noun · masculine
silōam
GreekΣιλωάμ (silōam)
Strong’sG4611
Siloam
stem silōam-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Σιλωάμ (indecl., but in FlJ, gen., ᾶ, B.J., ii, 16, 2), ὁ (Heb. שִׁלֹחַ),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4611 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsil-o-am'
Siloam (i.e. Shiloach), a pool of Jerusalem
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesSiloam.
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 | silōam | silōam |
| object accusative | silōam1×Σιλωὰμ | silōam |
| direct address vocative | silōam | silōam |
| of, belonging to genitive | silōam1×Σιλωάμ | silōam |
| to, for dative | silōam1×Σιλωὰμ | silōam |
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
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
silōam“Siloam”objectaccusative singular1×
John 9:11“Siloam”apokrinita ekeinos; Tos anthrōpos tos legirōtos Iēsus pēlon poiata kai epichriata mu toin ofthalmoin kai legata mi hoti Hupagasōr eis ton Silōam kai niptesar; apercharatos oun kai nipteratos anablepama.He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
silōam“Siloam”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
John 9:7“Siloam”kai legata auto; Hupagasōr niptesar eis tan kolumbēthran tou Silōam hem hermēneuitō Apostelirētos. aperchata oun kai nipteta, kai erchata bleparōtos.Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.
silōam“Siloam”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 13:4“Siloam”ē ekeinois tois dekaoktō epi hoin piptata tos purgos en to Silōam kai apokteinata autoin, dokavō hoti autois ofeiletois ginela para pantoin toin anthrōpoin toin katoikarōtoin Ierousalēm?Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?