adjective
braduos
Strong’sG1021
slow
stem bradu-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
* βραδύς, -εῖα, -ύ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1021 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbrad-ooce'
slow; figuratively, dull
Fromof uncertain affinity;
King Jamesslow.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
comparative βραδύτερος Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative βραδύτατος Refs 8th c.BC+:—slow, κιχάνει τοι β. ὠκύν Refs 8th c.BC+infinitive, ἀλλά τοι ἵπποι βάρδιστοι θείειν slowest at running, Refs 8th c.BC+; τὸ β. delay, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb βραδέως, χωρεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative -ύτερονRefs 8th c.BC+: superlative -ύταταRefs 5th c.BC+
2 of the mind, dull, sluggish, ἐπιλήσμων καί β. Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἀγχίνους, Refs 5th c.BC+; βράδιστοι τὴν γνώμην Aret.[same place]: with infinitive, προνοῆσαι βραδεῖς Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ β. καὶ μέλλον slowness and deliberation, Refs 5th c.BC+ adverb βραδέως, βουλεύεσθαιRefs 5th c.BC+
3 in Egypt, of illiterates, βραδέως, βραδύτερον γράφειν, Refs 1st c.AD+; also βραδέα γράφουσα Refs 2nd c.AD+
II of Time, tardy, late, σὺν χρόνῳ β. μολών Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb, ἕως βραδέως ἦν τῆς ἡμέρας Refs 3rd c.AD+: neuter as adverb, ὀψὲ καὶ βραδὺ τῆς ἡλικίας 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 | braduos2×βραδὺς | braduas | braduem | braduois | braduais | bradueim |
| object accusative | braduon | braduan | braduoin | braduain | ||
| direct address vocative | braduor | braduar | braduoir1×βραδεῖς | braduair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | braduou | braduau | bradueu | braduoiu | braduaiu | bradueiu |
| to, for dative | braduo | bradua | bradue | braduoi | braduai | braduei |
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
bradu 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
braduos“slow”subjectnominative singular2×
James 1:19… pantos anthrōpos tachuos eis tem akouara, braduos eis tem lalara, braduos eis organ,… Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
James 1:19… tem akouara, braduos eis tem lalara, braduos eis organ,… to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
braduoir“slow”direct addressvocative plural1×
Luke 24:25… legata pros autoin; Ō anoētoir kai braduoir ta kardia teu pisteuarō epi pantei …… to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that …