noun · masculine
kurēnios
GreekΚυρήνιος (kurēnios)
Strong’sG2958
Quirinius
stem kurēni-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Κυρήνιος
(prop. -ίνιος, v. Bl., 13; -ῖνος L, -εῖνος, Tr., WH, mg.), -ου, ὁ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2958 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkoo-ray'-nee-os
Cyrenius (i.e. Quirinus), a Roman
Fromof Latin origin;
King JamesCyrenius.
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 | kurēnios | kurēniois |
| object accusative | kurēnion | kurēnioin |
| direct address vocative | kurēnior | kurēnioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kurēniou1×Κυρηνίου | kurēnioiu |
| to, for dative | kurēnio | kurēnioi |
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
kurēnio 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
kurēniou“Quirinius”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 2:2“Quirinius”houtas apografas prōtas gineta hēgemoneuarōtou tau Suriau Kurēniou;This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.