adjective
endoxos
Strong’sG1741
highly esteemed, splendid, glorious
stem endox-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 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.
ἔνδοξος, -ον
(< δόξα [in LXX for כָּבַד, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1741 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(δόξα) held in esteem or honour, of high repute, πρός τινος by one, Refs 5th c.BC+; -ότατοι ποιηταί Refs; νέοι πλούσιοι καὶ ἔ. Refs 5th c.BC+
2 of things, notable, πράγματα Refs 4th c.BC+; generally approved, τὸ καλόν, ={τὸ ἔ}., Refs 4th c.BC+; glorious, ταφαί Refs 1st c.AD+ adverb -ξως, frequently in Inscrr., Refs 3rd c.BC+: comparative -οτέρως, τὰ ἔνδοξα ἐ. λέγειν Refs 2nd c.AD+; also στῆλαι ἔχουσαι ἐπιγραφὰς -ξως conspicuously placed, Refs 1st c.BC+: superlative -ότατα, ἐβουλεύσασθε Refs 4th c.BC+
II resting on opinion, probable, generally admitted, ἔ. τὰ δοκοῦντα πᾶσιν ἢ τοῖς πλείστοις ἢ τοῖς σοφοῖς, opposed to to what is necessarily true (τὰ πρῶτα καὶ ἀληθῆ), Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ ἔ. διδασκαλία popular teaching, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2 adverb -ξως, συλλογίζεσθαι plausibly, opposed to ἀληθῶς, Refs 4th c.BC+
III conceited, οὐκ ἔνδοξοι πρὸς τὸ μαθεῖν ἃ μὴ ἴσμεν not too proud to learn, Refs 1st 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 | endoxos | endoxas | endoxem | endoxois1×ἔνδοξοι | endoxais | endoxeim |
| object accusative | endoxon | endoxan1×ἔνδοξον | endoxoin | endoxain | ||
| direct address vocative | endoxor | endoxar | endoxoir | endoxair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | endoxou | endoxau | endoxeu | endoxoiu | endoxaiu | endoxeiu |
| to, for dative | endoxo1×ἐνδόξῳ | endoxa | endoxe | endoxoi | endoxai | endoxei1×ἐνδόξοις |
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
endox 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.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
endoxo“splendidly”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 7:25“splendidly”… himatiei amfiennuorēnton? idou tois en himatismo endoxo kai trufa huparcharōntois en tei basileiei …… A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.
endoxan“splendor”objectaccusative singular1×
Ephesians 5:27“splendor”hina parastēateia autos heauto endoxan tan ekklēsan, mē echarōntan spilon ē …and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or …
endoxois“distinguished”subjectnominative plural1×
1 Corinthians 4:10“distinguished”… nis asthenois, vis de ischurois; vis endoxois, nis de atimois.… in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
endoxei“glorious”to, fordative plural1×
Luke 13:17… tos ochlos chairate epi pantei tei endoxei tei genorōntei hupo autou.… whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.