Word

Καῖσαρ

Kaîsar · G2541 · Greek · 29 occurrences

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Place

Caesareafirst named in Acts 8:4016 verses

Meanings

Caesar or the Emperor

The Greek transcription of a Latin word used as a name and title for a Roman emperor

Examples
Matthew 22:17 “Tell us then, what do You think? Is it permissible to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”
Matthew 22:21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”
Mark 12:14 They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and do not care what anyone thinks; for You are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God in truth. Is it permissible to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?
the Emperor

The Emperor, a title for the Roman Emperor

Examples
Matthew 22:17 “Tell us then, what do You think? Is it permissible to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”
Matthew 22:21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”
Mark 12:14 They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and do not care what anyone thinks; for You are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God in truth. Is it permissible to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

Τιβέριοςprobably pertaining to the river Tiberis or Tiber 1
ΑὐγοῦστοςAugustus 1

What is done to itIt is the object

8 occurrences in 4 groups

ἐπικαλέομαιto call, to name, to call upon 4
ἀποδίδωμιto give back, to pay, to repay 3
ἔπωto say 1
ὁthe (definite article) 1

It is given or told toIndirect object

8 occurrences in 3 groups

δίδωμιto give, to grant 4
ἀποδίδωμιto give back, to pay, to repay 3
ἀντιλέγωto oppose 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ὁthe (definite article) 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 4 groups

ἐπίon 2
παράfrom, with, beside 2
πρόςto, toward, with 2
εἰςto 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

7 occurrences in 5 groups

ὁthe (definite article) 3
δόγμαdecree, ordinance 1
οἰκίαhouse, home, dwelling 1
φίλοςfriend 1
βῆμαjudgement seat 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.

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.

Semantic domains 2 entries

The Emperor37.74: In Acts 25:11, Paul, appealing his case, declares, “I appeal to Caesar,” using this word for the Roman emperor as the highest civil authority to whom an appeal could be made.
Caesar, the Emperor93.208: In Luke 2:1, it is written, “a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth,” naming this specific emperor.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ΚαῖσαρKaîsar · G2541Καισάρεια Kaisáreia · G2542 · Cæsaria, the name of two places in Palestine · 17×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon Καίσαρος (Alexander Buttmann (1873) 16 (15)), ὁ, Caesar (properly, the surname of Julius…

Καίσαρος (Alexander Buttmann (1873) 16 (15)), ὁ, Caesar (properly, the surname of Julius Caesar, which being adopted by Octavianus Augustus and his successors afterward became an appellative, and was appropriated by the Roman emperors as a part of their title (cf. Dict. of Biogr. and Mythol. under the word )): Mt 22:17, Mt 22:21; Mk 12:14, Mk 12:16; Lk 2:1; Lk 3:1; Lk 20:22; Lk 23:2; Jn 19:12; Acts 11:28 (Rec.); , etc.; Phm 4:22.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Rule, Govern17 occurrences Persons29 occurrences

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