noun · feminine
aloas
Greekἀλόη (aloē)
Strong’sG250
aloes
stem alo-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† ἀλόη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX: Ca 4:14 א (אֲהָלִים)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G250 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidal-o-ay'
aloes (the gum)
Fromof foreign origin (compare G174);
King Jamesaloes.
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 | aloas | aloais |
| object accusative | aloan | aloain |
| direct address vocative | aloar | aloair |
| of, belonging to genitive | aloau1×ἀλόης | aloaiu |
| to, for dative | aloa | aloai |
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
aloa 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
aloau“aloes”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
John 19:39“aloes”erchata de kai Nikodēmos, tos ercharatos pros auton nuxau tem prōtem, ferarōtos migmem smurnau kai aloau hōs litrain hekaton.Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.