noun · masculine
iambros
GreekἸαμβρῆς (iambrēs)
Strong’sG2387
Jambres
stem iambr-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ἰαμβρῆς, ὁ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2387 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidee-am-brace'
Jambres, an Egyptian
Fromof Egyptian origin;
King JamesJambres.
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 | iambros1×Ἰαμβρῆς | iambrois |
| object accusative | iambron | iambroin |
| direct address vocative | iambror | iambroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | iambrou | iambroiu |
| to, for dative | iambro | iambroi |
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
iambro 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
iambros“Jambres”subjectnominative singular1×
2 Timothy 3:8“Jambres”hon tropon de Iannos kai Iambros anthistanala Mōuso, houtōs kai houtois anthistanelō ta alētheia, anthrōpois kataftheirirētois ton nouon, adokimois peri tan pistian.Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.