noun · masculine
loukos
GreekΛουκᾶς (loukas)
Strong’sG3065
Lucas, Luke
stem louk-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Λουκᾶς, -ᾶ, ὁ
(prob. an abbreviation of Λουκανός; v. Lft., Col., 240; ICC, Lk., xviii; Bl., § 29; acc. to Ramsay, Exp., Dec., 1912, pp. 502 ff., a by-form of Λούκιος, from Lat. Lucius),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3065 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidloo-kas'
Lucas, a Christian
Fromcontracted from Latin Lucanus;
King JamesLucas, Luke.
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 | loukos3×Λουκᾶς | loukois |
| object accusative | loukon | loukoin |
| direct address vocative | loukor | loukoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | loukou | loukoiu |
| to, for dative | louko | loukoi |
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
louko 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
loukos“Luke”subjectnominative singular3×
Colossians 4:14“Luke”aspazetō vin Loukos tos iatros tos agapētos kai Dēmaos.Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
2 Timothy 4:11“Luke”Loukos atō monos meta mu. Markon analambaratos agasōr meta siautou, atō gar mi euchrēstos eis diakonian,Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry.
Philemon 1:24“Luke”Markos, Aristarchos, Dēmaos, Loukos, tois sunergois mu.as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.