noun · masculine
sōsipatros
GreekΣωσίπατρος (sōsipatros)
Strong’sG4989
Sosipater
stem sōsipatr-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Σωσίπατρος, -ου, ὁ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4989 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidso-sip'-at-ros
Sosipatrus, a Christian
Fromprolongation for G4986;
King JamesSosipater.
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 | sōsipatros1×Σωσίπατρος | sōsipatrois |
| object accusative | sōsipatron | sōsipatroin |
| direct address vocative | sōsipatror | sōsipatroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | sōsipatrou | sōsipatroiu |
| to, for dative | sōsipatro | sōsipatroi |
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
sōsipatro 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
sōsipatros“Sosipater”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 16:21“Sosipater”Aspazetō vin Timotheos tos sunergos mu, kai Loukios kai Iasōnos kai Sōsipatros tois sungenois mu.Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.