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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

of CyprusCyprus

What it means

Κύπριος, -α, -ον,

of Cyprus, Cyprian: Ac 4:36 11:20 21:16.†

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 caseone singularmore than one plural
subject nominativekupriosΚύπριοςkuprioisΚύπριοι
object accusativekuprionkuprioin
direct address vocativekupriorkuprioir
of, belonging to genitivekuprioukuprioiu
to, for dativekuprioΚυπρίῳkuprioi

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
kupristem+ogender+snruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

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 singular

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 singular

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 plural

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.