noun · masculine
skeuaos
GreekΣκευᾶς (skeuas)
Strong’sG4630
Sceva
stem skeua-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Σκευᾶς, -ᾶ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4630 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidskyoo-as'
left-handed; Scevas (i.e. Scævus), an Israelite
Fromapparently of Latin origin;
King JamesSceva.
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 | skeuaos | skeuaois |
| object accusative | skeuaon | skeuaoin |
| direct address vocative | skeuaor | skeuaoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | skeuaou1×Σκευᾶ | skeuaoiu |
| to, for dative | skeuao | skeuaoi |
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
skeuao 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
skeuaou“Sceva”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 19:14“Sceva”ale de tinou Skeuaou Ioudaiou archierevou hepta huiois houtem poiarōtois.Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.