noun · masculine

deinos

Greekδεῖνα (deina)

Strong’sG1170

so and so, such a one

stem dein-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

certain man1×

What it means

** δεῖνα, ὁ, ἡ, τό (gen. -νος, dat. -νι, acc. -να),

[in Aq.: Ru 4:1, I Ki 21:2 (3) (Sm. also), IV Ki 6:8 *;]

such an one, a certain one, whom one cannot or will not name: Mt 26:18.†

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

Strong’s G1170 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddi'-nah

so and so (when the person is not specified)

Fromprobably from the same as G1171 (through the idea of forgetting the name as fearful, i.e. strange);

King Jamessuch a man.

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 nominative	deinos	deinois
object accusative	deinon1×δεῖνα	deinoin
direct address vocative	deinor	deinoir
of, belonging to genitive	deinou	deinoiu
to, for dative	deino	deinoi

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

deinstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

deino 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

deinon“certain man”objectaccusative singular1×

Matthew 26:18“certain man”tos de legata; Hupagavōr eis tan politan pros ton deinon kai legavar auto; Tos didaskalos legatō; Tos kairos mu engus atō; pros sin poiamō tem pascha meta toiu mathētoiu mu.He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”