adjective
dēlos
Greekδῆλος (dēlos)
Strong’sG1212
clear, manifest, evident
stem dēl-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δῆλος, -η, -ον
[in LXX for אוּר, etc.;]
SYN.: φανερός, with ref. to outward appearance, manifest as opp. to concealed; δ. with ref. to inner perception, evident, known, understood.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1212 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidday'-los
clear
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King James+ bewray, certain, evident, manifest.
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 | dēlos | dēlas | dēlem2×δῆλον | dēlois | dēlais | dēleim |
| object accusative | dēlon1×δῆλόν | dēlan | dēloin | dēlain | ||
| direct address vocative | dēlor | dēlar | dēloir | dēlair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | dēlou | dēlau | dēleu | dēloiu | dēlaiu | dēleiu |
| to, for dative | dēlo | dēla | dēle | dēloi | dēlai | dēlei |
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
dēl 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
dēlon“reveals”objectaccusative singular1×
Matthew 26:73“reveals”meta mikrem de prosercharatois tois histanarētois legala to Petro; Alēthōs kai sis ek autoiu asō, kai gar tas lalias su dēlon sin poiatō;After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”
dēlem“clear”subject or objectdirect singular2×
1 Corinthians 15:27“clear”panteim gar hupotassata hupo toin podoin autou. hotan de legateia hoti panteim hupotassitē, dēlem hoti ektos tou hupotassaratou auto teim panteim.For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.
Galatians 3:11“evident”hoti de en nomo oudenos dikaiitō para to theo dēlem, hoti Tos dikaios ek pistiau zōeti,Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”