adjective
gnēsios
Strong’sG1103
real, true, genuine
stem gnēsi-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 26 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.
** γνήσιος, -α, -ον
(< γίγνομαι), [in LXX: Si 7:18, III Mac 3:19 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1103 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidgnay'-see-os
legitimate (of birth), i.e. genuine
Fromfrom the same as G1077;
King Jamesown, sincerity, true.
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
(γένος) belonging to the race, i. e. lawfully begotten, born in wedlock, νόθον καὶ γνήσιον Refs 8th c.BC+
2 generally, genuine, legitimate, φίλος Refs 6th c.BC+ A; γ. γυναῖκες lawful wives, opposed to παλλακίδες, Refs 5th c.BC+; γ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος true Greeks, Refs 4th c.BC+; μήτηρ τῶν ἐρωτικῶν λόγων, of Aphrodite, Refs 2nd c.AD+; γ. ἀρεταί real, unfeigned virtues, Refs 5th c.BC+; γ. ὕμνοι inspired song, Refs 5th c.BC+; of fevers, γ. τριταῖος a genuine tertian, Refs 5th c.BC+; γ. ὄξος genuine vinegar, Refs 4th c.BC+; of writings, genuine, Refs 1st c.AD+ adverb -ίως genuinely, truly, Refs 5th c.BC+; γ. φέρειν bear nobly, Refs 4th c.BC+; lawfully, τοῖς γ. συμβιώσασιν Refs 1st c.BC+
II γνήσια, τά, charges on land, γ. δημόσια Refs 1st c.AD+
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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | gnēsios | gnēsias | gnēsiem1×γνήσιον | gnēsiois | gnēsiais | gnēsieim |
| object accusative | gnēsion | gnēsian | gnēsioin | gnēsiain | ||
| direct address vocative | gnēsior1×γνήσιε | gnēsiar | gnēsioir | gnēsiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | gnēsiou | gnēsiau | gnēsieu | gnēsioiu | gnēsiaiu | gnēsieiu |
| to, for dative | gnēsio | gnēsia | gnēsie2×γνησίῳ | gnēsioi | gnēsiai | gnēsiei |
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
gnēsi 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.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
gnēsior“true”direct addressvocative singular1×
Philippians 4:3nai erōtamō kai sin, gnēsior suzugor, sullabosōr autai, hotinais en te …Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who …
gnēsiem“genuineness”subject or objectdirect singular1×
2 Corinthians 8:8“genuineness”… spoudau kai tem tau humeterau agapau gnēsiem dokimazarōntos;… I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.
gnēsie“true”to, fordative singular2×
1 Timothy 1:2Timotheo gnēsie tekne en pistia; charitas, elesem, eirēnas …To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy …
Titus 1:4Tito gnēsie tekne kata koinan pistian; charitas kai …To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace …