noun · masculine
apollos
GreekἈπολλῶς (apollōs)
Strong’sG625
Apollos
stem apoll-10 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ἀπολλώς, -ώ, ὁ
(perh. contr. from Ἀπολλώνιος, Ac 18:24 D),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G625 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap-ol-loce'
Apollos, an Israelite
Fromprobably from the same as G624;
King JamesApollos.
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 | apollos4×Ἀπολλῶς | apollois |
| object accusative | apollon3×Ἀπολλῶν | apolloin |
| direct address vocative | apollor | apolloir |
| of, belonging to genitive | apollou3×Ἀπολλῶ | apolloiu |
| to, for dative | apollo | apolloi |
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
apollo 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
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
apollos“Apollos”subjectnominative singular4×
Acts 18:24“Apollos”Ioudaios de tinos Apollos onome, Alexandrevos te gene, anēros logios, katantata eis Efesan, dunatos arōtos en tai grafai.Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.
1 Corinthians 3:5“Apollos”Tinem oun atō Apollos? tinem de atō Paulos? diakonois dia hoiu pisteuava, kai hekasto hōs tos kurios dōata.What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
1 Corinthians 3:6“Apollos”mis futeuama, Apollos potizata, alla tos theos auxanate;I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
1 Corinthians 3:22“Apollos”eite Paulos eite Apollos eite Kēfos eite kosmos eite zōas eite thanatos eite enistanarēteim eite mellarōteim, panteim vu,whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
apollon“Apollos”objectaccusative singular3×
Acts 19:1“Apollos”Gineta de en te ton Apollon arō en Korintha Paulon diercharaton teim anōterikeim mereim erchara eis Efesan kai heuriskara tinoin mathētoin,While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
1 Corinthians 4:6“Apollos”Houteim de, adelfoir, metaschēmatizama eis miauton kai Apollon dia vin, hina en ni mathaveia tem; Mē huper heim grafitē, hina mē henos huper tou henou fusiivō kata tou heterou.Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.
Titus 3:13“Apollos”zēnaon ton nomikon kai Apollon spoudaiōs propempasar, hina mēdenem autoi leipateiō.Do your best to equip Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, so that they will have everything they need.
apollou“Apollos”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
1 Corinthians 1:12“Apollos”legamō de houtem hoti hekastos vu legatō; Mis men amō Paulou, Mis de Apollou, Mis de Kēfou, Mis de Christou.What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
1 Corinthians 3:4“Apollos”hotan gar legateiō tinos; Mis men amō Paulou, heteros de; Mis Apollou, ouk anthrōpois avō?For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
1 Corinthians 16:12“Apollos”Peri de Apollou tou adelfou, polleim parakalama auton hina erchateia pros vin meta toiu adelfoiu; kai pantōs ouk ate thelēmem hina nun erchateia, ercheti de hotan eukairateia.Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.