ἔνδειγμα
éndeigma · G1730 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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proof, evidence, verification, indication
(Derivative of ἐνδείκνυμαι ‘to show, to demonstrate,’) The means by which one knows that something is a fact
Examples2 Thessalonians 1:5 This is a plain indication of God’s righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you indeed are suffering.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κρίσιςjudgment 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- σημεῖον sēmeîon · G4592 · sign
- Common Greek synonym for an indication or sign that serves as evidence or proof; σημεῖον is the standard term where ἔνδειγμα emphasizes the concrete evidential aspect
- τεκμήριον tekmḗrion · G5039 · evidence, proof, convincing proof
- A decisive proof or indication; more technical term for conclusive evidence, closely overlapping with ἔνδειγμα's sense of concrete indication
- μαρτύριον martýrion · G3142 · to witness, testimony, witness
- Evidence or proof given as testimony; overlaps with ἔνδειγμα in the sense of concrete evidence or indication of something
In the other Testament 1 word
- אוֹת ʼôwth · H226 · sign, standard, souvenir
- Hebrew equivalent for 'indication' or 'sign' - a concrete mark or token serving as evidence or proof of something
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Proof, evidence, verification, indication28.52
- This noun denotes a clear indication or proof of something, used of Paul's description of the Thessalonians' suffering as a plain token of God's righteous judgment — "This is a plain indication of God's righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God" (2 Thessalonians 1:5).
Word family 14 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐνδειγτος, τά (ἐνδείκνυμι, token, evidence, proof (A. V. manifest token): 2 Thess 1:5…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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