adjective

anepilēmptos

Greekἀνεπίλημπτος (anepilēmptos)

Strong’sG423

irreproachable

stem anepilēmpt-3 times in the New Testament3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

above reproach2×irreproachable1×

What it means

* ἀν-επί-λημπτος (Rec. -λμπτος; Bl., § 6, 8), -ον

(< ἀ-, ἐπιλαμβάνω),

without reproach: I Ti 3:2 5:7 6:14.†

SYN.: ἄμεμπτος, ἀνέγκλητος. It is stronger than these, for it implies not only that the man is of good report, but that he is deservedly so (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.).

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

Strong’s G423 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidan-ep-eel'-ape-tos

not arrested, i.e. (by implication) inculpable

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G1949;

King Jamesblameless, unrebukeable.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	anepilēmptos	anepilēmptas	anepilēmptem	anepilēmptois1×ἀνεπίλημπτοι	anepilēmptais	anepilēmpteim
object accusative	anepilēmpton1×ἀνεπίλημπτον	anepilēmptan1×ἀνεπίλημπτον		anepilēmptoin	anepilēmptain
direct address vocative	anepilēmptor	anepilēmptar		anepilēmptoir	anepilēmptair
of, belonging to genitive	anepilēmptou	anepilēmptau	anepilēmpteu	anepilēmptoiu	anepilēmptaiu	anepilēmpteiu
to, for dative	anepilēmpto	anepilēmpta	anepilēmpte	anepilēmptoi	anepilēmptai	anepilēmptei

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

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

anepilēmpt 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

anepilēmpton“above reproach”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Timothy 3:2“above reproach”datō oun ton episkopon anepilēmpton arō, henau gunaikau anēron, nēfalion, sōfrōnon, kosmion, filoxenon, didaktikon,An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

anepilēmptan“irreproachable”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Timothy 6:14“irreproachable”tērara sin tan entolan aspilan anepilēmptan mechris tau epifaneiau tou kuriou nu Iēsu Christou,Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

anepilēmptois“above reproach”subjectnominative plural1×

1 Timothy 5:7“above reproach”kai houteim parangellasōr, hina anepilēmptois aleiō;Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach.