noun · masculine
kēpouros
Greekκηπουρός (kēpouros)
Strong’sG2780
a gardener
stem kēpour-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* κηπ-ουρός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< κῆπος + οὖρος, a watcher),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2780 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkay-poo-ros'
a garden-keeper, i.e. gardener
Fromfrom G2779 and οὖρος (a warden);
King Jamesgardener.
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 | kēpouros1×κηπουρός | kēpourois |
| object accusative | kēpouron | kēpouroin |
| direct address vocative | kēpouror | kēpouroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kēpourou | kēpouroiu |
| to, for dative | kēpouro | kēpouroi |
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
kēpouro 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
kēpouros“gardener”subjectnominative singular1×
John 20:15“gardener”legatō auta Iēsus; Gunaikar, tinem klaiasō? tinon zētasō? ekeinas dokarōtas hoti tos kēpouros atō legatō auto; Kurior, ei sis bastazasa auton, legasar mi pou tithasa auton, kamis auton airami.“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”