noun · masculine
hippevos
Greekἱππεύς (hippeus)
Strong’sG2460
a mounted soldier
stem hippev-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἱππεύς, -έως (on acc. pl., -εῖς, ν. Bl., § 8, 2; Thack., Gr., 148),ὁ
(< ἵππος), [in LXX chiefly for פָּרָשׁ;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2460 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhip-yooce'
an equestrian, i.e. member of a cavalry corps
Fromfrom G2462;
King Jameshorseman.
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 | hippevos | hippevois |
| object accusative | hippevon | hippevoin2×ἱππεῖς |
| direct address vocative | hippevor | hippevoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | hippevou | hippevoiu |
| to, for dative | hippevo | hippevoi |
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
hippevo 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
hippevoin“horsemen”objectaccusative plural2×
Acts 23:23“horsemen”Kai proskaleratos tinoin duo toiu hekatontarchēoiu legata; Hetoimazavar stratiōtoin diakosioi hopōs poreuileia heōs Kaisareiau, kai hippevoin hebdomēkonta kai dexiolaboin diakosioi, apo tritau hōrau tau nuxau,Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
Acts 23:32“horsemen”ta de epaurion easaratois toin hippevoin apercherō sun auto hupostrefala eis tan parembolan;The next day they returned to the barracks and let the horsemen go on with him.