noun · masculine
prodotos
Greekπροδότης (prodotēs)
Strong’sG4273
a betrayer
stem prodot-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** προ-δότης, -ου, ὁ
(προδίδωμι), [in LXX: II Mac 5:15 10:13, 22, III Mac 3:24*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4273 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidprod-ot'-ace
a surrender
Fromfrom G4272 (in the sense of giving forward into another's (the enemy's) hands);
King Jamesbetrayer, traitor.
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 | prodotos1×προδότης | prodotois2×προδόται |
| object accusative | prodoton | prodotoin |
| direct address vocative | prodotor | prodotoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | prodotou | prodotoiu |
| to, for dative | prodoto | prodotoi |
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
prodoto 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
prodotos“traitor”subjectnominative singular1×
Luke 6:16“traitor”kai Ioudaon Iakōbou kai Ioudaon Iskariōth hos gineta prodotos.Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
prodotois“betrayers”subjectnominative plural2×
Acts 7:52“betrayers”tinon toiu profētoiu ouk diōkala tois patērois vu? kai apokteinala toin prokatangellaratoin peri tau eleusiau tou dikaiou hou nun vis prodotois kai foneuois gineva,Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers —
2 Timothy 3:4“treacherous”prodotois, propetois, tufirētois, filēdonois mallon ē filotheois,traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,