πᾶς
pâs · G3956 · Greek · 1,244 occurrences
Meanings
-
all, every, each, whole
The totality of any object, mass, collective, or extension
ExamplesMatthew 1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations.
Matthew 2:3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Matthew 2:4 And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.
-
any, anyone, anything
Any one of a totality
ExamplesMatthew 18:19 “Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 19:3 Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”
Mark 7:18 And He said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding as well? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the person from outside cannot defile him,
-
complete, completely, totally, totality
A degree of totality or completeness
ExamplesActs 4:29 “And now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant it to Your bond-servants to speak Your word with all confidence,
Acts 5:23 saying, “We found the prison locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
Acts 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.
-
entire, whole, total
(With the definite article) Pertaining to being entire or whole, with focus on the totality
ExamplesMatthew 11:27 “All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son determines to reveal Him.
Matthew 18:26 “So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’
Matthew 18:32 “Then summoning him, his master said to him, ‘You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.
-
every kind of, all sorts of
A totality of kinds or sorts
ExamplesMatthew 4:23 Jesus was going about in all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Acts 10:12 and on it were all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the sky.
Acts 13:10 and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?
-
regularly, periodically
(An idiom, literally: through all) A number of related points of time, occurring at regular intervals
ExamplesActs 10:2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and made many charitable contributions to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.
2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all!
-
always, constantly, continually
(An idiom, literally: through all) Duration of time, either continuous or episodic, but without limits
ExamplesMatthew 18:10 “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones; for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.
Mark 5:5 Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and cutting himself with stones.
Luke 24:53 and were continually in the temple praising God.
How it’s used In 10 roles
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
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- σύyou 2
- ἐγώI, we 1
Named alongside itApposition
14 occurrences in 17 groups
- θεόςGod 3
- πατήρfather 3
- Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17
What it doesIt is the subject
124 occurrences in 85 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 5
- εἴδωto know 4
- ἔξεστιit is lawful, it is permitted 4
- ἔχωto have 4
- θαυμάζωto marvel, to wonder 4
- λέγωto say 4
- Other words · 75 groups that occur once or twice (92) 92
What is done to itIt is the object
89 occurrences in 58 groups
- ποιέωto do, to make 7
- ὑποτάσσωto submit, to subject 7
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 3
- εἴδωto know 3
- ἐκβάλλωto cast out, to drive out 3
- ἀφίημιto leave, to forgive, to let 3
- Other words · 52 groups that occur once or twice (64) 64
It is given or told toIndirect object
9 occurrences in 7 groups
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 2
- λέγωto say 2
- διαμερίζωto distribute 1
- δουλόωto enslave, to make a slave of 1
- μερίζωto divide 1
- παρέχωto cause, to give, to provide 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- διδάσκωto teach, teaching 1
What it is said to bePredicate
39 occurrences in 27 groups
- δυνατόςable, possible, powerful 4
- καθαρόςclean 4
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 4
- σύyou 3
- Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (27) 27
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
13 occurrences in 11 groups
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
103 occurrences in 16 groups
- ἐνin 58
- διάthrough 23
- ὑπόby, under 13
- κατάaccording to, against, down 11
- ὑπέρfor 11
- πρόςto, toward, with 9
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
23 occurrences in 19 groups
- ἔσχατοςlast 3
- Other words · 18 groups that occur once or twice (20) 20
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.
Near synonyms 2 words
- ἅπας hápas · G537 · all, every, each
- πᾶς and ἅπας both express comprehensive quantification — 'all' or 'every.' ἅπας is generally regarded as a more emphatic form of πᾶς, underscoring totality without excluding anyone or anything, though the two words are otherwise near-synonymous.
- ὅλος hólos · G3650 · whole, all, complete
- Both express totality, but πᾶς functions as a universal quantifier with distributive force ('every,' 'any,' 'each') and extends to temporal/adverbial meanings ('always,' 'regularly'), while ὅλος typically denotes collective wholeness or completeness without distributive nuance. The two overlap when expressing collective totality but are not fully interchangeable across their semantic ranges.
