What does δοκός (dokós) mean in the Bible?
δοκός (dokós): Large timber beam, often used metaphorically for spiritual blindness obscuring self-awareness in judgment
Greek · G1385
δοκός
A stick of timber
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δοκόςG1385
Pronunciationdokós
What does δοκός (dokós) mean in the Bible?
δοκός (dokós): Large timber beam, often used metaphorically for spiritual blindness obscuring self-awareness in judgment
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1385?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] beam (3), beam (2), a beam (1).
Where does δοκός (dokós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 7:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Matthew (3).
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[the] beam3×Matthew 7:3, Luke 6:41, Luke 6:42
beam2×Matthew 7:5, Luke 6:42
a beam1×Matthew 7:4
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Matthew 7:3δοκὸνto[the] beamNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularMatthew 7:4δοκὸςtoa beamNoun - Nominative Feminine SingularMatthew 7:5δοκόνtobeamNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularLuke 6:41δοκὸνto[the] beamNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularLuke 6:42δοκὸνto[the] beamNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularLuke 6:42δοκὸνtobeamNoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 7:3
Aligned rows6
Books represented2
Matthew3Luke3
Source forms
δοκὸν4xdokonMatthew 7:3, Luke 6:41, Luke 6:42
δοκόν1xdokonMatthew 7:5
δοκὸς1xdokosMatthew 7:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular5xMatthew 7:3, Matthew 7:5, Luke 6:41, Luke 6:42
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1xMatthew 7:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Large timber beam, often used metaphorically for spiritual blindness obscuring self-awareness in judgment
Strong'sG1385
Lexical occurrences6 versesGreek text appearances6 timesWord forms2 forms6 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 6:37-42Source Gloss
a stick of timber
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Large timber beam, often used metaphorically for spiritual blindness obscuring self-awareness in judgment
(δέχομαι) [in LXX for קוֹרָה, etc. ;] a beam of timber: Mat.7:3-5, Luk.6:41-42 (DCG, i, 176).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 7:3Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
δοκὸνdokon
a beam
Read verseMatthew 7:4Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
δοκὸςdokov
a beam
Read verseMatthew 7:5Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
δοκὸνdokon
a beam
Read verseLuke 6:41Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
δοκὸνdokon
a beam
Read verseLuke 6:42Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
δοκὸνdokon
a beam
Read verseLuke 6:42Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
δοκὸνdokon
a beam
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 patterns2Aligned forms6Case patternAccusative (5)Number patternSingular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineMatt 7:41×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMatt 7:3 · Matt 7:5 · Luke 6:41 · Luke 6:425×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
A large wooden beam used metaphorically for spiritual blindness and hypocrisy
Showing 1 selected witness from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
δοκός is built from this root: