noun · masculine
dromos
Strong’sG1408
a running, course, career
stem drom-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 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.
δρόμος, -ου, ὁ
(< δραμεῖν, v.s. τρέχω) [in LXX chiefly for מְרוּצָה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1408 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddrom'-os
a race, i.e. (figuratively) career
Fromfrom the alternate of G5143;
King Jamescourse.
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
(δραμεῖν) course, race, in Il.mostly of horses, ἵπποισι τάθη δρόμος Refs; οὐρίῳ δρόμῳ with prosperous course, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἅπαντι χρῆσθαι τῷ δρόμῳ at full speed, Refs 2nd c.AD+: of any quick movement, e. g. flight, Refs 4th c.BC+ a day's running, i. e. the distance one can go in a day, Refs 5th c.BC+; δρόμῳ at a run, frequently with Verbs of motion, δρόμῳ διαβάντας τὸν Ἀσωπόν Refs 5th c.BC+
2 foot-race, as a contest, Refs to run for one's life, Refs 5th c.BC+: generally, contest, πλαγᾶν δρόμος, i. e. a pugilistic contest, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 lap in a race, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 in speaking, rapid delivery, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II place for running, δρόμοι εὐρέες runs for cattle, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 racecourse, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 public walk, ἐν εὐσκίοις δ. Ἀκαδήμου Refs 5th c.BC+; colonnade, Refs 5th c.BC+cloister, Refs 5th c.BC+; in Crete, ={γυμνάσιον}, Refs 3rd c.BC+; δύ᾽ ἢ τρεῖς δρόμους περιεληλυθότε having taken two or three turns in the cloister, Refs 5th c.BC+[same place]; in Egypt, avenue of Sphinxes at entrance of temples, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.4 orchestra in the theatre (Tarentum dialect), Refs 5th c.AD+
II.5 metaphorically, ἔξω δρόμου or ἐκτὸς δρόμου φέρεσθαι get off the course, i. e. wander from the point, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐδέν ἐστ᾽ ἔξω δρόμου 'tis not foreign to the purpose, Refs
III δ. δημόσιος, = Latin cursus publicus, Refs 6th c.AD+; δ. ὀξύς, = Latin cursus velox, Refs 4th 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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | dromos | dromois |
| object accusative | dromon3×δρόμον | dromoin |
| direct address vocative | dromor | dromoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | dromou | dromoiu |
| to, for dative | dromo | dromoi |
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
dromo 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
dromon“course”objectaccusative singular3×
Acts 13:25hōs de plērate Iōannos ton dromon, legate; Tinem min huponoavō arō? ouk …As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose …
Acts 20:24… psuchan timian miauto hōs teleiara ton dromon mu kai tan diakonian han labama …… if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have …
2 Timothy 4:7ton kalon agōnon agōnizomē, ton dromon telamē, tan pistian tēramē;… good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.