In the other Testament 3 words
- כֹּל kôl · H3605 · all, every, whole
- Greek πᾶς and Hebrew כֹּל are direct cross-linguistic equivalents, both functioning as universal quantifiers denoting totality, completeness, or the entirety of a referent ('all,' 'every,' 'whole'), with πᾶς serving as the standard LXX rendering of כֹּל across the overwhelming majority of its occurrences.
- כֹּל kôl · H3606 · all, every
- כֹּל (kôl, H3606) is the Aramaic equivalent of Greek πᾶς (pâs, G3956), both denoting universal quantification across the semantic range of 'all,' 'every,' and 'the whole,' functioning as direct translation equivalents in Hebrew/Aramaic-to-Greek rendering contexts.
- כָּלִיל kâlîyl · H3632 · perfect, perfectly, completely
- πᾶς (pâs, G3956) serves as the standard Greek totality quantifier across all registers; כָּלִיל (kâlîyl, H3632) is a specialized Hebrew term for completeness/entirety primarily in cultic contexts (whole burnt offerings) and poetic/prophetic intensification, with semantic overlap in the domain of totality but marked register restriction.
Semantic domains 7 entries
- Every kind of, all sorts of58.28
- This domain covers πᾶς naming an unrestricted variety within a category, as Luke describes the contents of Peter's vision: “and on it were all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the sky.” (Acts 10:12)
- All, every, each, whole59.23
- Here πᾶς names an unbroken totality of persons or things, as Luke describes the devotion of the earliest believers: “All these were continually devoting themselves with one mind to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.” (Acts 1:14)
- Any, anyone, anything59.24
- Here πᾶς names an indefinite member of a class rather than a fixed totality, as Paul instructs the Philippians on facing worry: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” (Philippians 4:6)
- Entire, whole, total63.2
- Here πᾶς names the complete span of a single period viewed as one unit, as Paul recalls his conduct throughout his time in Asia: “‘You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time.’” (Acts 20:18)
- Regularly, periodically67.15
- Here πᾶς marks a recurring interval rather than a single totality, as Luke describes the apostles' unceasing daily teaching: “And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and preaching the good news of Jesus as the Christ.” (Acts 5:42)
- Always, constantly, continually67.86
- Here πᾶς names an uninterrupted continuation over time, as Paul describes his own habit of remembering the Philippians: “always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all.” (Philippians 1:4)
- Complete, completely, totally, totality78.44
- Here πᾶς names a state of having reached full maturity or completeness, as Paul describes the goal of his teaching ministry: “We proclaim Him, admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Christ.” (Colossians 1:28)
Word family 2 words
This word has no family of its own: these words share its root.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon πᾶσα, πᾶν, genitive παντός, πάσης, παντός, (dative plural, Lachmann πᾶσι ten times,…
I. adjectivally, and
1. with anarthrous nouns;
a. any, every one (namely, of the class denoted by the norm annexed to πᾶς); with the singular: as πᾶν δένδρον, Mt 3:10; πᾶσα θυσία, Mk 9:49 (T WH Tr marginal reading omits; Tr text brackets the clause); add, Mt 5:11; Mt 15:13; Lk 4:37; Jn 2:10; Jn 15:2; Acts 2:43; Acts 5:42; Rom 14:11; 1 Cor 4:17; Rev 18:17, and very often; πᾶσα ψυχή ἀνθρώπου, Rom 2:9 (πᾶσα ἄνθρωπος ψυχή, Plato, Phaedr., p. 249 e.); πᾶσα συνείδησις ἀνθρώπων, 2 Cor 4:2; πᾶς λεγόμενος Θεός, 2 Thess 2:4; πᾶς ἅγιος ἐν Χριστῷ, Phm 4:21ff with the plural, all or any that are of the class indicated by the noun: as πάντες ἄνθρωποι, Acts 22:15; Rom 5:12, Rom 5:18; Rom 12:17; 1 Cor 7:7; 1 Cor 15:19; πάντες ἅγιοι, Rom 16:15; πάντες ἄγγελοι Θεοῦ, Heb 1:6; πάντα (L T Tr WH τά) ἔθνη, Rev 14:8; on the phrase πᾶσα σάρξ, see σάρξ, 3.
