noun · feminine
lepias
Greekλεπίς (lepis)
Strong’sG3013
a scale, scaly substance
stem lepi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
λεπίς, -ίδος, ἡ
(< λέπω, to peel) [in LXX chiefly for קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3013 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlep-is'
a flake
Fromfrom λέπω (to peel);
King Jamesscale.
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 | lepias | lepiais1×λεπίδες |
| object accusative | lepian | lepiain |
| direct address vocative | lepiar | lepiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | lepiau | lepiaiu |
| to, for dative | lepia | lepiai |
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
lepia 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
lepiais“scales”subjectnominative plural1×
Acts 9:18“scales”kai eutheōs apopiptala autou apo toiu ofthalmoiu hōs lepiais, anablepata tē kai anistanaratos baptizita,At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,