Biblangbeta

noun · neuter

etem

Greekἔτος (etos)

Strong’sG2094

a year

stem et-49 times in the New Testamentin 12 of 27 books4 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

years46×year

What it means

ἔτος, -ους, τό

[in LXX for שָׁנֶה;]

a year: Lk 3:1, He 1:12, Re 20:3, al.; ἔτη ἔχειν, Jo 5:5 8:57; εἶναι, γίνεσθαι, ἐτῶν, Mk 5:42, Lk 2:42, Ac 4:22, I Ti 5:9; dat. pl. of space of time, Jo 2:20, Ac 13:20; acc, in ans. to how long? Mt 9:20, Mk 5:25, Lk 2:36, Ac 7:6, He 3:9, al.; preceded by a prep.: ἀπό, Lk 8:43, Ro 15:23; διά, c. gen. (v.s. διά), Ac 24:17, Ga 2:1; ἐκ, Ac 24:10; εἰς, Lk 12:19; ἐπί, c. acc, Ac 19:10; μετά, c. acc, Ga 1:18 3:17; πρό, c. gen., II Co 12:2; κατ’ ἔτος, yearly, Lk 2:41

SYN.: ἐνιαυτός, q.v.; cf. LS, s.v. ἐνιαυτός

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

Strong’s G2094 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidet'-os

a year

Fromapparently a primary word;

King Jamesyear.

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 caseone singularmore than one plural
subject or object directetemeteimἔτη
of, belonging to genitiveeteueteiu15×ἐτῶν
to, for dativeeteἔτειeteiἔτεσιν

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
etstem+egender+muits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

ete 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

49 occurrences, every one of them listed

ete“year”to, fordative singular

Luke 3:1“year”En ete de pentekaidekate tau hēgemoniau Tiberiou Kaisarou, hēgemoneuarōtou Pontiou Pilatou tau Ioudaiau, kai tetraarcharōtou tau Galilaiau Hērōdou, Filippou de tou adelfou autou tetraarcharōtou tau Itouraiau kai Trachōnitiau chōrau, kai Lusaniou tau Abilēnau tetraarcharōtou,In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

eteim“years”subject or objectdirect plural

Hebrews 1:12“years”kai hōsei peribolaiem helissasi autoin, hōs himatiem kai allassili; sis de tos autos asō, kai teim eteim su ouk ekleipali.You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”

2 Peter 3:8“years”Henem de houtem mē lanthanatōr vin, agapētoir, hoti henas hēmeras para kurio hōs chilioi eteim kai chilioi eteim hōs hēmeras henas.Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

2 Peter 3:8“years”Henem de houtem mē lanthanatōr vin, agapētoir, hoti henas hēmeras para kurio hōs chilioi eteim kai chilioi eteim hōs hēmeras henas.Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

Revelation 20:3“years”kai ballata auton eis tan abussan, kai kleiata kai sfragizata epanō autou, hina mē planateia ēti teim ethneim, achri teliteia teim chilioi eteim; meta houteim datō luira auton mikron chronon.And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.

Revelation 20:5“years”tois loipois toiu nekroiu ouk zōala achri teliteia teim chilioi eteim. houtas tas anastasias tas prōtas.The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection.

Revelation 20:7“years”Kai hotan teliteia teim chilioi eteim, luiti tos Satanaos ek tau fulakau autou,When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,

eteiu“years”of, belonging togenitive plural15×

Mark 5:42“years”kai euthuos anistanata tem korasiem kai peripatate, ate gar eteiu dōdeka. kai existanala euthuos ekstasia mega.Immediately the girl got up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). And at once they were utterly astounded.

Luke 2:37“years”kai autas chēras heōs eteiu ogdoēkonta tessares, has ouk afistanete teu hiereu nēsteiai kai deēsiai latreuarōtas nuxan kai hēmeran.and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

Luke 2:42“years”kai hote gineta eteiu dōdeka, anabainarōtoiu autoiu kata tem ethem tau heortauAnd when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.