b. any and every, of every kind (A. V. often all manner of): πᾶσα νόσος καί μαλακία, Mt 4:23; Mt 9:35; Mt 10:1; εὐλογία, blessings of every kind, Eph 1:3; so especially with nouns designating virtues or vices, emotions, character, condition, to indicate every mode in which such virtue, vice or emotion manifests itself, or any object whatever to which the idea expressed by the noun belongs: — thus, πᾶσα ἐλπίς, Acts 27:20; σοφία, Acts 7:22; Col 1:28; γνῶσις, Rom 15:14; ἀδικία, ἀσέβεια, etc., Rom 1:18, Rom 1:29; 2 Cor 10:6; Eph 4:19, Eph 4:31; Eph 5:3; σπουδή, 2 Cor 8:7; 2 Pet 1:5; ἐπιθυμία, Rom 7:8; χαρά, Rom 15:13; αὐτάρκεια, 2 Cor 9:8; ἐν παντί λόγῳ καί γνώσει, 1 Cor 1:5; σοφία καί φρονήσει etc. Eph 1:8; ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνη καί δικαιοσύνη, καί ἀλήθεια, Eph 5:9; αἰσθήσει, Phm 1:9; ὑπομονή, θλῖψις, etc., 2 Cor 1:4; 2 Cor 12:12; add, Col 1:9-11; Col 3:16; 2 Thess 1:11; 2 Thess 2:9; 1 Tim 1:15; 1 Tim 5:2; 1 Tim 6:1; 2 Tim 4:2; Tit 2:15 (on which see σπιταγη); ; Jas 1:21; 1 Pet 2:1; 1 Pet 5:10; πᾶσα δικαιοσύνη, i. e. ὁ ἄν ἤ δίκαιον, Mt 3:15; πᾶν θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ, everything God wills, Col 4:12; πᾶσα ὑποταγῇ, obedience in all things, 1 Tim 2:11; πάσῃ συνειδήσει ἀγαθή, consciousness of rectitude in all things, Acts 23:1; — or it signifies the highest degree, the maximum, of the thing which the noun denotes (cf. Winer's Grammar, 110 (105f); Ellicott on Eph 1:8; Meyer on Phm 1:20; Krüger, § 50, 11, 9 and 10): as μετά πάσης παρρησίας, Acts 4:29; Acts 28:31; μετά πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης, Acts 20:19; προθυμίας, Acts 17:11; χαρᾶς, Phm 2:29, cf. Jas 1:2; ἐν πάσῃ ἀσφάλεια, Acts 5:23; ἐν παντί φόβῳ, 1 Pet 2:18; πᾶσα ἐξουσία, Mt 28:18 (πᾶν κράτος, Sophocles Phil. 142).
c. the whole (all, Latintotus): so before proper names of countries, cities, nations; as, πᾶσα Ἱεροσόλυμα, Mt 2:3; πᾶς, Ἰσραήλ, Rom 11:26; before collective terms, as πᾶς οἶκος Ἰσραήλ, Acts 2:36; πᾶσα κτίσις (see κτίσις, 2 b.); πᾶσα γραφή (nearly equivalent to the ὅσα προεγράφη in Rom 15:4), 2 Tim 3:16 (cf. Rothe, Zur Dogmatik, p. 181); πᾶσα γερουσία υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, Ex 12:21; πᾶς ἵππος Φαραώ, Ex 14:23; πᾶν δίκαιον ἔθνος, Additions to Est 1:9 [Esther 11:71:1f]; by a somewhat rare usage before other substantives also, as (πᾶν πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, Acts 17:26 L T Tr WH); οἰκοδομή, Eph 2:21 G L T Tr WH, cf. Harless at the passage, p. 262 (others find no necessity here for resorting to this exceptional use, but render (with R. V.) each several building (cf. Meyer)); πᾶν τέμενος, 3Macc. 1:13 (where see Grimm); Παύλου... ὅς ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολή μνημονεύει ὑμῶν, Ignatius ad Eph. 12 [ET] ((yet cf. Lightfoot)); cf. Passow, under the word πᾶς, 2; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. II.); Winers Grammar, § 18, 4; (Buttmann, § 127, 29); Krüger, § 50, 11, 8 to 11; Kühner, see 545f.
