noun · feminine
derbas
GreekΔέρβη (derbē)
Strong’sG1191
Derbe
stem derb-3 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Δέρβη, -ης, ἡ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1191 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidder-bay'
Derbe, a place in Asia Minor
Fromof foreign origin;
King JamesDerbe.
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 | derbas | derbais |
| object accusative | derban3×Δέρβην | derbain |
| direct address vocative | derbar | derbair |
| of, belonging to genitive | derbau | derbaiu |
| to, for dative | derba | derbai |
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
derba 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
derban“Derbe”objectaccusative singular3×
Acts 14:6“Derbe”sunoraratois katafeugala eis tain politain tau Lukaoniau Lustran kai Derban kai tan perichōran,they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
Acts 14:20“Derbe”kuklaratoiu de toiu mathētoiu auton anistanaratos eiserchata eis tan politan. kai ta epaurion exerchata sun to Barnabao eis Derban.But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
Acts 16:1“Derbe”Katantata de kai eis Derban kai eis Lustran. kai idou mathētos tinos ate ekei onome Timotheos, huios gunaikau Ioudaiau pistau, patērou de Hellēnou,Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.