noun · masculine
silaos
GreekΣιλᾶς (silas)
Strong’sG4609
Silas
stem sila-4 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
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.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | silaos4×Σιλᾶς | silaois |
| object accusative | silaon | silaoin |
| direct address vocative | silaor | silaoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | silaou | silaoiu |
| to, for dative | silao | silaoi |
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
silao 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
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
silaos“Silas”subjectnominative singular4×
Acts 15:32“Silas”Ioudaos tē kai Silaos, kai autois profētois arōtois, dia logou pollou parakalala toin adelfoin kai epistērizala;Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
Acts 16:25“Silas”Kata de tem mesonuktiem Paulos kai Silaos proseucherōtois humnale ton theon, epakroele de autoiu tois desmiois;About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Acts 17:14“Silas”eutheōs de tote ton Paulon exapostelala tois adelfois poreuerō heōs epi tan thalassan; hupomenala tē tos tē Silaos kai tos Timotheos ekei.The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
Acts 18:5“Silas”Hōs de katerchala apo tau Makedoniau tos tē Silaos kai tos Timotheos, sunechite to logo tos Paulos, diamarturerōtos toi Ioudaioi arō ton christon Iēsun.And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.