2. with nouns which have the article, all the, the whole (see c. just above): — with the singular; as, πᾶσα ἡ ἀγέλη, the whole herd, Mt 8:32; πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος, Mt 13:2; πᾶς ὁ κόσμος, Rom 3:19; Col 1:6; πᾶσα ἡ πόλις (i. e. all its inhabitants), Mt 8:34; Mt 21:10, etc.; πᾶσα ἡ Ἰουδαία, Mt 3:5; add, Mt 27:25; Mk 5:33; Lk 1:10; Acts 7:14; Acts 10:2; Acts 20:28; Acts 22:5; Rom 4:16; Rom 9:17; 1 Cor 13:2 (πίστιν καί γνῶσιν in their whole compass and extent); Eph 4:16; Col 1:19; Col 2:9, Col 2:19; Phm 1:3; Heb 2:15; Rev 5:6, etc.; the difference between πᾶσα ἡ θλῖψις (all) and πᾶσα θλῖψις (any) appears in 2 Cor 1:4. πᾶς ὁ λαός οὗτος, Lk 9:13; πᾶσαν τήν ὀφειλήν ἐκείνην, Mt 18:32; πᾶς placed after the noun has the force of a predicate: τήν κρίσιν πᾶσαν δέδωκέ, the judgment he hath given wholly (cf. Winer's Grammar, 548 (510)), Jn 5:22; τήν ἐξουσίαν... πᾶσαν ποιεῖ, Rev 13:12; it is placed between the article and noun (Buttmann, § 127, 29; Winer's Grammar, 549 (510)), as τόν πάντα χρόνον, i. e. always, Acts 20:18; add, Gal 5:14; 1 Tim 1:16 (here L T Tr WH ἅπας); — with a plural, all (the totality of the persons or things designated by the noun): πάντας τούς ἀρχιερεῖς, Mt 2:4; add, Mt 4:8; Mt 11:13; Mk 4:13; Mk 6:33; Lk 1:6, Lk 1:48; Acts 10:12, Acts 10:43; Rom 1:5; Rom 15:11; 1 Cor 12:26; 1 Cor 15:25; 2 Cor 8:18, and very often; with a demonstrative pronoun added, Mt 25:7; Lk 2:19, Lk 2:51 (here T WH omit L Tr marginal reading brackets the pronoun); πάντες is placed after the noun: τάς πόλεις πάσας, the cities all (of them) (cf. Winer's Grammar, as above), Mt 9:35: Acts 8:40; add, Mt 10:30; Lk 7:35 (here L Tr WH text πάντων τῶν etc.); Lk 12:7; Acts 8:40; Acts 16:26; Rom 12:4; 1 Cor 7:17; 1 Cor 10:1; 1 Cor 13:2; 1 Cor 15:7; 1 Cor 16:20; 2 Cor 13:2, 2 Cor 13:12(13); Phm 1:13; 1 Thess 5:26; 2 Tim 4:21 (WH brackets πάντες); Rev 8:3; οἱ πάντες followed by a noun, Acts 19:7; Acts 27:37; τούς κατά τά ἔθνη πάντας Ἰουδαίους, Acts 21:21 (here L omits; Tr brackets πάντας).
