noun · masculine
dromos
Greekδρόμος (dromos)
Strong’sG1408
a running, course, career
stem drom-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
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.
Every form
| 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
dromon“course”objectaccusative singular3×
Acts 13:25“course”hōs de plērate Iōannos ton dromon, legate; Tinem min huponoavō arō? ouk amō mis; alla idou erchetō meta min hou ouk amō axios tem hupodēmem toiu podoiu luara.As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
Acts 20:24“course”alla oudenou logou poiemō tan psuchan timian miauto hōs teleiara ton dromon mu kai tan diakonian han lambama para tou kuriou Iēsu, diamarturera tem euangeliem tau chariau tou theou.But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus — the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
2 Timothy 4:7“race”ton kalon agōnon agōnizemē, ton dromon telamē, tan pistian tēramē;I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.