noun · feminine
kubernēsias
Greekκυβέρνησις (kubernēsis)
Strong’sG2941
governing, government
stem kubernēsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κυβέρνησις, -εως, ἡ
(< κυβερνάω, Lat. gubernare, to guide), [in LXX: Pr 1:5 11:14 24:6 (תַּחְבֻּלוֹת)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2941 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkoo-ber'-nay-sis
pilotage, i.e. (figuratively) directorship (in the church)
Fromfrom κυβερνάω (of Latin origin, to steer);
King Jamesgovernment.
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 | kubernēsias | kubernēsiais |
| object accusative | kubernēsian | kubernēsiain1×κυβερνήσεις |
| direct address vocative | kubernēsiar | kubernēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | kubernēsiau | kubernēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | kubernēsia | kubernēsiai |
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
kubernēsia 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
kubernēsiain“administrations”objectaccusative plural1×
1 Corinthians 12:28“administrations”kai hoin men titheta tos theos en ta ekklēsa prōtem apostoloin, deuterem profētoin, tritem didaskaloin, epeita dunamiain, epeita charismeim iameiu, antilēmpsiain, kubernēsiain, geneim glōssaiu.And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.