II. without a substantive;
1. masculine and feminine every one, any one: in the singular, without any addition, Mk 9:49; Lk 16:16; Heb 2:9; followed by a relative pronoun, πᾶς ὅστις, Mt 7:24; Mt 10:32; πᾶς ὅς, Mt 19:29 (L T Tr WH ὅστις); Gal 3:10; πᾶς ὅς ἄν (ἐάν Tr WH), whosoever, Acts 2:21; πᾶς ἐξ ὑμῶν ὅς, Lk 14:33; with a participle which has not the article (Winer's Grammar, 111 (106)): παντός ἀκούοντος (if anyone heareth, whoever he is), Mt 13:19; παντί ὀφείλοντι ἡμῖν, everyone owing (if he owe) us anything, unless ὀφείλοντι is to be taken substantively, every debtor of ours, Lk 11:4; with a participle which has the article and takes the place of a relative clause (Winer's Grammar, as above): πᾶς ὁ ὀργιζόμενος, everyone that is angry, Mt 5:22; add, Mt 7:8; Lk 6:47; Jn 3:8, Jn 3:20; Jn 6:45; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:39; Rom 1:16; Rom 2:10; Rom 12:3; 1 Cor 9:25; 1 Cor 16:16; Gal 3:13; 1 Jn 2:23; 1 Jn 3:3f, 6, etc. Plural, πάντες, without any addition, all men: Mt 10:22; Mk 13:13; Lk 20:38; Lk 21:17; Jn 1:7; Jn 3:31a (in 31b G T WH marginal reading omit the clause); Jn 5:23; Jn 6:45; ; Acts 17:25; Rom 10:12; 1 Cor 9:19; 2 Cor 5:14(); Eph 3:9 (here T WH text omit; L brackets πάντας); of a certain definite whole: all (the people), Mt 21:26; all (we who hold more liberal views), 1 Cor 8:1; all (the members of the church), 1 Cor 8:7; by hyperbole equivalent to the great majority, the multitude, Jn 3:26; all (just before mentioned), Mt 14:20; Mt 22:27; Mt 27:22; Mk 1:27 (here T Tr WH ἅπαντες); Mk 1:37; Mk 6:39, Mk 6:42; ( Lachmann); Lk 1:63; Lk 4:15; Jn 2:15, Jn 2:24, and very often; (all (about to be mentioned), διά πάντων namely, τῶν ἁγίων (as is shown by the following καί κτλ.), Acts 9:32). οἱ πάντες, all taken together, all collectively (cf. Winer's Grammar, 116 (110)): of all men, Rom 11:32; of a certain definite whole, Phm 2:21; with the 1 person plural of the verb, 1 Cor 10:17; Eph 4:13; with a definite number, in all (cf. Buttmann, § 127, 29): ἦσαν δέ οἱ πάντες ἄνδρες ὡσεί δεκαδύο (or δώδεκα), Acts 19:7; ἤμεθα αἱ ψυχαί διακόσιαι ἑβδομήκοντα ἕξ, Acts 27:37 (ἐπ' ἄνδρας τούς πάντας δύο, Judith 4:7; ἐγένοντο οἱ πάντες ὡς τετρακόσιοι, Josephus, Antiquities 6, 12, 3; τούς πάντας εἰς δυσχιλιους, id. 4, 7, 1; ὡς εἶναι τάς πάσας δέκα, Aelian v. h. 12, 35; see other examples from Greek authors in Passow, under the word πᾶς, 5 b.