noun · feminine

tribas

Greekτρίβος (tribos)

Strong’sG5147

a worn path, beaten way

stem trib-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

paths3×

What it means

τρίβος, -ου, -ἡ

(< τρίβω), [in LXX for מְסִלָּה, נָתִיב, etc.;]

a beaten track, a path: Mt 3:3, Mk 1:3, Lk 3:4 (LXX).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5147 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtree'-bos

akin to τείρω, τρύω, and the base of G5131, G5134); a rut or worn track

Fromfrom τρίβω (to "rub";

King Jamespath.

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	tribas	tribais
object accusative	triban	tribain3×τρίβους
direct address vocative	tribar	tribair
of, belonging to genitive	tribau	tribaiu
to, for dative	triba	tribai

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

tribstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

triba 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

tribain“paths”objectaccusative plural3×

Matthew 3:3“paths”houtos gar atō tos legiratos dia Ēsaiou tou profētou legarōtou; Fōnas boarōtou en ta erēma; Hetoimazavar tan hodan kuriou, euthuain poiavōr tain tribain autou.This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Mark 1:3“paths”fōnas boarōtou en ta erēma; Hetoimazavar tan hodan kuriou, euthuain poiavōr tain tribain autou,“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Luke 3:4“paths”hōs grafitē en bibla logoiu Ēsaiou tou profētou; Fōnas boarōtou en ta erēma; Hetoimazavar tan hodan kuriou, euthuain poiavōr tain tribain autou.as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.