adjective

epistēmōnos

Greekἐπιστήμων (epistēmōn)

Strong’sG1990

skillful, experienced

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

Translated as

understanding1×

What it means

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.

Every form

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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

epistēmōnos“understanding”subjectnominative singular1×

James 3:13“understanding”Tinos sofos kai epistēmōnos en vi? deiknuatar ek tau kalau anastrofau teim ergeim autou en prauta sofiau.Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.