noun · masculine
kros
GreekΚρής (krēs)
Strong’sG2912
a Cretan
stem kr-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Κρής, ὁ, pl., Κρῆτες,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2912 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkrace
a Cretan, i.e. inhabitant of Crete
Fromfrom G2914;
King JamesCrete, Cretian.
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 | kros | krois2×Κρῆτες |
| object accusative | kron | kroin |
| direct address vocative | kror | kroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | krou | kroiu |
| to, for dative | kro | kroi |
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
kro 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
krois“Cretans”subjectnominative plural2×
Acts 2:11“Cretans”Ioudaiois tē kai prosēlutois, Krois kai Arapsois, akouanō lalarōtoiu autoiu tai hēmeterai glōssai teim megaleieim tou theou.both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs— we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
Titus 1:12“Cretans”legata tinos ek autoiu, idios autoiu profētos, Krois aei pseustois, kakeim thēreim, gastērais argais;As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”