noun · masculine
stachuos
Greekστάχυς (stachus)
Strong’sG4719
a head of grain
stem stachu-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
στάχυς, -υος, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for שִׁבֹּלֶת;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4719 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidstakh'-oos
a head of grain (as standing out from the stalk)
Fromfrom the base of G2476;
King Jamesear (of corn).
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 | stachuos | stachuois |
| object accusative | stachuon1×στάχυν | stachuoin3×στάχυας |
| direct address vocative | stachuor | stachuoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | stachuou | stachuoiu |
| to, for dative | stachuo1×στάχυϊ | stachuoi |
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
stachuo 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
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
stachuon“head”objectaccusative singular1×
Mark 4:28“head”automatas tas gēas karpoforatō, prōtem chorton, eita stachuon, eita plēron siton en to stachuo.All by itself the earth produces a crop— first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
stachuo“head”to, fordative singular1×
Mark 4:28“head”automatas tas gēas karpoforatō, prōtem chorton, eita stachuon, eita plēron siton en to stachuo.All by itself the earth produces a crop— first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
stachuoin“heads of grain”objectaccusative plural3×
Matthew 12:1“heads of grain”En ekeino to kairo poreuita tos Iēsus tei sabbatei dia teiu sporimeiu; tois de mathētois autou peinala kai archela tillarō stachuoin kai esthiarō.At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
Mark 2:23“heads of grain”Kai gineta auton en tei sabbatei paraporeuerō dia teiu sporimeiu, kai tois mathētois autou archela hodan poiarō tillarōtois toin stachuoin.One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.
Luke 6:1“heads of grain”Gineta de en sabbate diaporeuerō auton dia sporimeiu, kai tillale tois mathētois autou kai esthiale toin stachuoin psōcharōtois tai cheirai.One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.