adjective
elafrem
Strong’sG1645
light, not burdensome
stem elafr-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 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.
ἐλαφρός, -ά, -όν
[in LXX chiefly for קַל, קָלָל;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1645 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
and in Refs 5th c.BC+ ός, όν: (see. ἐλαχύς);— light in weight, τόν οἱ ἐ. ἔθηκε (i.e. λᾶαν) Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to βαρύς, Refs 5th c.BC+; in Epitaphs, γαῖαν ἔχοις ἐλαφράν 'sit tibi terra levis', Refs adverb, τά (i.e. δένδρεα)Refs 8th c.BC+
2 light to bear, easy, καί κεν ἐλαφρότερος πόλεμος Τρώεσσι γένοιτο Refs 8th c.BC+: later, comparative ἐλαφρώτερον ἄλγος Refs 1st c.BC+; ἐλαφρόν [ἐστι] 'tis light, easy, Refs 5th c.BC+; easy to understand, [προβλήματα] ἐ. καὶ πιθανά Refs 1st c.AD+; ἐν ἐλαφρῷ ποιήσασθαί τι to make light of a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐκ ἐν ἐ. no light matter, Refs 3rd c.BC+ adverb -ρῶς, φέρειν ζυγόν to bear it lightly, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 light of digestion, Refs 1st c.AD+
4 shallow, διάπλους Refs
5 active, ease-giving, Refs 5th c.BC+
II light in moving, nimble, γυῖα δ᾽ ἔθηκεν ἐ. Refs 8th c.BC+; χεῖρες.. ἐπαΐσσονται ἐRefs 8th c.BC+; γονάτων ἐλαφρὸν ὁρμάν Refs 5th c.BC+ the age of active youth, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐλαφροί, οἱ, light troops, Refs (restricted to cavalry who fight at close quarters, Refs 1st c.BC+ made them easier in condition, Refs adverb -ρῶς nimbly, Refs 5th c.BC+
III metaphorically, light-minded, unsteady, fickle, πᾶν πλῆθός ἐστιν ἐ. Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἐ. λύσσα light-headed madness, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.b gentle, mild, σφᾶς αὐτοὺς -οτάτους τοῖς συνοῦσι παρέχοντας Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 small, ποταμός Refs 2nd c.BC+; of small power or strength, πόλεις Refs
III.3 relieved of a burden, ψυχὴ ἐ. καὶ δι᾽ αὑτῆς Refs 3rd c.AD+
IV Ἐλαφρός· Ζεὺς ἐν Κρήτῃ, Refs 5th 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 | elafros | elafras | elafrem2×ἐλαφρόν | elafrois | elafrais | elafreim |
| object accusative | elafron | elafran | elafroin | elafrain | ||
| direct address vocative | elafror | elafrar | elafroir | elafrair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | elafrou | elafrau | elafreu | elafroiu | elafraiu | elafreiu |
| to, for dative | elafro | elafra | elafre | elafroi | elafrai | elafrei |
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
elafr 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
elafrem“light”subject or objectdirect singular2×
Matthew 11:30… mu chrēstos kai tem fortiem mu elafrem atō.… is easy and My burden is light.”
2 Corinthians 4:17tem gar parautika elafrem tau thlipsiau nu kata huperbolan eis …For our light and momentary affliction is producing for …