noun · feminine
smurnas
GreekΣμύρνα (smurna)
Strong’sG4667
Smyrna
stem smurn-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Σμύρνα (T, Ζμ-; B1., § 3, 9), -ας, ἡ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4667 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsmoor'-nah
Smyrna, a place in Asia Minor
Fromthe same as G4666;
King JamesSmyrna.
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 | smurnas | smurnais |
| object accusative | smurnan1×Σμύρναν | smurnain |
| direct address vocative | smurnar | smurnair |
| of, belonging to genitive | smurnau | smurnaiu |
| to, for dative | smurna1×Σμύρνῃ | smurnai |
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
smurna 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
smurnan“smyrna”objectaccusative singular1×
Revelation 1:11“smyrna”legarōtau; Hem blepasō grafasar eis bibliem kai pempasar tai hepta ekklēsai, eis Efesan kai eis Smurnan kai eis Pergaman kai eis Thuateireim kai eis Sardiain kai eis Filadelfeian kai eis Laodikeian.saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
smurna“Smyrna”to, fordative singular1×
Revelation 2:8“Smyrna”Kai to angelo tau en Smurna ekklēsau grafasar; Hōdeim legatō tos prōtos kai tos eschatos, hos gineta nekros kai zōata;To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.