noun · masculine
kēpos
Greekκῆπος (kēpos)
Strong’sG2779
a garden
stem kēp-5 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κῆπος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX for גַּן, גִּנָּה, גַּנָּה, De 11:10, Ca 4:12, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2779 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkay'-pos
a garden
Fromof uncertain affinity;
King Jamesgarden.
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 | kēpos2×κῆπος | kēpois |
| object accusative | kēpon1×κῆπον | kēpoin |
| direct address vocative | kēpor | kēpoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kēpou | kēpoiu |
| to, for dative | kēpo2×κήπῳ | kēpoi |
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
kēpo 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
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
kēpos“garden”subjectnominative singular2×
John 18:1“garden”Houteim legaratos Iēsus exerchata sun toi mathētoi autou peran tou cheimarrou tou Kedrōn hopou ate kēpos, eis hon eiserchata autos kai tois mathētois autou.After Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples across the Kidron Valley, where they entered a garden.
John 19:41“garden”ate de en to topo hopou staurita kēpos, kai en to kēpo mnēmeiem kainem, en he oudepō oudenos ate tithirētos;Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
kēpon“garden”objectaccusative singular1×
Luke 13:19“garden”homoias atō kokko sinapieu, hon lambaratos anthrōpos ballata eis kēpon heautou, kai auxanata kai gineta eis dendrem, kai teim peteineim tou ouranou kataskēnata en toi kladoi auteu.It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
kēpo“garden”to, fordative singular2×
John 18:26“garden”legatō henos ek toiu douloiu tou archierevou, sungenos arōtos hou apokoptata Petros tem ōtiem; Ouk mis sin horama en to kēpo meta autou?One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”
John 19:41“garden”ate de en to topo hopou staurita kēpos, kai en to kēpo mnēmeiem kainem, en he oudepō oudenos ate tithirētos;Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.