noun · feminine
elafrias
Greekἐλαφρία (elafria)
Strong’sG1644
levity, fickleness
stem elafri-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† ἐλαφρία, -ας, ἡ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1644 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidel-af-ree'-ah
levity (figuratively), i.e. fickleness
Fromfrom G1645;
King Jameslightness.
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 | elafrias | elafriais |
| object accusative | elafrian | elafriain |
| direct address vocative | elafriar | elafriair |
| of, belonging to genitive | elafriau | elafriaiu |
| to, for dative | elafria1×ἐλαφρίᾳ | elafriai |
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
elafria 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
elafria“lightly”to, fordative singular1×
2 Corinthians 1:17“lightly”houtem oun boulerōtos mēti ara ta elafria chrema? ē heim bouleuemō kata sarxan bouleuemō, hina ateiō para mi tem Nai nai kai tem Ou ou?When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also “No, no”?