Greek Word of the Day (BBG)

These words are the vocabulary taught in Basics of Biblical Greek. They are the words occurring 50 times or more in the New Testament. This list is in process of being made. Words are listed in the order they are taught in the textbook. There is a separate listing of words taught in Greek for the Rest of Us.

παλαιός

παλαιά, παλαιόν (*παλαιο)

παλαιός means “old.”

“No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an παλαιός garment” (Mark 2:12).

ὅτε

ὅτε means “when” (particle).

“ὅτε Jesus was twelve, they went up to the feast” (Luke 2:42).

σῶμα

σῶμα means “body.”

“Take, eat; this is my σῶμα.” (Matt 26:26).

χείρ

χειρός, ἡ (*χειρ)

χείρ means “hand.”

γραφή

γραφή, -ῆς, ἡ from the root *γραφη means “writing; Scripture”

λόγος

λόγος, λογοῦ, ὁ from the root *λογο means “word, Word; statement, message”

“In the beginning was the λόγος, and the λόγος was with God, and the λόγος was God” (John 1:1).

“Whatever you do, whether in λόγος or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord” (Col 3:17).

αμήν

ἔσχατος

ἔσχατος means “last” (adjective)

ἔσχατος

ἔσχατος means “last.”

“But many will be first who were ἔσχατος, and ἔσχατος who were first” (Matt 19:30).

νέος

νέα, νέον (*νεο)

νέος means “new, young.”

“Jesus is the mediator of a νέος covenant” (Heb 12:24).

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