What does δρόμος (drómos) mean in the Bible?
δρόμος (drómos): A course or race, used figuratively for life's ministry or spiritual journey toward completion.
Greek · G1408
δρόμος
δρόμος (drómos): A course or race, used figuratively for life's ministry or spiritual journey toward completion.
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δρόμοςG1408
Pronunciationdrómos
What does δρόμος (drómos) mean in the Bible?
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1408?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include course (2), race (1).
Where does δρόμος (drómos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 13:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 2 Timothy (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 Itcourse2×Acts 13:25, Acts 20:24
race1×2 Timothy 4:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 13:25
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Acts22 Timothy1
Source forms
δρόμον3xdromonActs 13:25, Acts 20:24, 2 Timothy 4:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular3xActs 13:25, Acts 20:24, 2 Timothy 4:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A course or race, used figuratively for life's ministry or spiritual journey toward completion.
Strong'sG1408
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms1 form3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
racecourse
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 13:25Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
δρόμον,dromon
a running, course, career
Read verseActs 20:24Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
δρόμονdromon
a running, course, career
Read verse2 Timothy 4:7Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
δρόμονdromon
a running, course, career
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · MasculineActs 13:25 · Acts 20:24 · 2 Tim 4:73×
Word Origins
δρόμος is built from this root: