εὐγενής
eugenḗs · G2104 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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high status, important
Pertaining to having high status, with the possible implication of special family relations contributing to such status
ExamplesLuke 19:12 So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then to return.
1 Corinthians 1:26 For consider your calling, brothers and sisters, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
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willingness to learn, to be open-minded, to be noble-minded
A willingness to learn and evaluate something fairly
ExamplesActs 17:11 Now these people were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πολύςmany 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὗτοςthis 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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In the other Testament 2 words
- חֹר chôr · H2715 · hole, den, socket
- Hebrew noun denoting a noble person, corresponding to the literal sense of εὐγενής as 'well born' or 'high in rank.' Used in contexts of social status and nobility.
- נָדִיב nâdîyb · H5081 · willing, noble person
- Hebrew adjective/noun covering both the social status sense ('noble') and the moral sense ('generous, willing') of εὐγενής, making it a close semantic match across the target's range of meaning.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Willingness to learn, to be open-minded, to be noble-minded27.48
- In Acts 17:11, the Bereans “were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily,” describing an open, teachable disposition.
- High status, important87.27
- In Luke 19:12, Jesus tells a parable: “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then to return,” using this word for someone of high social rank.
Word family 29 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐυγενες (from εὖ and γένος); 1. well-born, of noble race: Lk 19:12 (of a prince); 1 Cor…
1. well-born, of noble race: Lk 19:12 (of a prince); 1 Cor 1:26.
2. noble-minded: comparitive ἐυγενεστερος, Acts 17:11. (the Sept.; often in Greek writings from Aristophanes and Tragg. down.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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