What does ἔνδοξος (éndoxos) mean in the Bible?
ἔνδοξος (éndoxos) is a Greek word meaning "honored".
Greek · G1741
ἔνδοξος
Honored
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ἔνδοξοςG1741
Pronunciationéndoxos
What does ἔνδοξος (éndoxos) mean in the Bible?
ἔνδοξος (éndoxos) is a Greek word meaning "honored".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1741?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [are] honored (1), as a glorious (1), elegant (1), glorious things (1).
Where does ἔνδοξος (éndoxos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 7:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), 1 Corinthians (1), Ephesians (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[are] honored1×1 Corinthians 4:10
as a glorious1×Ephesians 5:27
elegant1×Luke 7:25
glorious things1×Luke 13:17
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 7:25
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Luke21 Corinthians1Ephesians1
Source forms
ἔνδοξοι1xendoxoi1 Corinthians 4:10
ἐνδόξοις1xendoxoisLuke 13:17
ἔνδοξον1xendoxonEphesians 5:27
ἐνδόξῳ1xendoxōLuke 7:25
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular1xEphesians 5:27
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular1xLuke 7:25
Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural1xLuke 13:17
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1x1 Corinthians 4:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. honored
Strong'sG1741
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms4 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
honored
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 7:25Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
ἐνδόξῳendoxw
highly esteemed, splendid, glorious
Read verseLuke 13:17Adjective Dative Plural Neuter
ἐνδόξοιςendoxoiv
highly esteemed, splendid, glorious
Read verse1 Corinthians 4:10Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἔνδοξοι,endoxoi
highly esteemed, splendid, glorious
Read verseEphesians 5:27Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἔνδοξονendoxon
highly esteemed, splendid, glorious
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 4 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 patterns4Aligned forms4Case patternDative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine1 Cor 4:101×
Dative · Singular · MasculineLuke 7:251×
Dative · Plural · NeuterLuke 13:171×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineEph 5:271×
Word Origins
ἔνδοξος is built from these roots: