexandrou kai Roufou, hina airateia ton stauron …… Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on …