adjective
atomem
Strong’sG823
an indivisible part of time, a moment
stem atom-once in the New Testament1 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.
** ἄ-τομος, -ον
(< τέμνω), [in Sm.: Is 54:8 (MM, s.v.)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G823 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
uncut, unmown, λειμώνRefs 5th c.BC+in lumps, Refs 1st c.AD+; ἄτομον, τό, ={ὑοσκύαμος}, uncertain in Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+
2 Grammars, of words, not compound, Refs 1st c.BC+
II that cannot be cut, indivisible, γραμμαίRefs 4th c.BC+; especially of particles of matter, ἐτεῇ ἄτομα (i.e. σώματα) καὶ κενόνRefs 4th c.BC+
II.2 of Time, οὐχ οἷόν τε εἰς ἀ. χρόνους διαιρεῖσθαι τὸν χρόνονRefs 4th c.BC+; ἐν ἀτόμῳ in a moment, NT+2nd c.AD+
II.2.b metaphorically, infinitely small, διαφοραίRefs 1st c.AD+
III in Logic, individual, of terms, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the εἶδος, Refs 4th c.BC+
III.2 individual, Refssubstantive ἄτομον, τό,Refs 3rd c.AD+
III.3 of the summum genus, πρὶν εἰς τὰ ἄ. ἐλθεῖνRefs 4th c.BC+. adverb ἀτόμως, ὑπάρχειν immediately, without the intervention of a middle term, Refs
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 | atomos | atomas | atomem | atomois | atomais | atomeim |
| object accusative | atomon | atoman | atomoin | atomain | ||
| direct address vocative | atomor | atomar | atomoir | atomair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | atomou | atomau | atomeu | atomoiu | atomaiu | atomeiu |
| to, for dative | atomo | atoma | atome1×ἀτόμῳ | atomoi | atomai | atomei |
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
atom 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
atome“moment”to, fordative singular1×
1 Corinthians 15:52“moment”en atome, en ripa ofthalmou, en ta eschata …in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For …