noun
ēchos
Strong’sG2279
a sound, rumor
stem ēch-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 16 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.
ἦχος, -ου, ὁ
(also in late and MGr., -εος, τό, Lk 21:25), [in LXX for חָמוֹן, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2279 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiday'-khos
a loud or confused noise ("echo"), i.e. roar; figuratively, a rumor
Fromof uncertain affinity;
King Jamesfame, sound.
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
later form of ἠχή, NT+4th c.BC+; τεττίγων λιγὺν ἦ. Refs; παγᾶς Refs 2nd c.BC+; of the sound of words, opposed to sense, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἦ. ἐν ὠσί, or absolutely, ἦχοι, ἦχος, ringing in the ears, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 echo, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 Grammars, breathing, ἦχοι ὁ μὲν δασύς, ὁ δὲ ψιλός Refs 4th c.BC+
4 voice, τὸν ἦ. εὔτονον καὶ λαμπρὸν ἀποτελεῖ Refs 1st c.AD+. (ἦχος, τό, is found in LXX+NT
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 | neuter singular | masculine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ēchos2×ἦχος | ēchem | ēchois | ēcheim |
| object accusative | ēchon | ēchoin | ||
| direct address vocative | ēchor | ēchoir | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | ēchou | ēcheu1×ἤχους | ēchoiu | ēcheiu |
| to, for dative | ēcho1×ἤχῳ | ēche | ēchoi | ēchei |
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
ēch 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
ēchos“news”subjectnominative singular2×
Luke 4:37kai ekporeuote ēchos peri autou eis panton topon tau …And the news about Jesus spread throughout the surrounding …
Acts 2:2kai geneta afnōs ek tou ouranou ēchos hōsper ferorōntau pnoau biaiau kai plērata …Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came …
ēcho“sound”to, fordative singular1×
Hebrews 12:19“sound”kai salpingau ēcho kai fōna rēmeiu, hau tois akouarantois …to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made …
ēcheu“roaring”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 21:25… tau gēau sunochas ethneiu en aporia ēcheu thalassau kai salou,… among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging …