noun · feminine
alōpekas
Strong’sG258
a fox
stem alōpek-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
ἀλώπηξ, -εκος, ἡ,
[in LXX for שׁוּעָל;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G258 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidal-o'-pakes
a fox, i.e. (figuratively) a cunning person
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesfox.
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
(also ἀλώπηκοςRefs 6th c.BC+, ; dative plural, ἀλώπεξιLXX, Epic dialect ἀλωπήκεσσιRefs 3rd c.AD+:—fox, Canis vulpes (smaller Egyptian species Refs 4th c.BC+, C. niloticus), Refs 7th c.BC+: of sly persons, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνεινRefs 6th c.BC+; μῆτιν ἀ. a very fox for craft, Refs 5th c.BC+ we must trail Archilochus' foxskin behind, i.e. deceive by false appearances, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ἀ. τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει 'sleight masters might', Refs 4th c.AD+; πεινῶσαν ἀ. ὕπνος ἐπέρχεται 'qui dort dine', Refs; ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ 'ex pede Herculem', Refs; ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ αὖθις ἀ. (i.e. πάγαις ἁλώσεται) 'a burnt child dreads the fire', Refs
II a large bat, Sciurus or Pteromys volans, Refs 4th c.BC+
III ={ἀλωπεκίας} Refs
IV in plural, muscles of the loins, psoas-muscles, Refs 4th c.BC+
V ={ἀλωπεκία} Refsmange, Refs 3rd c.BC+: in plural, bald patches, Refs 5th c.BC+
VI kind of dance, uncertain in Refs 5th c.BC+
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 | alōpekas | alōpekais2×ἀλώπεκες |
| object accusative | alōpekan | alōpekain |
| direct address vocative | alōpekar | alōpekair |
| of, belonging to genitive | alōpekau | alōpekaiu |
| to, for dative | alōpeka1×ἀλώπεκι | alōpekai |
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
alōpeka 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
alōpeka“fox”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 13:32kai legata autoi; Poreuirantois legavar ta alōpeka houta; Idou ekbalamō daimoneim kai iasiain …But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out …
alōpekais“foxes”subjectnominative plural2×
Matthew 8:20kai legatō auto tos Iēsus; Tais alōpekais fōleoin echalō kai teim peteineim tou …Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the …
Luke 9:58kai legata auto tos Iēsus; Tais alōpekais fōleoin echalō kai teim peteineim tou …Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the …