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, C.); relinquitur ergo, ut omnia tria genera sint causarum, Cicero, de invent. 1, 9); οἱ πάντες, all those I have spoken of, 1 Cor 9:22; 2 Cor 5:14(15). πάντες ὅσοι, all as many as, Mt 22:10; Lk 4:40 (here Tr marginal reading WH text ἅπαντες); Jn 10:8; Acts 5:36f; πάντες οἱ with a participle, all (they) that: Mt 4:24; Mk 1:32; Lk 2:18, Lk 2:38; Acts 2:44; Acts 4:16; Rom 1:7; Rom 10:12; 1 Cor 1:2; 2 Cor 1:1; Eph 6:24; 1 Thess 1:7; 2 Thess 1:10; Heb 3:16; 2 Jn 1:1; Rev 13:8; Rev 18:19, Rev 18:24, and often. πάντες οἱ namely, ὄντες: Mt 5:15; Lk 5:9; Jn 5:28; Acts 2:39; Acts 5:17; Acts 16:32; Rom 9:6; 2 Tim 1:15; 1 Pet 5:14, etc. πάντες with personal and demonst. pronouns (compare Winer's Grammar, 548 (510)): ἡμεῖς πάντες, Jn 1:16; Rom 8:32; 2 Cor 3:18; Eph 2:3; πάντες ἡμεῖς, Acts 2:32; Acts 10:33; Acts 26:14; Acts 28:2; Rom 4:16; οἱ πάντες ἡμεῖς, 2 Cor 5:10; ὑμεῖς πάντες, Acts 20:25; πάντες ὑμεῖς, Mt 23:8; Mt 26:31; Lk 9:48; Acts 22:3; Rom 15:33; 2 Cor 7:15; (Gal 3:28 R G L WH); Phm 1:4, Phm 1:7; 1 Thess 1:2; 2 Thess 3:16, 2 Thess 3:18; Tit 3:15; Heb 13:25, etc.; αὐτοί πάντες, 1 Cor 15:10; πάντες αὐτοί, Acts 4:33; Acts 19:17; Acts 20:36; οὗτοι πάντες, Acts 1:14; Acts 17:7; Heb 11:13, Heb 11:39; πάντες (L T ἅπαντες) οὗτοι, Acts 2:7; οἱ δέ πάντες, and they all, Mk 14:64.
2. Neuter πᾶν, everything (anything) whatsoever;
a. in the singular: πᾶν τό followed by a participle (on the neuter in a concrete and collective sense cf. Buttmann, § 128, 1), 1 Cor 10:25, 1 Cor 10:27; Eph 5:13; 1 Jn 5:4; πᾶν τό namely, ὄν, 1 Jn 2:16; πᾶν ὁ, Rom 14:23; Jn 6:37, Jn 6:39 (R. V. all that); Jn 17:2; πᾶν ὁ, τί ἄν or ἐάν, whatsoever, Col 3:17, and Rec. in Col 3:23. Joined to prepositions it forms adverbial phrases: παντός or διαπαντός, always, perpetually, see διά, A. II. 1 a.; ἐν παντί, either in every condition, or in every matter, Phm 4:6; 1 Thess 5:18; in everything, in every way, on every side, in every particular or relation, 2 Cor 4:8; 2 Cor 7:5, 2 Cor 7:11, 2 Cor 7:16; 2 Cor 11:6, 2 Cor 11:9; Eph 5:24; πλουτίζεσθαι, 1 Cor 1:5; (περισσεύειν), 2 Cor 8:7; ἐν παντί καί ἐν πᾶσιν (see μυέω, b.), Phm 4:12.
