noun · masculine
fēlikos
Strong’sG5344
Felix
stem fēlik-9 times in the New Testament5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
φῆλιξ (L, Φή-), -ικος, ὁ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5344 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfay'-lix
happy; Phelix (i.e. Felix), a Roman
Fromof Latin origin;
King JamesFelix.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Felix, procurator of Judæa:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | fēlikos5×Φῆλιξ | fēlikois |
| object accusative | fēlikon1×Φήλικα | fēlikoin |
| direct address vocative | fēlikor1×Φῆλιξ | fēlikoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | fēlikou1×Φήλικος | fēlikoiu |
| to, for dative | fēliko1×Φήλικι | fēlikoi |
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
fēliko 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
fēlikos“Felix”subjectnominative singular5×
Acts 24:22Anaballeta de autoin tos Fēlikos, akribesterem horarēntos teim peri tau hodau, …Then Felix, who was well informed about the …
Acts 24:24Meta de hēmerain tinain paragenerantos tos Fēlikos sun Drousilla ta idia gunaika arōnta …After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who …
Acts 24:25… krimeu teu mellarōnteu emfobos generantos tos Fēlikos apokrinita; Tem nun echarōntem poreuosōr, kairon …… righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may …
Acts 24:27Dietiau de plērirantau labata diadochon tos Fēlikos Porkion Fēston; thelarōntos tē charitan katatithera …After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And …
Acts 24:27… tē charitan katatithera toi Ioudaioi tos Fēlikos kataleipata ton Paulon dorēnton.… to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
fēlikon“Felix”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 23:24… hina epibibazarantois ton Paulon diasōzaleia pros Fēlikon ton hēgemonon,… to take him safely to Governor Felix.”
fēlikor“Felix”direct addressvocative singular1×
Acts 24:3pantē tē kai pantachou apodechonō, kratistor Fēlikor, meta pantau eucharistiau.… every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with all gratitude.
fēlikou“Felix”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 25:14… legarōntos; Andros tinos atō kataleiporēntos hupo Fēlikou desmios,… There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.
fēliko“Felix”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 23:26Klaudios Lusios to kratisto hēgemono Fēliko chairarō.Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.