noun · neuter
epem
Greekἔπος (epos)
Strong’sG2031
a word, so to speak
stem ep-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἔπος, -εος (-ους), τό
[in LXX: Za 7:3, Si 44:5 *;]
SYN.: λόγος, reasoned speech; ῥῆμα, mere articulated utterance; ἔ., the articulated expression of a thought
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2031 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep'-os
a word
Fromfrom G2036;
King JamesX say.
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 or object direct | epem | epeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | epeu | epeiu |
| to, for dative | epe | epei |
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
epe 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
epem1×
Hebrews 7:9“a word”kai hōs epem legara, dia Abraam kai Levios tos dekatain lambarōtos dekatitē,And so to speak, Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham.