What does βραδύς (bradýs) mean in the Bible?
βραδύς (bradýs): Slowness in understanding or speech; figuratively denotes mental dullness or reluctance to believe
Greek · G1021
βραδύς
Slow; figuratively, dull
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βραδύς G1021
Pronunciation bradýs
What does βραδύς (bradýs) mean in the Bible?
βραδύς (bradýs): Slowness in understanding or speech; figuratively denotes mental dullness or reluctance to believe
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1021?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include slow (2), [and] slow (1).
Where does βραδύς (bradýs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 24:25. Its strongest book concentrations include James (2), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It slow 2× Luke 24:25, James 1:19
[and] slow 1× James 1:19
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 24:25
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Luke 1 James 2
Source forms
βραδὺς 2x bradys James 1:19
βραδεῖς 1x bradeis Luke 24:25
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x James 1:19
Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 24:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Slowness in understanding or speech; figuratively denotes mental dullness or reluctance to believe
Strong's G1021
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
slow; figuratively, dull
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 24:25 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
βραδεῖς bradeiv
slow
Read verse James 1:19 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
βραδὺς braduv
slow
Read verse James 1:19 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
βραδὺς braduv
slow
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Jas 1:19 2×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Luke 24:25 1×
Word Origins
βραδύς is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain