adjective
ekdēlas
Strong’sG1552
perfectly evident, manifest
stem ekdēl-once in the New Testament1 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.
** ἔκ-δηλος, -ον
(< δῆλος), [in LXX: III Mac 3:19 6:5 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1552 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
strengthened for δῆλος, conspicuous, ἵν᾽ ἔ. μετὰ πᾶσιν Ἀργείοισι γένοιτο Refs 8th c.BC+: hence, considerable, σίτου μοῖρα Refs
II quite plain, πάντ᾽ ἐποίησεν ἔκδηλα Refs 4th c.BC+, etc.: superlative, ἐκδηλοτάτη ἐνάργεια Refs 1st c.BC+
III adverb -λως openly, manifestly, plainly, Refs 1st c.AD+: comparative, Refs 4th c.AD+: superlative, Refs 2nd 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 | ekdēlos | ekdēlas1×ἔκδηλος | ekdēlem | ekdēlois | ekdēlais | ekdēleim |
| object accusative | ekdēlon | ekdēlan | ekdēloin | ekdēlain | ||
| direct address vocative | ekdēlor | ekdēlar | ekdēloir | ekdēlair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | ekdēlou | ekdēlau | ekdēleu | ekdēloiu | ekdēlaiu | ekdēleiu |
| to, for dative | ekdēlo | ekdēla | ekdēle | ekdēloi | ekdēlai | ekdēlei |
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
ekdēl 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
ekdēlas“clear”subjectnominative singular1×
2 Timothy 3:9“clear”… epi polloterem, tas gar anoias autoiu ekdēlas eti pantoi, hōs kai tas ekeinoiu …… much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.