noun · masculine
elumaos
GreekἘλύμας (elumas)
Strong’sG1681
Elymas
stem eluma-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ἐλύμας, -α, ὁ
(< Aram. or Arab., cf. DB, i, 246 b)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1681 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidel-oo'-mas
Elymas, a wizard
Fromof foreign origin;
King JamesElymas.
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 | elumaos1×Ἐλύμας | elumaois |
| object accusative | elumaon | elumaoin |
| direct address vocative | elumaor | elumaoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | elumaou | elumaoiu |
| to, for dative | elumao | elumaoi |
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
elumao 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
elumaos“Elymas”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 13:8“Elymas”anthistanete de autoi Elumaos tos magos, houtōs gar methermēneuitō tem onomem autou, zētarōtos diastrefara ton anthupaton apo tau pistiau.But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.