adjective
diplouos
Strong’sG1362
double, two-fold
stem diplou-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 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.
διπλόος
(poët., διπλός, whence corp. -ότερον), -όη, -όον (-οῦ, -ῆ, -οῦν) [in LXX for כָּפַל, מִשְׁנֶה, and cognates;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1362 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddip-looce'
two-fold
Fromfrom G1364 and (probably) the base of G4119;
King Jamesdouble, two-fold more.
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
contraction διπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, Ionic dialect feminine διπλέη Refs 5th c.BC+ codices, but διπλήν or -ῆν Refs, διπλάς or -ᾶς Refs: contraction always in Trag., except διπλόοι Refs 4th c.BC+:—twofold, double, properly of cloaks and articles of dress, χλαῖνα διπλῆ, ={δίπλαξ} or διπλοΐς, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὅθι.. διπλόος ἤντετο θώρηξ where the cuirass met [the buckle] so as to be double, Refs 8th c.BC+; τὴν ἐπωμίδα πτύξας διπλῆν having folded it double, Refs 5th c.BC+; παῖσον διπλῆν (i.e. πληγήν) Refs 5th c.BC+of two stories, Refs 5th c.BC+; διπλῆ ἄκανθα spine bent double by age, Refs 5th c.BC+; διπλῆ [ῥάχις] Refs 5th c.BC+executed in duplicate, Refs 3rd c.BC+
2 διπλῇ χερὶ θανεῖν by mutual slaughter, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 δ. ὀνόματα compound words, Refs 4th c.BC+
4 of fevers in which two paroxysms took place in a given time, δ. ἀμφημερινός, τριταῖος, Refs 2nd c.AD+
5 δ. ἰσότης, ={διπλοϊσότης} (which see), Dioph.p.98T., etc.
6 δ. ἄνδρας· τὰ δισύλλαβα ἀνδρῶν ὀνόματα, Refs 5th c.AD+
II as comparative, twice as much, large, etc., βίος Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. ἢ.. twice as much as.. (see. διπλῇ): with genitive, Refs; διπλοῦν ὀφείλειν ὅσον.. Legal cited in Refs 4th c.BC+; διπλῷ, ={διπλῇ}, Refs 5th c.BC+
III plural, in Trag., ={δύο}, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV double, doubtful, οὐ γνώμᾳ διπλόαν θέτο βουλάν Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.2 double-minded, treacherous, Refs 5th c.BC+; also, playing two parts, Refs 5th c.BC+; at variance with oneself, Refs
V διπλοῦν, τό, ={δίπλωμα}Refs 1st c.AD+
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 | diplouos | diplouas | diplouem1×διπλοῦν | diplouois | diplouais | diploueim1×διπλᾶ |
| object accusative | diplouon | diplouan | diplouoin | diplouain | ||
| direct address vocative | diplouor | diplouar | diplouoir | diplouair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | diplouou | diplouau1×διπλῆς | diploueu | diplouoiu | diplouaiu | diploueiu |
| to, for dative | diplouo | diploua | diploue | diplouoi | diplouai | diplouei |
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
diplou 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
diplouau“double”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Timothy 5:17Tois kalōs prostēarēntois presbuterois diplouau timau axiolōr, malista tois kopiarōntois en …… who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard …
diplouem“double”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Revelation 18:6“double”… te potērie he kerannuata kerannuavar auta diplouem;… has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
diploueim“double”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Revelation 18:6… kai autas apodōata, kai diplavar teim diploueim kata teim ergeim autau; en te …… she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
diplouoteron1×
Matthew 23:15… hotan geneteia poiavō auton huion geennau diplouoteron vu.… he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell …