noun · masculine
nikodēmos
GreekΝικόδημος (nikodēmos)
Strong’sG3530
Nicodemus
stem nikodēm-5 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Νικόδημος, -ου, ὁ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3530 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | nikodēmos5×Νικόδημος | nikodēmois |
| object accusative | nikodēmon | nikodēmoin |
| direct address vocative | nikodēmor | nikodēmoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | nikodēmou | nikodēmoiu |
| to, for dative | nikodēmo | nikodēmoi |
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
nikodēmo 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
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
nikodēmos“Nicodemus”subjectnominative singular5×
John 3:1“Nicodemus”Ate de anthrōpos ek toiu Farisaioiu, Nikodēmos onomem auto, archōnos toiu Ioudaioiu;Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
John 3:4“Nicodemus”legatō pros auton tos Nikodēmos; Pōs dunetō anthrōpos gennira gerōnos arōtos? mē dunetō eis tan koilian tau mētērau autou deuterem eiserchara kai gennira?“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
John 3:9“Nicodemus”apokrinita Nikodēmos kai legata auto; Pōs dunetō houteim ginera?“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
John 7:50“Nicodemus”legatō Nikodēmos pros autoin, tos ercharatos pros auton proterem, henos arōtos ek autoiu;Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
John 19:39“Nicodemus”erchata de kai Nikodēmos, tos ercharatos pros auton nuxau tem prōtem, ferarōtos migmem smurnau kai aloau hōs litrain hekaton.Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.