noun · masculine
silos
Strong’sG4609
Silas
stem sil-8 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
Σίλας, -α (acc to BL, § 29, W-Schm., 74, -ᾶς, -ᾶ), ὁ (Aram. שׁאִילָא; v. Dalman, Gr., 1575),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4609 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsee'-las
Silas, a Christian
Fromcontraction for G4610;
King JamesSilas.
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
Silas (called also Σιλουανός, which see):
(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 | silos | silois |
| object accusative | silon6×Σιλᾶν | siloin |
| direct address vocative | silor | siloir |
| of, belonging to genitive | silou | siloiu |
| to, for dative | silo2×Σιλᾷ | siloi |
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
silo 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
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
silon“Silas”objectaccusative singular6×
Acts 15:22… Barnabo, Ioudon ton kalorōnton Barsabbon kai Silon, androin hēgorōntoin en toi adelfoi,… They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,
Acts 15:27apostelanē oun Ioudon kai Silon, kai autoin dia logou apangelarōntoin teim …Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to tell you in person the …
Acts 15:40Paulos de epilegerantos Silon exerchata paradōirantos ta charita tou kuriou …but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers …
Acts 16:19… autoiu epilaberantois ton Paulon kai ton Silon helkala eis tan agoran epi toin …… was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities …
Acts 17:10… ekpempala ton tē Paulon kai ton Silon eis Beroian, hotinois paragenerantois eis tan …… fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there …
Acts 17:15… Athēnaiu, kai labarantois entolan pros ton Silon kai ton Timotheon hina hōs tachuotateim …… and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as …
silo“Silas”to, fordative singular2×
Acts 16:29… generantos prospiptata to Paulo kai to Silo,… and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
Acts 17:4… kai prosklērila to Paulo kai to Silo, toiu tē seborōntoiu Hellēnoiu plēthem pollem …… were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of …