What does αἰχμάλωτος (aichmálōtos) mean in the Bible?
αἰχμάλωτος (aichmálōtos): Captive taken by force of war, emphasizing subjugation rather than mere imprisonment.
Greek · G164
αἰχμάλωτος
Captive
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αἰχμάλωτοςG164
Pronunciationaichmálōtos
What does αἰχμάλωτος (aichmálōtos) mean in the Bible?
αἰχμάλωτος (aichmálōtos): Captive taken by force of war, emphasizing subjugation rather than mere imprisonment.
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How does the BSB render G164?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include to [the] captives (1).
Where does αἰχμάλωτος (aichmálōtos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 4:18. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 Itto [the] captives1×Luke 4:18
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First aligned rowLuke 4:18
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Luke1
Source forms
αἰχμαλώτοις1xaichmalōtoisLuke 4:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural1xLuke 4:18
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Captive taken by force of war, emphasizing subjugation rather than mere imprisonment.
Strong'sG164
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
captive
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Captive taken by force of war, emphasizing subjugation rather than mere imprisonment.
(αἰχμή, a spear, ἁλίσκομαι, to be taken), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁבָה, גּוֹלָה ;] captive: Luk.4:18 (LXX).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 4:18Noun Dative Plural Masculine
αἰχμαλώτοιςaicmalwtoiv
a captive, prisoner
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 forms1Case patternDative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · MasculineLuke 4:181×
Word Origins
αἰχμάλωτος is built from this root:
ἅλωσιςG259