adjective

sidērouos

Greekσιδηροῦς (sidērous)

Strong’sG4603

made of iron

stem sidērou-5 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

iron5×

What it means

σιδήρεος, -α, -ον (-οῦς, -ᾶ -οῦν)

(< σίδηρος), [in LXX chiefly for בַּרְזֶל;]

of iron: Ac 12:10, Re 2:27 9:9 12:5 19:15.†

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

Strong’s G4603 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsid-ay'-reh-os

made of iron

Fromfrom G4604;

King James(of) iron.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	sidērouos	sidērouas	sidērouem	sidērouois	sidērouais	sidēroueim
object accusative	sidērouon	sidērouan1×σιδηρᾶν		sidērouoin1×σιδηροῦς	sidērouain
direct address vocative	sidērouor	sidērouar		sidērouoir	sidērouair
of, belonging to genitive	sidērouou	sidērouau	sidēroueu	sidērouoiu	sidērouaiu	sidēroueiu
to, for dative	sidērouo	sidēroua3×σιδηρᾷ	sidēroue	sidērouoi	sidērouai	sidērouei

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

sidēroustem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

sidērou 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

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

sidērouan“iron”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 12:10“iron”diercharatois de prōtan fulakan kai deuteran erchala epi tan pulan tan sidērouan tan ferarōtan eis tan politan, hotinas automatas anoigita autoi, kai exercharatois proerchala ruman henan, kai eutheōs afistanata tos angelos apo autou.They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.

sidēroua“iron”to, fordative singular3×

Revelation 2:27“iron”kai poimainati autoin en rabda sidēroua hōs teim skeueim teim keramikeim suntribitō,He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery — just as I have received authority from My Father.

Revelation 12:5“iron”kai tiktata huion, arsēnem, hos mellatō poimainarō panteim teim ethneim en rabda sidēroua; kai harpazita tem teknem autau pros ton theon kai pros ton thronon autou.And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.

Revelation 19:15“iron”kai ek teu stomeu autou ekporeuetō romfaias oxuas, hina en auta patassateia teim ethneim, kai autos poimainati autoin en rabda sidēroua; kai autos patatō tan lēnan tou oinou tou thumou tau orgau tou theou tou pantokratōrou.And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

sidērouoin“iron”objectaccusative plural1×

Revelation 9:9“iron”kai echale thōraxoin hōs thōraxoin sidērouoin, kai tas fōnas taiu pteruxaiu autaiu hōs fōnas harmeiu hippoiu polloiu trecharōtoiu eis polemon;They also had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.