noun · masculine

diotrefos

GreekΔιοτρέφης (diotrefēs)

Strong’sG1361

Diotrephes

stem diotref-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Diotrephes1×

What it means

Διοτρέφης (Rec. -τρεψής), -ες

(< Διός, gen. of Ζεύς + τρέφω: cherished by Zeus),

as proper name, Diotrephes: III Jo 9.†

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

Strong’s G1361 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-ot-ref-ace'

Jove-nourished; Diotrephes, an opponent of Christianity

Fromfrom the alternate of G2203 and G5142;

King JamesDiotrephes.

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	diotrefos1×Διοτρέφης	diotrefois
object accusative	diotrefon	diotrefoin
direct address vocative	diotrefor	diotrefoir
of, belonging to genitive	diotrefou	diotrefoiu
to, for dative	diotrefo	diotrefoi

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

diotrefstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

diotrefo 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

diotrefos“Diotrephes”subjectnominative singular1×

3 John 1:9“Diotrephes”Grafama tinem ta ekklēsa; alla tos filoprōteuarōtos autoiu Diotrefos ouk epidechetō nin.I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.