adjective
authairetos
Strong’sG830
of one's own accord
stem authairet-2 times in the New Testament2 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.
** αὐθαίρετος, -ον
(< αὐτός, αἱρέομαι), [in Sm.: Ex 35:5, 22*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G830 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
self-chosen, self-elected, στρατηγοίRefs 5th c.BC+; στεφανηφόρος voluntary, i.e. undertaking the duty at one's own expense, Refs 2nd c.AD+. adverb -τωςRefs 1st c.AD+
II by free choice, of one-self, NT+5th c.BC+; independent, free, εὐβουλίαRefs 5th c.BC+
III of things, due to one's own choice, ὄλβοςRefs 5th c.BC+; usually of evils, self-incurred, πημοναίRefs 5th c.BC+; κίνδυνοι, δουλεία, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -τως of free choice, LXX+4th c.AD+; πείθεσθαί τινιRefs 1st c.AD+, independently, Refs 2nd c.AD+
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 | authairetos1×αὐθαίρετος | authairetas | authairetem | authairetois1×αὐθαίρετοι | authairetais | authaireteim |
| object accusative | authaireton | authairetan | authairetoin | authairetain | ||
| direct address vocative | authairetor | authairetar | authairetoir | authairetair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | authairetou | authairetau | authaireteu | authairetoiu | authairetaiu | authaireteiu |
| to, for dative | authaireto | authaireta | authairete | authairetoi | authairetai | authairetei |
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
authairet 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
authairetos“of his own accord”subjectnominative singular1×
2 Corinthians 8:17“of his own accord”… men paraklēsian decheta, spoudaioteros de huparcharōntos authairetos exerchata pros vin.… welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his …
authairetois“of their own accord”subjectnominative plural1×
2 Corinthians 8:3… kata dunamian, marturamō, kai para dunamian, authairetois… their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,