noun · masculine
nēreuos
GreekΝηρεύς (nēreus)
Strong’sG3517
Nereus
stem nēreu-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Νηρεύς, -έως, ὁ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3517 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnare-yoos'
Nereus, a Christian
Fromapparently from a derivative of the base of G3491 (meaning wet);
King JamesNereus.
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 | nēreuos | nēreuois |
| object accusative | nēreuon1×Νηρέα | nēreuoin |
| direct address vocative | nēreuor | nēreuoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | nēreuou | nēreuoiu |
| to, for dative | nēreuo | nēreuoi |
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
nēreuo 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
nēreuon“Nereus”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 16:15“Nereus”aspazevar Filologon kai Ioulian, Nēreuon kai tan adelfan autou, kai Olumpaon kai toin sun autoi pantoin hagioin.Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them.