adjective

dietos

Greekδιετής (dietēs)

Strong’sG1332

two years old

stem diet-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

two years old1×

What it means

** διετής, -ές

(< δίς, ἔτος), [in LXX: II Mac 10:3 *;]

1. lasting two years.

2. two years old: ἀπὸ δ. (sc. παιδός, or neuter; cf. I Ch 27:23, ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς), Mt 2:16.†

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

Strong’s G1332 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-et-ace'

of two years (in age)

Fromfrom G1364 and G2094;

King Jamestwo years old.

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	dietos	dietas	dietem	dietois	dietais	dieteim
object accusative	dieton	dietan		dietoin	dietain
direct address vocative	dietor	dietar		dietoir	dietair
of, belonging to genitive	dietou1×διετοῦς	dietau	dieteu	dietoiu	dietaiu	dieteiu
to, for dative	dieto	dieta	diete	dietoi	dietai	dietei

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

dietstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

diet 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

dietou“two years old”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Matthew 2:16“two years old”Tote Hērōdos horaratos hoti empaizita hupo toiu magoiu thumita liōs, kai apostelaratos anairata pantoin toin paidoin toin en Bēthleem kai en pantei tei horei autau apo dietou kai katōterō, kata ton chronon hon akribata para toiu magoiu.When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.