noun · feminine
samas
GreekΣάμος (samos)
Strong’sG4544
Samos
stem sam-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Σάμος, -ου, ἡ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4544 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsam'-os
Samus, an island of the Mediterranean
Fromof uncertain affinity;
King JamesSamos.
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 | samas | samais |
| object accusative | saman1×Σάμον | samain |
| direct address vocative | samar | samair |
| of, belonging to genitive | samau | samaiu |
| to, for dative | sama | samai |
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
sama 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
saman“Samos”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 20:15“Samos”kakeithen apoplaratois ta epeiarōta katantana antikrus Chiau, ta de hetera paraballana eis Saman, ta de echerōta erchana eis Milētan;Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.