noun · neuter
belem
Greekβέλος (belos)
Strong’sG956
a missile, dart, javelin
stem bel-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
βέλος, -εος, τό
(< βάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for חֵץ;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G956 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbel'-os
a missile, i.e. spear or arrow
Fromfrom G906;
King Jamesdart.
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 or object direct | belem | beleim |
| of, belonging to genitive | beleu | beleiu |
| to, for dative | bele | belei |
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
bele 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
beleim1×
Ephesians 6:16“arrows”en pantei analambaratois ton thureon tau pistiau, en ho dunevi panteim teim beleim tou ponērou purirēteim sbennuara;In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.