adjective

nothos

Greekνόθος (nothos)

Strong’sG3541

illegitimate, bastard

stem noth-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

illegitimate children1×

What it means

** νόθος, -η, -ον,

[in LXX: Wi 4:3*;]

a bastard, base born, i.e. born of a slave or concubine: He 12:8.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3541 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidnoth'-os

a spurious or illegitimate son

Fromof uncertain affinity;

King Jamesbastard.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	nothos	nothas	nothem	nothois1×νόθοι	nothais	notheim
object accusative	nothon	nothan		nothoin	nothain
direct address vocative	nothor	nothar		nothoir	nothair
of, belonging to genitive	nothou	nothau	notheu	nothoiu	nothaiu	notheiu
to, for dative	notho	notha	nothe	nothoi	nothai	nothei

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

nothstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

noth 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

nothois“illegitimate children”subjectnominative plural1×

Hebrews 12:8“illegitimate children”ei de chōris avō paideiau hau metochois ginalē pantois, ara nothois kai ouk huiois avō.If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.