adjective
hēmeteros
Strong’sG2251
our, our own
stem hēmeter-7 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books7 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.
ἡμέτερος, -α, -ον
(ἡμεῖς),
poss. pron. of first pers.,G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2251 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhay-met'-er-os
our
Fromfrom G2349;
King Jamesour, your (by a different reading).
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
Doric dialect ἁμέτ-, Aeolic dialect ἀμμέτ-, α, ον, (ἡμεῖς) our, Refs 8th c.BC+; εἰς ἡμέτερον (i.e. δῶμα) Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐφ᾽ ἡμέτερRefs 8th c.BC+.; ἡ ἡ. (i.e. χώρα) Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἡ. our case, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ ἡ. φρονεῖν to take our part, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄνδρες ἡ. they are in our power, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ. κέρδη τῶν σοφῶν,= ἡμῶν τῶν σοφῶν, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡμέτερον αὐτῶν [οἰκοδόμημα],= ἡμῶν αὐτῶν, Refs 5th c.BC+; representing an objective genitive, τὸ ἡ. δέος fear of us, NT+5th c.BC+
II sometimes for ἐμός, Refs 8th c.BC+; τὰ ἡ. my property, Refs 3rd c.AD+; so in Imperial titles, as ἡ ἡ. ἡμερότης Refs 6th 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 | hēmeteros | hēmeteras1×ἡμετέρα | hēmeterem | hēmeterois1×ἡμέτεροι | hēmeterais | hēmetereim |
| object accusative | hēmeteron | hēmeteran1×ἡμετέραν | hēmeteroin | hēmeterain | ||
| direct address vocative | hēmeteror | hēmeterar | hēmeteroir | hēmeterair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | hēmeterou | hēmeterau1×ἡμετέρας | hēmetereu | hēmeteroiu | hēmeteraiu1×ἡμετέρων | hēmetereiu |
| to, for dative | hēmetero | hēmetera | hēmetere | hēmeteroi1×ἡμετέροις | hēmeterai1×ἡμετέραις | hēmeterei |
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
hēmeter 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.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
hēmeteras“our”subjectnominative singular1×
1 John 1:3“our”… nu; kai tas koinōnias de tas hēmeteras meta tou patrou kai meta tou …… fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son …
hēmeteran“our”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 15:4hoseim gar prografita, eis tan hēmeteran didaskalian grafita, hina dia tau hupomonau …… in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and …
hēmeterau“our”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 26:5… hoti kata tan akribotatan hairesian tau hēmeterau thrēskeiau zōama Farisaios.… adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
hēmeterois“our”subjectnominative plural1×
Titus 3:14mathalōr de kai tois hēmeterois kaleiu ergeiu prostēorō eis tain anankaiain …And our people must also learn to devote …
hēmeteroi“our”to, fordative plural1×
2 Timothy 4:15… sis fulassosōr, liōs gar antistēata toi hēmeteroi logoi.… him, for he has vigorously opposed our message.
hēmeteraiu“ours”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
1 John 2:2… taiu hamartaiu nu, ouk peri taiu hēmeteraiu de monem alla kai peri holou …… our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of …
hēmeterai“our”to, fordative plural1×
Acts 2:11… kai Arabois, akouanō lalarōntoiu autoiu tai hēmeterai glōssai teim megaleieim tou theou.… declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”