noun · masculine
arsenokoitos
Greekἀρσενοκοίτης (arsenokoitēs)
Strong’sG733
a male engaging in same-gender sexual activity
stem arsenokoit-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† ἀρσενοκοίτης, -ου, ὁ
(< ἄρσην, κοιτή),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G733 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | arsenokoitos | arsenokoitois1×ἀρσενοκοῖται |
| object accusative | arsenokoiton | arsenokoitoin |
| direct address vocative | arsenokoitor | arsenokoitoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | arsenokoitou | arsenokoitoiu |
| to, for dative | arsenokoito | arsenokoitoi1×ἀρσενοκοίταις |
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
arsenokoito 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
arsenokoitois“sodomites”subjectnominative plural1×
1 Corinthians 6:9“sodomites”Ē ouk oidavē hoti adikois theou basileian ouk klēronomali? mē planivōr; oute pornois oute eidōlolatrois oute moichois oute malakois oute arsenokoitoisDo you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
arsenokoitoi“homosexuals”to, fordative plural1×
1 Timothy 1:10“homosexuals”pornoi, arsenokoitoi, andrapodistoi, pseustoi, epiorkoi, kai ei tinem heterem ta hugiainarōta didaskalia antikeietō,for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching