What does ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) mean in the Bible?
ἐλαφρός (elaphrós): Light in weight; easily borne—contrasts with heavy burden or severe affliction.
Greek · G1645
ἐλαφρός
Light
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ἐλαφρός G1645
Pronunciation elaphrós
What does ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) mean in the Bible?
ἐλαφρός (elaphrós): Light in weight; easily borne—contrasts with heavy burden or severe affliction.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1645?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include light (2).
Where does ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:30. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Matthew (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 light 2× Matthew 11:30, 2 Corinthians 4:17
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 11:30
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 2 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ἐλαφρόν 1x elaphron Matthew 11:30
ἐλαφρὸν 1x elaphron 2 Corinthians 4:17
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 2x Matthew 11:30, 2 Corinthians 4:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Light in weight; easily borne—contrasts with heavy burden or severe affliction.
Strong's G1645
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
light
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 11:30 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἐλαφρόν elafron
light, not burdensome
Read verse 2 Corinthians 4:17 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ἐλαφρὸν elafron
light, not burdensome
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 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 · Neuter Matt 11:30 · 2 Cor 4:17 2×
Word Origins
ἐλαφρός is built from these roots:
ἐλάσσων G1640
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