noun · feminine
dietias
Greekδιετία (dietia)
Strong’sG1333
two years
stem dieti-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† διετία, -ας, ἡ
(< διετής), [in LXX (Græc. Ven.): Ge 41:1 45:5 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1333 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddee-et-ee'-a
a space of two years (biennium)
Fromfrom G1332;
King Jamestwo years.
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 | dietias | dietiais |
| object accusative | dietian1×διετίαν | dietiain |
| direct address vocative | dietiar | dietiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | dietiau1×Διετίας | dietiaiu |
| to, for dative | dietia | dietiai |
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
dietia 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
dietian“two … years”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 28:30“two … years”Emmenata de dietian holan en idie misthōme, kai apodechete pantoin toin eisporeuerōtoin pros auton,Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.
dietiau“two years”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 24:27“two years”Dietiau de plēriratau lambata diadochon tos Fēlixos Porkion Fēston; thelarōtos tē charian katatithera toi Ioudaioi tos Fēlixos kataleipata ton Paulon dirēton.After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.