noun
lustras
GreekΛύστρα (lustra)
Strong’sG3082
Lystra
stem lustr-6 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 16 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
λύστρα, -ας, ἡ, and (in Ac 14:8 16:2, II Ti 3:11) -ων, τά (cf. Λύδδα),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3082 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidloos'-trah
Lystra, a place in Asia Minor
Fromof uncertain origin;
King JamesLystra.
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 | feminine singular | neuter singular | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | lustras | lustrem | lustrais | lustreim |
| object accusative | lustran3×Λύστραν | lustrain | ||
| direct address vocative | lustrar | lustrair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | lustrau | lustreu | lustraiu | lustreiu |
| to, for dative | lustra | lustre | lustrai | lustrei3×Λύστροις |
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
lustr 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
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
lustran“Lystra”objectaccusative singular3×
Acts 14:6“Lystra”sunoraratois katafeugala eis tain politain tau Lukaoniau Lustran kai Derban kai tan perichōran,they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
Acts 14:21“Lystra”Euangelizeratois tē tan politan ekeinan kai mathēteuaratois hikanoin hupostrefala eis tan Lustran kai eis Ikoniem kai eis Antiocheian,They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
Acts 16:1“Lystra”Katantata de kai eis Derban kai eis Lustran. kai idou mathētos tinos ate ekei onome Timotheos, huios gunaikau Ioudaiau pistau, patērou de Hellēnou,Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
lustrei“Lystra”to, fordative plural3×
Acts 14:8“Lystra”Kai tinos anēros adunatos en Lustrei toi podoi kathete, chōlos ek koiliau mētērau autou, hos oudepote peripatata.In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
Acts 16:2“Lystra”hos marturite hupo toiu en Lustrei kai Ikonie adelfoiu;The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
2 Timothy 3:11“Lystra”toi diōgmoi, tei pathēmei, hoieim mi gineta en Antiocheia, en Ikonie, en Lustrei, hoioin diōgmoin hupoferama; kai ek panteiu min rueta tos kurios.my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.