b. Plural, πάντα (without the article (cf. Winers Grammar, 116 (110); Matthiae, § 438)) all things; α. of a certain definite totality or sum of things, the context shewing what things are meant: Mk 4:34; Mk 6:30; Lk 1:3; (v. 28 L T Tr WH); Jn 4:25 (here T Tr WH ἅπαντα); Rom 8:28; 2 Cor 6:10; Gal 4:1; Phm 2:14; 1 Thess 5:21; 2 Tim 2:10; Tit 1:15; 1 Jn 2:27; πάντα ὑμῶν, all ye do with one another, 1 Cor 16:14; πάντα γίνεσθαι πᾶσιν (A. V. to become all things to all men), i. e. to adapt oneself in all ways to the needs of all, 1 Cor 9:22 L T Tr WH (Rec. τά πάντα i. e. in all the ways possible or necessary); cf. Kypke, Obs. ii, p. 215f. β. accusative πάντα (adverbially), wholly, altogether, in all ways, in all things, in all respects: Acts 20:35; 1 Cor 9:25; 1 Cor 10:33; 1 Cor 11:2; cf. Matthiae, § 425, 5; Passow, ii, p. 764a; (Liddell and Scott, under the word D. II. 4). γ. πάντα, in an absolute sense, all things that exist, all created things: Jn 1:3; 1 Cor 2:10; 1 Cor 15:27; Heb 2:8 (and L T Tr WH in ); Eph 1:22; Col 1:17; 1 Pet 4:7; Rev 21:5; (in Rom 9:5 πάντων is more fitly taken as genitive masculine (but see the commentaries at the passage)). ποίᾳ ἐστιν ἐντολή πρώτη πάντων (genitive neuter; Rec. πασῶν), what commandment is first of all (things), Mk 12:28 (ἐφασκε λέγων κορυδον πάντων πρώτην ὀρνιθα γενέσθαι, προτέραν τῆς γῆς, Aristophanes av. 472; τάς πόλεις... ἐλευθερουν καί πάντων μάλιστα Ἀντανδρον, Thucydides 4, 52; cf. Winers Grammar, § 27,6; (Buttmann, § 150, 6; Green, p. 109); Fritzsche on Mark, p. 538]. δ. with the article (cf. references in b. above), τά πάντα; αα. in an absolute sense, all things collectively, the totality of created things, the universe of things: Rom 11:36; 1 Cor 8:6; Eph 3:9; Eph 4:10; Phm 3:21; Col 1:16; Heb 1:3; Heb 2:10; Rev 4:11; τά πάντα ἐν πᾶσι πληροῦσθαι, to fill the universe of things in all places, Eph 1:23 (Rec. omits τά; but others take ἐν πᾶσιν here modally (see θ'. below), others instrumentally (see Meyer at the passage)). ββ. in a relative sense: Mk 4:11 (Tdf. omits τά) (the whole substance of saving teaching); Acts 17:25 (not Rec.st) (all the necessities of life); Rom 8:32 (all the things that he can give for our benefit); all intelligent beings (others include things material also), Eph 1:10; Col 1:20; it serves by its universality to designate every class of men, all mankind (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 5; Buttmann, § 128, 1), Gal 3:22 (cf. Rom 11:32); 1 Tim 6:13; εἶναι τά (T WH omit τά) πάντα, to avail for, be a substitute for, to possess supreme authority, καί ἐν πᾶσιν (i. e. either with all men or in the minds of all (others take πᾶσιν as neuter, cf. Lightfoot at the passage)), Col 3:11; ἵνα ἤ ὁ Θεός τά (L Tr WH omit τά) πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν (neuter according to Grimm (as below)), i. e. that God may rule supreme by his spiritual power working within all, 'may be the immanent and controlling principle of life,' 1 Cor 15:28 (so in secular authors πάντα or ἅπαντα without the article: πάντα ἦν ἐν τοισι Βαβυλωνιοισι Ζωπυρος, Herodotus 3, 157; cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 727; other examples from secular authors are given in Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 230f; Palairet, Observations, p. 407; cf. Grimm in