adjective

choikos

Greekχοϊκός (choikos)

Strong’sG5517

earthy, made of earth

stem choik-4 times in the New Testament3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

of dust3×of the dust1×

What it means

χοϊκός, -ή, -όν,

(< χοῦς)

earthy, made of dust: I Co 15:47-49 (v. Field, Notes, 179 f.).†

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

Strong’s G5517 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkho-ik-os'

dusty or dirty (soil-like), i.e. (by implication) terrene

Fromfrom G5522;

King Jamesearthy.

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	choikos2×χοϊκός	choikas	choikem	choikois1×χοϊκοί	choikais	choikeim
object accusative	choikon	choikan		choikoin	choikain
direct address vocative	choikor	choikar		choikoir	choikair
of, belonging to genitive	choikou1×χοϊκοῦ	choikau	choikeu	choikoiu	choikaiu	choikeiu
to, for dative	choiko	choika	choike	choikoi	choikai	choikei

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

choikstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

choik 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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

choikos“of dust”subjectnominative singular2×

1 Corinthians 15:47“of dust”tos prōtos anthrōpos ek gēau choikos, tos deuteros anthrōpos ek ouranou.The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:48“of dust”hoios tos choikos, toioutois kai tois choikois, kai hoios tos epouranos, toioutois kai tois epouranois;As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.

choikou“of dust”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

1 Corinthians 15:49“of dust”kai kathōs forana tan eikōnan tou choikou, forani kai tan eikōnan tou epouranou.And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.

choikois“of the dust”subjectnominative plural1×

1 Corinthians 15:48“of the dust”hoios tos choikos, toioutois kai tois choikois, kai hoios tos epouranos, toioutois kai tois epouranois;As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.