adjective

hōraios

Greekὡραῖος (hōraios)

Strong’sG5611

fair, beautiful

stem hōrai-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

beautiful4×

What it means

ὡραῖος, -α, -ον

(< ὥρα), [in LXX for נָאָה, טוֹב, יָפֶה, etc.;]

seasonable, timely, esp. of ripe fruits; hence, blooming, beautiful (both of things and persons): Mt 23:27, Ac 3:2, 10, Ro 10:15 (LXX, ὥρα).†

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

Strong’s G5611 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidho-rah'-yos

belonging to the right hour or season (timely), i.e. (by implication) flourishing (beauteous (figuratively))

Fromfrom G5610;

King Jamesbeautiful.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	hōraios	hōraias	hōraiem	hōraiois2×ὡραῖοι	hōraiais	hōraieim
object accusative	hōraion	hōraian1×Ὡραίαν		hōraioin	hōraiain
direct address vocative	hōraior	hōraiar		hōraioir	hōraiair
of, belonging to genitive	hōraiou	hōraiau	hōraieu	hōraioiu	hōraiaiu	hōraieiu
to, for dative	hōraio	hōraia1×Ὡραίᾳ	hōraie	hōraioi	hōraiai	hōraiei

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

hōraistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hōrai 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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

hōraian“beautiful”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 3:2“beautiful”kai tinos anēros chōlos ek koiliau mētērau autou huparcharōtos bastazite, hon tithale kata hēmeran pros tan thuran teu hiereu tan legirōtan Hōraian teu aitarō eleēmosunan para toiu eisporeuerōtoiu eis tem hierem,And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

hōraia“beautiful”to, fordative singular1×

Acts 3:10“beautiful”epignōskale de auton hoti houtos ate tos pros tan eleēmosunan katherōtos epi ta Hōraia Pula teu hiereu, kai pimplēila thambeu kai ekstasiau epi te sumbainarēte auto.they recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

hōraiois“beautiful”subjectnominative plural2×

Matthew 23:27“beautiful”Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti paromoiazavō tafoi koniirētoi, hotinois exōthen men fainilō hōraiois esōthen de gemalō osteiu nekroiu kai pantau akatharsiau;Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

Romans 10:15“beautiful”pōs de kērussaleia ean mē apostelileia? kathōs grafitē; Hōs hōraiois tois podois toiu euangelizerōtoiu teim agatheim.And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”