noun · neuter
nēsiem
Greekνησίον (nēsion)
Strong’sG3519
a little island
stem nēsi-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† νησίον, -ου, τό
(dimin. of νῆσος), = νησίς (Hdt., Thuc., al.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3519 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnay-see'-on
an islet
Fromdiminutive of G3520;
King Jamesisland.
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 or object direct | nēsiem | nēsieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | nēsieu | nēsieiu |
| to, for dative | nēsie | nēsiei |
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
nēsie 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
nēsiem1×
Acts 27:16“small island”nēsiem de tinem hupotrecharatois kalirōtem Kaudem ischuana molis perikratois ginera tau skafau,Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.