noun · masculine

gaios

GreekΓάϊος (gaios)

Strong’sG1050

Gaius

stem gai-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Gaius5×

What it means

Γαῖος, -ου, ὁ (Γάϊος, Rec.),

Gaius, the name of a Christian;

1. of Macedonia: Ac 19:29.

2. Of Derbe: Ac 20:4.

3. Of Corinth: Ro 16:23, I Co 1:14.

4. The one to whom III Ep. Jo is addressed: III Jo 1.†

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

Strong’s G1050 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidgah'-ee-os

Gaius (i.e. Caius), a Christian

Fromof Latin origin;

King JamesGaius.

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	gaios2×Γάϊος	gaiois
object accusative	gaion2×Γάϊον	gaioin
direct address vocative	gaior	gaioir
of, belonging to genitive	gaiou	gaioiu
to, for dative	gaio1×Γαΐῳ	gaioi

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

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

gaio 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

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

gaios“Gaius”subjectnominative singular2×

Acts 20:4“Gaius”sunepete de auto Sōpatros Purrou Beroiaios, Thessalonikevoiu de Aristarchos kai Sekoundos, kai Gaios Derbaios kai Timotheos, Asianois de Tuchikos kai Trofimos;Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

Romans 16:23“Gaius”aspazetō vin Gaios tos xenos mu kai holau tau ekklēsau. aspazetō vin Erastos tos oikonomos tau politau kai Kouartos tos adelfos.Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.

gaion“Gaius”objectaccusative singular2×

Acts 19:29“Gaius”kai pimplēita tas politas tau sunchusiau, hormala tē homothumadōs eis tem theatrem sunarpazaratois Gaion kai Aristarchon Makedōnoin, sunekdēmoin Paulou.Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.

1 Corinthians 1:14“Gaius”eucharistamō hoti oudenon vu baptizama ei mē Krispon kai Gaion,I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

gaio“Gaius”to, fordative singular1×

3 John 1:1“Gaius”Tos presbuteros Gaio to agapēto, hon mis agapamō en alētheia.The elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth: