epistēmōnos

Strong’sG1990

skillful, experienced

stem epistēmōn-once in the New Testament1 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.

ἐπιστήμων, -ον, gen., -ονoς

(ἐπίσταμαι) [in LXX: De 1:13 4:6, Is 5:21 (בִּין ni.), I Es 8:44, Si 10:25 21:15, etc.;]

knowing, skilled: Ja 3:13.†

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

Strong’s G1990 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-stay'-mone

intelligent

Fromfrom G1987;

King Jamesendued with knowledge.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἐπιστήμ-ων, ον,
genitive ονος, (ἐπίσταμαι) knowing, wise, prudent, ἐ. βουλῇ τε νόῳ τε Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐπιστήμων γὰρ εἶ, ={ἐπίστασαι γάρ}, Refs 5th c.BC+
2. acquainted with a thing, skilled or versed in, with genitive, κακῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; τῆς θαλάσσης, τοῦ ναυτικοῦ, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῆς τέχνης Refs 5th c.BC+; also περί τινος or τι, Refs 5th c.BC+: with neuter adjective, τὰ προσήκοντα ἐπιστήμων Refs 5th c.BC+
3. with infinitive, knowing how, λέγειν τε καὶ σιγᾶν Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative -ονέστεροςRefs 5th c.BC+. adverb comparative -ονέστερονRefs 5th c.BC+: superlative -ονέσταταRefs 5th c.BC+
II. possessed of perfect knowledge, Refs 4th c.BC+, scientifically versed in a thing, Refs. adverb -ονως, ἔχειν πρός τι Refs 5th c.BC+ with science, with art, Refs; εἰπεῖν use technical or scientific terminology, Refs 2nd 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.

understanding1×

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	epistēmōnos1×ἐπιστήμων	epistēmōnas	epistēmōnem	epistēmōnois	epistēmōnais	epistēmōneim
object accusative	epistēmōnon	epistēmōnan		epistēmōnoin	epistēmōnain
direct address vocative	epistēmōnor	epistēmōnar		epistēmōnoir	epistēmōnair
of, belonging to genitive	epistēmōnou	epistēmōnau	epistēmōneu	epistēmōnoiu	epistēmōnaiu	epistēmōneiu
to, for dative	epistēmōno	epistēmōna	epistēmōne	epistēmōnoi	epistēmōnai	epistēmōnei

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

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

epistēmōn 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.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

epistēmōnos“understanding”subjectnominative singular1×

James 3:13Tinos sofos kai epistēmōnos en vi? deikatar ek tau kalau …Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it …