What does ἕκαστος · ἀδελφός · αὐτός mean in the Bible?
ἕκαστος · ἀδελφός · αὐτός is a Greek phrase meaning "each or every".
Greek · G1538, G80, G846
ἕκαστος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ
Each or every · a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like ) · it/s/he
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ἕκαστος G1538 each or every
Pronunciation hékastos
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ἀδελφός G80 a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like )
Pronunciation adelphós
Brother encompasses literal kinship, fellow-nationals, neighbors, and crucially, fellow-Christians in Christian community.
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αὐτός G846 it/s/he
Pronunciation autós
In oblique cases, functions as simple third-person pronoun; in nominative, emphasizes identity or distinction.
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What does ἕκαστος τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ (hekastos tō adelphō autou) mean in the Bible?
ἕκαστος · ἀδελφός · αὐτός is a Greek phrase meaning "each or every".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1538, G80, G846?
G1538, G80, G846 is connected to 81 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. each or every
Source Gloss
each or every
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 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 10 Aligned forms 81 Case pattern Nominative (42) Number pattern Singular (79)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 18:35 · Matt 26:22 · Luke 2:3 · Luke 13:15 · John 6:7 · John 16:32 · Acts 2:6 · Acts 2:8 · Acts 2:38 · Acts 11:29 · Rom 14:5 · Rom 14:12 · Rom 15:2 · 1 Cor 1:12 · 1 Cor 3:8 · 1 Cor 3:10 38×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Phil 2:4 2×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 6:44 1×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 7:2 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 17:27 · Acts 21:26 · 1 Cor 3:13 · 2 Thess 1:3 · 1 Pet 1:17 6×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Eph 4:16 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 16:27 · Matt 25:15 · Mark 13:34 · Luke 4:40 · John 19:23 · Acts 4:35 · Rom 2:6 · Rom 12:3 · 1 Cor 3:5 · 1 Cor 4:5 · 1 Cor 7:17 · 1 Cor 12:7 · 1 Cor 12:11 · 1 Cor 15:38 · Eph 4:7 · Col 4:6 19×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 16:5 · Acts 2:3 · Acts 3:26 · Acts 20:31 · 1 Cor 7:17 · 1 Thess 2:11 · 1 Thess 4:4 · Heb 6:11 · Heb 11:21 · Rev 22:2 10×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Acts 21:19 · 1 Cor 12:18 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Heb 3:13 1×
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