the Zeitschr. f. wissensch. Theol. for 1873, p. 394ff); accusative (adverbially, cf. β. above) τά πάντα, in all the parts (in which we grow (Meyer)), in all respects, Eph 4:15. The article in τά πάντα refers — in 1 Cor 11:12 to the things before mentioned (husband and wife, and their mutual dependence); in 2 Cor 4:15 to 'all the things that befall me'; in 1 Cor 15:27; Phm 3:8, to the preceding πάντα; in Col 3:8 τά πάντα serves to sum up what follows (Winer's Grammar, 107 (102)). πάντα τά followed by a participle (see πᾶς, πάντες, II. 1 above): Mt 18:31; Lk 12:44; Lk 17:10; Lk 18:31; Lk 21:22; Lk 24:44; Jn 18:4; Acts 10:33; Acts 24:14; Gal 3:10; τά πάντα with participle, Lk 9:7; Eph 5:13; πάντα τά namely, ὄντα (see πᾶς (πᾶν), πάντες, II. 1 and 2 above), Mt 23:20; Acts 4:24; Acts 14:15; Acts 17:24; πάντα τά ὧδε, namely, ὄντα, Col 4:9; τά κατ' ἐμέ, Col 4:7 (see κατά, II. 3 b.). ζ. and τά πάντα with pronouns: τά ἐμά πάντα, Jn 17:10; πάντα τά ἐμά, Lk 15:31; ταῦτα πάντα, these things all taken together (Winer's Grammar, 548 (510); Fritzsche on Mt 24:33, Mt 24:34; cf. Bornemann on Lk 21:36; Lobeck, Paralip., p. 65): Mt 4:9; Mt 6:33; Mt 13:34, Mt 13:51; Lk 12:30; Lk 16:14; Lk 21:36 (πάντα τά L marginal reading); Lk 24:9 (Tdf. πάντα ταῦτα); Acts 7:50; Rom 8:37; 2 Pet 3:11; πάντα ταῦτα, all these things (references as above): Mt 6:32; Mt 24:8, Mt 24:33 (T Tr text ταῦτα πάντα),34 (Tr marginal reading ταῦτα πάντα); Lk 7:18; Acts 24:8; 1 Cor 12:11; Col 3:14; 1 Thess 4:6; the reading varies also between πάντα ταῦτα and ταῦτα πάντα in Mt 19:20; Mt 23:36; Mt 24:2; πάντα τά συμβεβηκότα ταῦτα, Lk 24:14; πάντα ἅ, Jn 4:29 (T WH Tr marginal reading (see the next entry)); Jn 4:45 (here L Tr WH ὅσα (see the next entry)); ; Acts 10:39; Acts 13:39. εε. πάντα ὅσα: Mt 7:12; Mt 13:46; Mt 18:25; Mt 28:20; Mk 12:44; Jn 4:29 (see ζ' above), L Tr WH; Jn 10:41; Jn 16:15; ; Acts 3:22; πάντα ὅσα, ἄν (or ἐάν), Mt 21:22; Mt 23:3; Mk 11:24 (G L T Tr WH omit ἄν); Acts 3:22. τη. πάντα with prepositions forms adverbial phrases: πρό πάντων, before or above all things (see πρό, c.), Jas 5:12; 1 Pet 4:8. (But περί πάντων, 3 Jn 1:2, must not be referred to this head, as though it signified above all things; it is rather as respects all things, and depends on εὔχομαι (apparently a mistake for εὐοδοῦσθαι; yet see περί, the passage cited ἆ.), cf. Lücke at the passage, 2nd edition, p. 370 (3rd edition, p. 462f; Westcott at the passage); Winer's Grammar, 373 (350)). (on διά πάντων, Acts 9:32, see 1 above.) ἐν πᾶσιν, in all things, in all ways, altogether: 1 Tim 3:11; 1 Tim 4:15 (Rec.); 2 Tim 2:7; 2 Tim 4:5; Tit 2:9; Heb 13:4, Heb 13:18; 1 Pet 4:11 (see also 2 a. at the end, above); ἐπί πᾶσιν, see ἐπί, B. 2 d., p. 233b. κατά πάντα, in all respects: Acts 17:22; Col 3:20, Col 3:22; Heb 2:17; Heb 4:15.
III. with negatives;
1. οὐ πᾶς, not everyone.
2. πᾶς οὐ (where οὐ belongs to the verb), no one, none, see οὐ, 2, p. 460b; πᾶς μή (so that μή must be joined to the verb), no one, none, in final sentences, Jn 3:15; Jn 6:39; Jn 12:46; 1 Cor 1:29; with an imperative Eph 4:29 (1 Macc. 5:42); πᾶς... οὐ μή with the aorist subjunctive (see μή, IV. 2), Rev 18:22.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 6 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
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.