adjective
laxeutem
Greekλαξευτός (laxeutos)
Strong’sG2991
hewn out of the rock
stem laxeut-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† λαξευτός, -ή, όν
(< λαξεύω; < λᾶς, a stone, ξέω, to scrape), [in LXX: De 4:49 (פִּסְגָּה); in Aq.: Nu 21:20; Th.: Jg 7:11*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2991 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlax-yoo-tos'
rock-quarried
Fromfrom a compound of λᾶς (a stone) and the base of G3584 (in its original sense of scraping);
King Jameshewn in stone.
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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | laxeutos | laxeutas | laxeutem | laxeutois | laxeutais | laxeuteim |
| object accusative | laxeuton | laxeutan | laxeutoin | laxeutain | ||
| direct address vocative | laxeutor | laxeutar | laxeutoir | laxeutair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | laxeutou | laxeutau | laxeuteu | laxeutoiu | laxeutaiu | laxeuteiu |
| to, for dative | laxeuto | laxeuta | laxeute1×λαξευτῷ | laxeutoi | laxeutai | laxeutei |
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
laxeut 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
laxeute“cut into the rock”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 23:53“cut into the rock”kai kathairaratos entulissata autem sindōna, kai tithata auton en mnēme laxeute hou ouk ate oudenos oupō keierōtos.Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.