adjective
diēnekem
Strong’sG1336
continuous, continually
stem diēnek-4 times in the New Testament1 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.
** δι-ηνεκής, -ές
(< διήνεγκα, aor. of διαφέρω) [in Sm.: Ps 47 (48):15, 88 (89):30;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1336 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddee-ay-nek-es'
carried through, i.e. (adverbially with G1519 and G3588 prefixed) perpetually
Fromneuter of a compound of G1223 and a derivative of an alternate of G5342;
King James+ continually, for ever.
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
Doric dialect διᾱνεκής (see. below) Refs 1st c.AD+, ές:— continuous, unbroken, ἀτραπιτοί τε διηνεκέες Refs 8th c.BC+; νώτοισι.. διηνεκέεσσι with slices cut the whole length of the chine, Refs 8th c.BC+; εἰ ὦλκα διηνεκέα προταμοίμην Refs 8th c.BC+; ὄρος δ. Refs 2nd c.BC+; τὸ δ. regularity, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of Time, perpetual, δ. νυκτί Refs 2nd c.AD+ adverb διηνεκέως in phrase δ. ἀγορεύειν to tell from beginning to end, Refs 8th c.BC+ (distinctly, positively,Refs 8th c.BC+; Boeotian dialect and Doric dialect διανεκῶς without ceasing, εὕδειν Refs 6th c.BC+; διηνεκῶς once in Trag., Refs 4th c.BC+; also εἰς τὸ διηνεκές in perpetuity, NT+2nd c.AD+; -κῶς invariably, opposed to πλεονάκις, Refs 2nd c.AD+ — The Aeolic dialect and _Doric dialect_ form διᾱνεκής is used also in Attic dialect, as Refs 5th c.BC+; but νόμος διηνεκής a perpetual law is read in Refs 5th c.BC+
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 | diēnekos | diēnekas | diēnekem4×διηνεκὲς | diēnekois | diēnekais | diēnekeim |
| object accusative | diēnekon | diēnekan | diēnekoin | diēnekain | ||
| direct address vocative | diēnekor | diēnekar | diēnekoir | diēnekair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | diēnekou | diēnekau | diēnekeu | diēnekoiu | diēnekaiu | diēnekeiu |
| to, for dative | diēneko | diēneka | diēneke | diēnekoi | diēnekai | diēnekei |
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
diēnek 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.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
diēnekem“perpetuity”subject or objectdirect singular4×
Hebrews 7:3“perpetuity.”… tou theou, menatō hierevos eis tem diēnekem.… Son of God, he remains a priest for all …
Hebrews 10:1“continually”… autai thusiai hain prosferalō eis tem diēnekem oudepote dunotō toin proserchorōntoin teleiara;… themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
Hebrews 10:12“perpetuity”… huper hamartaiu prosferarantos thusian eis tem diēnekem kathizata en dexa tou theou,… Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
Hebrews 10:14“perpetuity”hena gar prosfora teleiatē eis tem diēnekem toin hagiazorōntoin.… a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.