adjective
blēteem
Greekβλητέος (blēteos)
Strong’sG992
that ought to be put
stem blēte-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† βλητέος, -α, -ον (gerundive of βάλλω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G992 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidblay-teh'-os
fit to be cast (i.e. applied)
Fromfrom G906;
King Jamesmust be put.
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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | blēteos | blēteas | blēteem1×βλητέον | blēteois | blēteais | blēteeim |
| object accusative | blēteon | blētean | blēteoin | blēteain | ||
| direct address vocative | blēteor | blētear | blēteoir | blēteair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | blēteou | blēteau | blēteeu | blēteoiu | blēteaiu | blēteeiu |
| to, for dative | blēteo | blētea | blētee | blēteoi | blēteai | blēteei |
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
blēte 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
blēteem“must be put”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Luke 5:38“must be put”alla oinon neon eis askoin kainoin blēteem.Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.