adjective
liparem
Strong’sG3045
rich, sumptuous
stem lipar-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
λιπαρός, -ά, -όν
(< λίπος, fat), [in LXX: Jg 3:29, Ne 9:35, Is 30:23 (שָׁמֵן)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3045 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlip-ar-os'
fat, i.e. (figuratively) sumptuous
Fromfrom λίπος (grease);
King Jamesdainty.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(λίπα) properly oily, shiny with oil, once in Refs 8th c.BC+, anointed, λιπαροὶ κεφαλὰς καὶ καλὰ πρόσωπα Refs 8th c.BC+; σοὶ δὲ μελήσει.. λιπαρῷ (Bentl. for -ρῶς) χωρεῖν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον Refs; of oil or oily objects, shiny, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 fatty, greasy, ἄρτος Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ λ. unctuous dishes, Refs; τὸ λ. fatty substance, Refs 4th c.BC+; λιπαραί (i.e. ἔμπλαστροι), αἱ, oily plasters, Refs 4th c.BC+; of vegetables boiled in grease, Refs 5th c.BC+ adverb -ρῶς, ἕψειν boil in grease, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀνατρίβειν massage with a greasy or oily lubricant, Refs 5th c.BC+
II of the healthy look of the human body or skin, shining, sleek, in Refs 8th c.BC+ bright, smooth feet, without a wrinkle on the skin, mostly of men's feet, in the line ποσσὶ δ᾽ ὑπὸ λιπαροῖσιν ἐδήσατο καλὰ πέδιλα Refs 8th c.BC+; of Themis, Refs 8th c.BC+; radiant, θυγάτηρ Χρόνου Refs 5th c.BC+
III of condition or state of life, rich, comfortable, easy, γῆρας Refs 8th c.BC+. adverb - ρῶς, γηρασκέμεν Refs 8th c.BC+
IV of things, bright, brilliant, λιπαρὴ καλύπτρη Refs 8th c.BC+; of city walls, Refs 8th c.BC+; λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας splendid or rich tribute, Refs 8th c.BC+; also, of the oily smoothness of a calm sea, λ. γαλάνα Refs 3rd c.BC+; and of smells, λ. ὀσμή rich, savoury, Refs 4th c.BC+
V of soil, fat, rich, fruitful, as epithet of places, Χίος, ἣ νήσων λιπαρωτάτη εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖται Refs 6th c.BC+; λ. Ὀρχομενός, Θῆβαι, Νάξος, Μαραθών, Refs 5th c.BC+; λιπαραὶ Ἀθῆναι, favourite epithet with the Athenians, probably with allusion to the Attic olive, first in Refs 5th c.BC+ (where he plays on the double sense of brilliant and greasy), Nu.Refs; λ. τὸ χρῆμα τῆς πόλεως, of Nephelococcygia, Refs; λ. χεύματα, of rivers, Refs 4th c.BC+
VI adverb λῐπαρῶς, see above Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | liparos | liparas | liparem | liparois | liparais | lipareim1×λιπαρὰ |
| object accusative | liparon | liparan | liparoin | liparain | ||
| direct address vocative | liparor | liparar | liparoir | liparair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | liparou | liparau | lipareu | liparoiu | liparaiu | lipareiu |
| to, for dative | liparo | lipara | lipare | liparoi | liparai | liparei |
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
lipar 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
lipareim“dainties”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Revelation 18:14“dainties”… aperchata apo su, kai panteim teim lipareim kai teim lampreim apoleta apo su, …… has departed from you; all your luxury and splendor have vanished …