adjective
aoratos
Strong’sG517
unseen, invisible
stem aorat-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 26 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.
ἀόρατος, -ον
(< ὁράω), [in LXX: Ge 1:2 (תֹּהוּ), Is 45:3 (מִסְתָּר), II Mac 9:5*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G517 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
unseen, invisible, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἀόρατον the unseen world, the unseen, ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἀ.Refs 5th c.BC+obscure, NT+2nd c.AD+. adverb -τωςRefs 1st c.AD+
II active, not having seen, without experience of, παντὸς κακοῦ, δεινοῦ, Refs 2nd 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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | aoratos | aoratas | aoratem | aoratois | aoratais | aorateim2×ἀόρατα |
| object accusative | aoraton1×ἀόρατον | aoratan | aoratoin | aoratain | ||
| direct address vocative | aorator | aoratar | aoratoir | aoratair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | aoratou1×ἀοράτου | aoratau | aorateu | aoratoiu | aorataiu | aorateiu |
| to, for dative | aorato1×ἀοράτῳ | aorata | aorate | aoratoi | aoratai | aoratei |
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
aorat 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.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
aoraton“invisible”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 11:27… ton thumon tou basilevou, ton gar aoraton hōs horarōntos karterata.… because he saw Him who is invisible.
aoratou“invisible”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Colossians 1:15hos atō eikonas tou theou tou aoratou, prōtotokos pantau ktisiau,… Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
aorato“invisible”to, fordative singular1×
1 Timothy 1:17to de basilevo toiu aiōnoiu, aftharto, aorato, mono theo, timas kai doxas eis …… to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and …
aorateim“invisible”subject or objectdirect plural2×
Romans 1:20teim gar aorateim autou apo ktisiau kosmou tei poiēmei …… the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine …
Colossians 1:16… tau gēau, teim horateim kai teim aorateim, eite thronois eite kuriotais eite archais …… heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers …