noun · masculine
paulos
Strong’sG3972
Paul
stem paul-158 times in the New Testamentin 15 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Paulus is a personal name, of Latin origin 123, said to mean “little” 2. In the New Testament it is used of two people: Sergius Paulus, a Roman official 13, and the Apostle Paul, also earlier called Saul, who is named repeatedly throughout Acts and in several New Testament letters 13. Dodson simply glosses it as the name "Paul" 4.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Παῦλος, -ου, ὁ (Lat. Paulus),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3972 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpow'-los
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973, meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
Fromof Latin origin;
King JamesPaul, Paulus.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
__1. Sergius Paulus:
__2. the Apostle Paul (cf. Σαῦλος):
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | paulos79×Παῦλος | paulois |
| object accusative | paulon30×Παῦλον | pauloin |
| direct address vocative | paulor2×Παῦλε | pauloir |
| of, belonging to genitive | paulou30×Παύλου | pauloiu |
| to, for dative | paulo17×Παύλῳ | pauloi |
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
paulo 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
158 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
paulos“Paul”subjectnominative singular79×, 27 shown
Acts 13:9Saulos de, tos kai Paulos, pimplēirantos pneumeu hagieu atenizarantos eis autonThen Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked …
Acts 13:16anastēarantos de Paulos kai kataseiarantos ta cheira legata; Androir …Paul stood up, motioned with his hand …
Acts 13:46parrēsiazerantois tē tos Paulos kai tos Barnabos legala; Vi ate …Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It …
Acts 14:11tois tē ochlois horarantois hem poiata Paulos eparala tan fōnan autoiu Lukaonisti legarōntois; …When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their …
Acts 14:14akouarantois de tois apostolois Barnabos kai Paulos, diarrēgarantois teim himatieim autoiu ekpēdala eis …But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore …
Acts 15:35Paulos de kai Barnabos diatribale en Antiocheia …But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along …
Acts 15:36… de tinain hēmerain legata pros Barnabon Paulos; Epistrefarantois dē episkepteneia toin adelfoin kata …Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go …
Acts 15:38Paulos de axiate, ton apostēaranton apo autoiu …But Paul thought it best not to take …
Acts 15:40Paulos de epilegerantos Silon exerchata paradōirantos ta …but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by …
Acts 16:3houton thelata tos Paulos sun auto exerchara, kai labarantos peritemata …Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so …
Acts 16:18… poiate epi pollain hēmerain. diaponirantos de Paulos kai epistrefarantos te pneume legata; Parangelamō …… continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned …
Acts 16:25Kata de tem mesonuktiem Paulos kai Silos proseuchorōntois humnale ton theon, …About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing …
Acts 16:28fōnata de fōna mega tos Paulos legarōntos; Mēdenem prassaseia siauto kakosem, hapantois …But Paul called out in a loud voice …
Acts 16:37tos de Paulos fēate pros autoin; Derarantois nin dēmosia …But Paul said to the officers, “They beat …
Acts 17:22Stēirantos de Paulos en mese tou Areiou Pagosou fēate; …Then Paul stood up in the meeting of …
Acts 17:33houtōs tos Paulos exerchata ek meseu autoiu;At that, Paul left the Areopagus.
Acts 18:5… tos Timotheos, sunechote to logo tos Paulos, diamarturorōntos toi Ioudaioi arō ton christon …… and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word …
Acts 18:18Tos de Paulos ēti prosmenarantos hēmerain hikanain toi adelfoi …Paul remained in Corinth for quite some …
Acts 19:4legata de Paulos; Iōannos baptizata baptismem metanoiau, to lao …Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism …
Acts 19:13… legarōntois; Horkizamō vin ton Iēsun hon Paulos kērussatō.… I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
Acts 19:21Hōs de plērita houteim, titheta tos Paulos en te pneume diercharantos tan Makedonian …After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go …
Acts 19:26… alla schedōs pantau tau Asiau tos Paulos houtos peitharantos metastēata hikanon ochlon, legarōntos …… the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of …
Acts 20:1… tem pauera ton thorubon metapemperantos tos Paulos toin mathētoin kai parakalarantos, aspazerantos exerchata …When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after …
Acts 20:7… sabbateiu sunagorēntoiu nu klara arton tos Paulos dialegote autoi, mellarōntos exeiarō ta epaurion, …… came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next …
Acts 20:10katabainarantos de tos Paulos epipiptata auto kai sumperilabarantos legata; Mē …But Paul went down, threw himself on the …
Acts 20:16krinatelē gar tos Paulos paraplara tan Efesan, hopōs mē geneteia …Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus …
Acts 21:13tote apokrinita tos Paulos; Tinem poiavō klaiarōntois kai sunthruptarōntois mu …Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and …
paulon“Paul”objectaccusative singular30×, 27 shown
Acts 13:13… de apo tau Pafau tois peri Paulon erchala eis Pergan tau Pamfuliau; Iōannos …After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga …
Acts 13:50… polau kai epegerala diōgmon epi ton Paulon kai Barnabon, kai ekbalala autoin apo …… city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out …
Acts 14:12… tē ton Barnabon Zevon, ton de Paulon Hermon, epeidē autos ate tos hēgorōntos …Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was …
Acts 14:19… peitharantois toin ochloin kai lithazarantois ton Paulon surale exō tau polau, nomizarōntois auton …… won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city …
Acts 15:2“Paul”… to Barnabo pros autoin tassala anabainarō Paulon kai Barnabon kai tinoin allosoin ek …… Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem …
Acts 16:19… elpidas tau ergasiau autoiu epilaberantois ton Paulon kai ton Silon helkala eis tan …… making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before …
Acts 16:36… desmofulaxos toin logoin houtoin pros ton Paulon, hoti Apostelalē tois stratēgois hina apoluiveia; …The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to …
Acts 17:10… eutheōs dia nuktau ekpempala ton tē Paulon kai ton Silon eis Beroian, hotinois …… night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On …
Acts 17:14eutheōs de tote ton Paulon exapostelala tois adelfois poreuorō heōs epi …The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and …
Acts 17:15tois de katastēarōntois ton Paulon agala heōs Athēnaiu, kai labarantois entolan …Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then …
Acts 19:1… te ton Apollon arō en Korintha Paulon diercharanton teim anōterikeim mereim erchara eis …While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came …
Acts 19:15… autoi; Ton Iēsun gnōskamō kai ton Paulon epistomō, vis de tinois avō?… I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
Acts 20:13… tan Assan, ekeithen mellarōntois analabarō ton Paulon, houtōs gar diatassorēntos ate mellarōntos autos …… Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because …
Acts 21:32… kai toin stratiōtoin pauela tuptarōntois ton Paulon.… and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
Acts 22:30… pantem tem sunedriem, kai katagarantos ton Paulon stēata eis autoin.… Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before …
Acts 23:12… mēte pinara heōs hou apoktenaleia ton Paulon.… or drink until they had killed Paul.
Acts 23:14… mēdeneu geuera heōs hou apoktenaneia ton Paulon.… eat anything until we have killed Paul.
Acts 23:20… teu erōtara sin hopōs aurion ton Paulon katagaseia eis tem sunedriem hōs mellarōntem …… agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the …
Acts 23:24ktēneim tē parastēara hina epibibazarantois ton Paulon diasōzaleia pros Fēlikon ton hēgemonon,Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor …
Acts 23:31… kata tem diatassorēntem autoi analabarantois ton Paulon agala dia nuktau eis tan Antipatridan;… soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.
Acts 23:33… epistolan to hēgemono parastēala kai ton Paulon auto.… letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.
Acts 24:24… idia gunaika arōnta Ioudaia metapempeta ton Paulon kai akouata autou peri tau eis …… was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about …
Acts 24:27… toi Ioudaioi tos Fēlikos kataleipata ton Paulon dorēnton.… the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
Acts 25:4… men oun Fēstos apokrinita tērorō ton Paulon eis Kaisareian, heauton de mellarō en …But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and …
Acts 25:6… kathizarantos epi teu bēmeu keleuata ton Paulon agira.… the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.
Acts 25:14… to basilevo anatitheta teim kata ton Paulon legarōntos; Andros tinos atō kataleiporēntos hupo …… staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is …
Acts 26:1Agrippos de pros ton Paulon fēate; Epitrepotō si huper siautou legarō. …Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for …
paulor“Paul”direct addressvocative singular2×
Acts 26:24… Fēstos mega ta fōna fēatō; Mainosō, Paulor; teim polleim sin grammeim eis manian …… a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you …
Acts 27:24legarōntos; Mē fobosōr, Paulor; Kaisaro sin datō parastēara, kai idou …and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And …
paulou“Paul”of, belonging togenitive singular30×, 27 shown
Acts 13:45… pimplēila zēlou kai antilegale tei hupo Paulou lalorōntei blasfēmarōntois.… jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
Acts 14:9houtos akouata tou Paulou lalarōntou; hos atenizarantos auto kai horarantos …… was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and …
Acts 15:12… tem plēthem, kai akouale Barnabou kai Paulou exēgorōntoiu hoseim poiata tos theos sēmeim …… as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God …
Acts 16:14“Paul”… kardian prosecharō tei lalorōntei hupo tou Paulou.… opened her heart to respond to Paul’s …
Acts 17:13… en ta Beroia katangelita hupo tou Paulou tos logos tou theou, erchala kakei …… the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of …
Acts 17:16… de tai Athēnai ekdechorōntou autoin tou Paulou, paroxunote tem pneumem autou en auto …While Paul was waiting for them in Athens …
Acts 18:14mellarōntou de tou Paulou anoigarō tem stomem legata tos Galliōnos …But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told …
Acts 19:6kai epititharantou autoi tou Paulou cheirain erchata tem pneumem tem hagiem …And when Paul laid his hands on them, the …
Acts 19:11… tos theos poiate dia taiu cheiraiu Paulou,… extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
Acts 19:29… sunarpazarantois Gaion kai Aristarchon Makedonoin, sunekdēmoin Paulou.… dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
Acts 19:30Paulou de boulorōntou eiserchara eis ton dēmon …Paul wanted to go before the assembly …
Acts 20:9… thuridau, kataferorōntos hupno bathuo dialegorōntou tou Paulou epi polloterem, kataferirantos apo tou hupnou …… sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he …
Acts 20:37… kai epipiptarantois epi ton trachēlon tou Paulou katafilale auton,… all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
Acts 21:11… nin kai airarantos tan zōnan tou Paulou darantos heautou toin podoin kai tain …Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and …
Acts 21:30… sundromas tou laou, kai epilaberantois tou Paulou helkale auton exō teu hiereu, kai …… the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the …
Acts 23:16Akouarantos de tos huios tau adelfau Paulou tan enedran paragenerantos kai eisercharantos eis …But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he …
Acts 24:1… hotinois emfanizala to hēgemono kata tou Paulou.… to the governor their case against Paul.
Acts 24:26… hoti chrēmeim dōiti auto hupo tou Paulou; dio kai puknoterem auton metapemporōntos homilate …… same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe. So …
Acts 25:2… tois prōtois toiu Ioudaioiu kata tou Paulou, kai parakalale auton… Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
Acts 25:8tou Paulou apologorōntou hoti Oute eis ton nomon …Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed …
Acts 25:21tou de Paulou epikalerantou tērira auton eis tan tou …But when Paul appealed to be held over for …
Acts 27:11“Paul”… nauklēro mallon peithote ē tei hupo Paulou legorōntei.… centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
Acts 28:3sustrefarantou de tou Paulou fruganeiu tinem plēthem kai epititharantou epi …Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and …
Acts 28:25… arōntois pros allēloin apoluole, legarantou tou Paulou rēmem henem hoti Kalōs tem pneumem …… themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The …
1 Corinthians 1:12… hekastos vu legatō; Mis men amō Paulou, Mis de Apollou, Mis de Kēfou, …… among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas …
1 Corinthians 1:13… huper vu, ē eis tem onomem Paulou baptiziva?… you baptized into the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians 3:4… gar legateiō tinos; Mis men amō Paulou, heteros de; Mis Apollou, ouk anthrōpois …… one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are …
paulo“Paul”to, fordative singular17×
Acts 13:7hos ate sun to anthupato Sergio Paulo, andro suneto. houtos proskalerantos Barnabon kai …an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence …
Acts 13:43… Ioudaioiu kai toiu seborōntoiu prosēlutoiu to Paulo kai to Barnabo, hotinois proslalarōntois autoi …… and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them …
Acts 15:2… stasiau kai zētēsiau ouk oligau to Paulo kai to Barnabo pros autoin tassala …… engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with …
Acts 15:22… autoiu pempara eis Antiocheian sun to Paulo kai Barnabo, Ioudon ton kalorōnton Barsabbon …… them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called …
Acts 15:25… sun toi agapētoi nu Barnabo kai Paulo,… along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
Acts 16:9kai horamem dia nuktau to Paulo horita, andros Makedonos tinos ate stēarēntos …During the night, Paul had a vision of a man …
Acts 16:17houtas katakoloutharōntas to Paulo kai ni krazate legarōntas; Houtois tois …This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting …
Acts 16:29… eispēdata kai entromos generantos prospiptata to Paulo kai to Silo,… rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
Acts 17:2kata de tem eiōtharēntem to Paulo eiserchata pros autoin kai epi sabbateim …As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on …
Acts 17:4… ek autoiu peithila kai prosklērila to Paulo kai to Silo, toiu tē seborōntoiu …… the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large …
Acts 18:9… kurios en nukta dia horameu to Paulo; Mē fobosōr, alla lalasōr kai mē …One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be …
Acts 18:12… Achaiau katepistēala homothumadōs tois Ioudaiois to Paulo kai agala auton epi tem bēmem,… the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment …
Acts 21:4… epimenana autou hēmerain hepta, hotinois to Paulo legale dia teu pneumeu mē epibainarō …… Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
Acts 23:16… eisercharantos eis tan parembolan apangelata to Paulo.… went into the barracks and told Paul.
Acts 25:9… toi Ioudaioi charitan katatithera apokrinirantos to Paulo legata; Thelasō eis Hierosolumeim anabainarantos ekei …… the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up …
Acts 27:3… Sidōnan, filanthrōpōs tē tos Ioulios to Paulo chrerantos epitrepata pros toin filoin poreuiranto …… landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit …
Acts 28:16… de eiserchana eis Rōman, epitrepita to Paulo menarō kata heauton sun to fulassarōnto …When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself …