adjective

enguos

Greekἔγγυος (enguos)

Strong’sG1450

a surety, security

stem engu-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

guarantee1×

What it means

** ἔγγυος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ,

[in LXX: Si 29:15, 16, II Mac 10:28 *;]

a surety: He 7:22 (exx. from π., v. MM, Exp., xi; cf. Cremer, 222).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1450 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saideng'-goo-os

pledged (as if articulated by a member), i.e. a bondsman

Fromfrom G1722 and γυῖον (a limb);

King Jamessurety.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	enguos1×ἔγγυος	enguas	enguem	enguois	enguais	engueim
object accusative	enguon	enguan		enguoin	enguain
direct address vocative	enguor	enguar		enguoir	enguair
of, belonging to genitive	enguou	enguau	engueu	enguoiu	enguaiu	engueiu
to, for dative	enguo	engua	engue	enguoi	enguai	enguei

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

engustem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

engu 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

Words built on the same stem

engus — ἐγγύς, near

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

enguos“guarantee”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 7:22“guarantee”kata tosoutem kreittōnau diathēkau ginatē enguos Iēsus.Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.