noun · masculine

onēsimos

GreekὈνήσιμος (onēsimos)

Strong’sG3682

Onesimus

stem onēsim-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Onesimus2×

What it means

Ὀνήσιμος, -ου, ὁ

(i.e. profitable, < ὄνησις, profit),

Onesimus: Col 4:9, Phm 10 (a common name among slaves; v. MM, iii, xviii).†

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

Strong’s G3682 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidon-ay'-sim-os

profitable; Onesimus, a Christian

Fromfrom G3685;

King JamesOnesimus.

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	onēsimos	onēsimois
object accusative	onēsimon1×Ὀνήσιμον	onēsimoin
direct address vocative	onēsimor	onēsimoir
of, belonging to genitive	onēsimou	onēsimoiu
to, for dative	onēsimo1×Ὀνησίμῳ	onēsimoi

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

onēsimstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

onēsimo 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

onēsimon“Onesimus”objectaccusative singular1×

Philemon 1:10“Onesimus”parakalamō sin peri teu ēmeu tekneu, hon gennama en toi desmoi Onēsimon,I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.

onēsimo“Onesimus”to, fordative singular1×

Colossians 4:9“Onesimus”sun Onēsimo to pisto kai agapēto adelfo, hos atō ek vu; panteim vi gnōrizali teim hōde.With him I am sending Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here.