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noun · feminine

bernikas

GreekΒερνίκη (bernikē)

Strong’sG959

Bernice

stem bernik-3 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Bernice

What it means

Βερνίκη

(elsewhere Βερενίκη, Macedonian form of Φερενίκη, cf. Veronica, Victoria), -ης, ἡ,

Bernice, Berenice, dau. of Herod Agrippa I: Ac 25:13, 23 26:30.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G959 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidber-nee'-kay

victorious; Bernice, a member of the Herodian family

Fromfrom a provincial form of G5342 and G3529;

King JamesBernice.

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 caseone singularmore than one plural
subject nominativebernikasΒερνίκηbernikais
object accusativebernikanbernikain
direct address vocativebernikarbernikair
of, belonging to genitivebernikauΒερνίκηςbernikaiu
to, for dativebernikabernikai

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
bernikstem+agender+snruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

bernika 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

bernikas“Bernice”subjectnominative singular

Acts 25:13“Bernice”Hēmeraiu de diaginerataiu tinaiu Agrippaos tos basilevos kai Bernikas katantala eis Kaisareian aspazeratois ton Fēston.After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

Acts 26:30“Bernice”Anistanata tē tos basilevos kai tos hēgemōnos tas tē Bernikas kai tois sunkatherōtois autoi,Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.

bernikau“Bernice”of, belonging togenitive singular

Acts 25:23“Bernice”Ta oun epaurion ercharatou tou Agrippaou kai tau Bernikau meta pollau fantasiau kai eisercharatoiu eis tem akroatēriem sun tē chiliarchoi kai anēroi toi kata exochan tau politau kai keleuaratou tou Fēstou agita tos Paulos.The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.