Luke 3:23“years”Kai autos ate Iēsus archerōtos hōsei eteiu triakonta, arōtos huios, hōs nomizite, Iōsēf tou ĒliJesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

Luke 8:42“years”hoti thugatēras monogenas ate auto hōs eteiu dōdeka kai autas apothnēskate. En de te hupagarō auton tois ochlois sumpnigale auton.because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,

Luke 8:43“years”kai gunaikas arōtas en rusia haimeu apo eteiu dōdeka, hotinas iatroi prosanaliskaratas holon ton bion ouk ischuata apo oudeneu therapeuira,including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.

Acts 4:22“years”eteiu gar ate pollotereiu tesserakonta tos anthrōpos epi hon ginatelē tem sēmem houtem tau iasiau.For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.

Acts 7:30“years”Kai plērirateiu eteiu tesserakonta horita auto en ta erēma teu oreu Sina angelos en floxa pureu batau;After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

Acts 9:33“years”heuriskata de ekei anthrōpon tinon onome Aineon ek eteiu oktō katakeierōton epi krabattou, hos ate paraluirētos.There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

Acts 24:10“years”Apokrinita tē tos Paulos neuaratou auto tou hēgemōnou legarō; Ek polleiu eteiu arōton sin kriton te ethne houte episterōtos euthumōs teim peri miautou apologemō,When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.

Acts 24:17“years”dia eteiu de pollotereiu eleēmosunain poiaritos eis tem ethnem mu paraginema kai prosforain,After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.

Romans 15:23“years”nuni de mēketi topon echarōtos en tei klimei houtei, epipothian de echarōtos teu erchara pros vin apo hikanoiu eteiu,But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,

2 Corinthians 12:2“years”oidamē anthrōpon en Christo pro eteiu dekatessares eite en sōme ouk oidamē, eite ektos teu sōmeu ouk oidamē, tos theos oidatē harpaziraton ton toiouton heōs tritou ouranou.I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.

Galatians 2:1“years”Epeita dia dekatessares eteiu palin anabainama eis Hierosolumeim meta Barnabaou sumparalambaratos kai Titon;Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

1 Timothy 5:9“years”Chēras katalegitōr mē elassōnem eteiu hexēkonta ginarētas, henou anērou gunaikas,A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,

etei“years”to, fordative plural

John 2:20“years”legala oun tois Ioudaiois; Tesserakonta kai hex etei oikodomita tos naos houtos, kai sis en treis hēmerai egeirasi auton?“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”

Acts 13:20“years”hōs etei tetrakosioi kai pentēkonta. kai meta houteim dōata kritoin heōs Samouēl tou profētou.All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

eteim23×

Matthew 9:20“years”Kai idou gunaikas haimorroarōtas dōdeka eteim prosercharatas opisthen hapteta teu kraspedeu teu himatieu autou;Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.

Mark 5:25“years”kai gunaikas arōtas en rusia haimeu dōdeka eteimAnd a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.

Luke 2:36“years”Kai ate Hannas profētias, thugatēras Fanouēl, ek fulau Asēr houtas probainarētas en hēmerai pollai, zōaratas meta anērou eteim hepta apo tau partheniau autau,There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,

Luke 4:25“years”epi alētheiau de legamō vi, pollais chērais ale en tai hēmerai Ēliaou en to Israēl, hote kleiita tos ouranos epi eteim treis kai mēnoin hex, hōs gineta limos megos epi pantan tan gēan,But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

Luke 12:19“years”kai legami ta psucha mu; Psuchar, echasō polleim agatheim keierōteim eis eteim polleim; anapauesōr, esthiasar, pinasar, eufrainisōr.Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

Luke 13:7“years”legata de pros ton ampelourgon; Idou treis eteim apo hou erchemō zētarōtos karpon en ta suka houta kai ouk heuriskamō; ekkoptasar autan; hinati kai tan gēan katargatō?So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

Luke 13:11“years”kai idou gunaikas pneumem echarōtas astheniau eteim dekaoktō, kai ate sunkuptarōtas kai mē dunerōtas anakuptara eis tem pantelem.and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.

