noun · masculine

euergetos

Greekεὐεργέτης (euergetēs)

Strong’sG2110

a benefactor

stem euerget-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

benefactors1×

What it means

** εὐεργέτης, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX: Es 8:13, Wi 19:14, II Mac 4:2, III Mac 3:19 6:24 *;]

a benefactor: Lk 22:25 (for contemp. usage, v. Deiss., LAE, 248).†

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

Strong’s G2110 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidyoo-erg-et'-ace

a worker of good, i.e. (specially) a philanthropist

Fromfrom G2095 and the base of G2041;

King Jamesbenefactor.

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 nominative	euergetos	euergetois1×εὐεργέται
object accusative	euergeton	euergetoin
direct address vocative	euergetor	euergetoir
of, belonging to genitive	euergetou	euergetoiu
to, for dative	euergeto	euergetoi

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

euergetstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

euergeto 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

euergetamō — εὐεργετέω, I do good deeds, benefit

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

euergetois“benefactors”subjectnominative plural1×

Luke 22:25“benefactors”tos de legata autoi; Tois basilevois teiu ethneiu kurieualō auteiu kai tois exousiazarōtois auteiu euergetois kalilō.So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.