adjective

eugenos

Greekεὐγενής (eugenēs)

Strong’sG2104

of noble birth, noble

stem eugen-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

of noble birth2×receptive1×

What it means

εὐγενής, -ές

(< εὖ, γένος), [in LXX: Jb 1:3 (גָּדוֹל), II Mac 10:13 R, IV Mac 6:5 9:13, 23, 27 10:3, 15 *;]

1. well born, of noble race: Lk 19:12, I Co 1:26.

2. noble-minded: compar., -έστερος, Ac 17:11.†

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

Strong’s G2104 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidyoog-en'-ace

well born, i.e. (literally) high in rank, or (figuratively) generous

Fromfrom G2095 and G1096;

King Jamesmore noble, nobleman.

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	eugenos1×εὐγενὴς	eugenas	eugenem	eugenois1×εὐγενεῖς	eugenais	eugeneim
object accusative	eugenon	eugenan		eugenoin	eugenain
direct address vocative	eugenor	eugenar		eugenoir	eugenair
of, belonging to genitive	eugenou	eugenau	eugeneu	eugenoiu	eugenaiu	eugeneiu
to, for dative	eugeno	eugena	eugene	eugenoi	eugenai	eugenei

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

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

eugen 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

eugenos“of noble birth”subjectnominative singular1×

Luke 19:12“of noble birth”legata oun; Anthrōpos tinos eugenos poreuita eis chōran makran lambara heauto basileian kai hupostrefara.So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.

eugenois“of noble birth”subjectnominative plural1×

1 Corinthians 1:26“of noble birth”Blepavō gar tan klēsian vu, adelfoir, hoti ouk pollois sofois kata sarxan, ouk pollois dunatois, ouk pollois eugenois;Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.

eugenoterois1×

Acts 17:11“receptive”houtois de ale eugenoterois toiu en Thessalonika, hotinois dechela ton logon meta pantau prothumiau, tem kata hēmeran anakrinarōtois tain grafain ei echatoiō houteim houtōs.Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.