Luke 13:16“years”houtan de thugatēran Abraam arōtan, han data tos Satanaos idou deka kai oktō eteim, ouk date luira apo tou desmou houtou ta hēmera teu sabbateu?Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”

Luke 15:29“years”tos de apokriniratos legata to patēro autou; Idou tosouteim eteim douleuamō si kai oudepote entolan su parerchama, kai mi oudepote dōasa erifon hina meta toiu filoiu mu eufrainimeia;But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

John 5:5“years”ate de tinos anthrōpos ekei triakonta oktō eteim echarōtos en ta asthenia autou;One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

John 8:57“years”legala oun tois Ioudaiois pros auton; Pentēkonta eteim oupō echasō kai Abraam horasē?Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”

Acts 7:6“years”lalata de houtōs tos theos hoti eti tem spermem autou paroikem en gēa allotria, kai doulali autem kai kakali eteim tetrakosioi;God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Acts 7:36“years”houtos exagata autoin poiaratos terateim kai sēmeim en gēa Aigupta kai en Eruthra Thalassa kai en ta erēma eteim tesserakonta.He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

Acts 7:42“years”strefata de tos theos kai paradōata autoin latreuarō ta stratia tou ouranou, kathōs grafitē en bibla toiu profētoiu; Mē sfagieim kai thusiain prosferava mi eteim tesserakonta en ta erēma, oikor Israēl?But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

Acts 13:21“years”kakeithen aitela basilevon, kai dōata autoi tos theos ton Saoul huion Kis, anēron ek fulau Beniamin, eteim tesserakonta;Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

Acts 19:10“years”houtem de gineta epi eteim duo, hōste pantoin toin katoikarōtoin tan Asian akouara ton logon tou kuriou, Ioudaioin tē kai Hellēnoin.This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.

Galatians 1:18“years”Epeita meta eteim treis anerchama eis Hierosolumeim historara Kēfon, kai epimenama pros auton hēmerain dekapente;Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

Galatians 3:17“years”houtem de legamō; diathēkan prokurirētan hupo tou theou tos meta tetrakosioi kai triakonta eteim ginarētos nomos ouk akuratō, eis tem katargara tan epangelian.What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

Hebrews 3:10“years”tesserakonta eteim; dio prosochthizama ta genea houta kai legama; Aei planilō ta kardia; autois de ouk gnōskala tain hodain mu;Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’

Hebrews 3:17“years”tinoi de prosochthizata tesserakonta eteim? ouchi toi hamartaratoi, hoiu teim kōleim piptata en ta erēma?And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

Revelation 20:2“years”kai kratata ton drakōnon, tos ofios tos archaios, hos atō Diabolos kai tos Satanaos, kai data auton chilioi eteim,He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:4“years”Kai horama thronoin, kai kathizala epi autoin, kai krimem dōita autoi, kai tain psuchain toiu pelekizirētoiu dia tan marturian Iēsu kai dia ton logon tou theou, kai hotinois ouk proskunala tem thērem oude tan eikōnan auteu kai ouk lambala tem charagmem epi tem metōpem kai epi tan cheiran autoiu; kai zōala kai basilala meta tou christou chilioi eteim.Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:6“years”makarios kai hagios tos echarōtos merem en ta anastasia ta prōta; epi houtoiu tos deuteros thanatos ouk echatō exousian, alla eli hierevois tou theou kai tou christou, kai basilali meta autou chilioi eteim.Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

etem

Luke 2:41“year”Kai poreuele tois gonevois autou kata etem eis Ierousalēm ta heorta teu pascha.Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.

Luke 13:8“year”tos de apokriniratos legatō auto; Kurior, afiēkasar autan kai houtem tem etem, heōs hotinou skaptameia peri autan kai ballameia koprieim;‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.