noun · neuter

ichnem

Greekἴχνος (ichnos)

Strong’sG2487

a track, footstep

stem ichn-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

steps2×footsteps1×

What it means

ἴχνος, -εος (-ους), τό,

[in LXX for כַּף, etc.;]

a track, footstep: metaph. (as freq. in cl.), στοιχεῖν τοῖς ἴ., Ro 4:12; περιπατεῖν τοῖς ἴ., II Co 12:18; ἐπακολουθεῖν τοῖς ἴ., I Pe 2:21 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).†

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

Strong’s G2487 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidikh'-nos

compare G2240); a track (figuratively)

Fromfrom ἰκνέομαι (to arrive;

King Jamesstep.

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 or object direct	ichnem	ichneim
of, belonging to genitive	ichneu	ichneiu
to, for dative	ichne	ichnei3×ἴχνεσιν

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

ichnstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ichne 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

ichnei“steps”to, fordative plural3×

Romans 4:12“footsteps”kai patēron peritomau toi ouk ek peritomau monem alla kai toi stoicharōtoi tei ichnei tau en akrobustia pistiau tou patērou nu Abraam.And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

2 Corinthians 12:18“steps”parakalama Titon kai sunapostelama ton adelfon; mēti pleonektata vin Titos? ouk te aute pneume peripatana? ouk tei autei ichnei?I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?

1 Peter 2:21“steps”eis houtem gar kaliva, hoti kai Christos paschata huper vu, vi hupolimpanarōtos hupogrammon hina epakolouthaveia tei ichnei autou;For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: