noun · masculine
kuprios
GreekΚύπριος (kuprios)
Strong’sG2953
a Cypriote, belonging to Cyprus
stem kupri-3 times in the New Testament3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Κύπριος, -α, -ον,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2953 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkoo'-pree-os
a Cyprian (Cypriot), i.e. inhabitant of Cyprus
Fromfrom G2954;
King Jamesof Cyprus.
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 | kuprios1×Κύπριος | kupriois1×Κύπριοι |
| object accusative | kuprion | kuprioin |
| direct address vocative | kuprior | kuprioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kupriou | kuprioiu |
| to, for dative | kuprio1×Κυπρίῳ | kuprioi |
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
kuprio 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
kuprios“of Cyprus”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 4:36“of Cyprus”Iōsēf de tos epikaliratos Barnabaos apo toiu apostoloiu, hem atō methermēneuirōtem huios paraklēsiau, Leuitos, Kuprios te gene,Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (vvv meaning Son of Encouragement),
kuprio“of Cyprus”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 21:16“of Cyprus”sunerchala de kai toiu mathētoiu apo Kaisareiau sun ni, agarōtois para ho xenizineia Mnasōno tino Kuprio, archaio mathēto.Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.
kupriois“Cyprus”subjectnominative plural1×
Acts 11:20“Cyprus”ale de tinois ek autoiu anērois Kupriois kai Kurēnaiois, hotinois ercharatois eis Antiocheian lalale kai pros toin Hellēnistoin, euangelizerōtois ton kurion Iēsun.But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.