adjective
diēnekem
Greekδιηνεκής (diēnekēs)
Strong’sG1336
continuous, continually
stem diēnek-4 times in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** 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.
Every form
| 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
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
diēnekem“perpetuity”subject or objectdirect singular4×
Hebrews 7:3“perpetuity.”apatōros, amētōros, agenealogētos, mēte archan hēmeraiu mēte zōau telem echarōtos, afomoiirētos de to huio tou theou, menatō hierevos eis tem diēnekem.Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.
Hebrews 10:1“continually”Skian gar echarōtos tos nomos teiu mellarōteiu agatheiu, ouk autan tan eikōnan teiu pragmeiu, kata eniauton tai autai thusiai hain prosferalō eis tem diēnekem oudepote dunetō toin prosercherōtoin teleiara;For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
Hebrews 10:12“perpetuity”houtos de henan huper hamartaiu prosferaratos thusian eis tem diēnekem kathizata en dexa tou theou,But when this 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 hagiazirōtoin.because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.