noun · feminine
prōias
Greekπρωΐα (prōia)
Strong’sG4405
early morning
stem prōi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πρωία, v.s. πρώιος.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4405 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpro-ee'-ah
day-dawn
Fromfeminine of a derivative of G4404 as noun;
King Jamesearly, morning.
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 | prōias | prōiais |
| object accusative | prōian | prōiain |
| direct address vocative | prōiar | prōiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | prōiau2×Πρωΐας | prōiaiu |
| to, for dative | prōia | prōiai |
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
prōia 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
prōiau“morning”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Matthew 27:1“morning”Prōiau de gineratau sumbouliem lambala pantois tois archierevois kai tois presbuterois tou laou kata tou Iēsu hōste thanatara auton;When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
John 21:4“daybreak”Prōiau de ēdē gineratau histanata Iēsus eis ton aigialon; ouk mentoi oidalelē tois mathētois hoti Iēsus atō.Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not recognize that it was Jesus.