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ἐνιαυτός

A year

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ἐνιαυτός G1763
Pronunciation eniautós

What does ἐνιαυτός (eniautós) mean in the Bible?

ἐνιαυτός (eniautós) is a Greek word meaning "a year". ἐνιαυτός, -oῦ, ὁ [in LXX for שָׁנֶה ;] __1.

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Meaning

a year
Extended definition
1prop., a cycle of time.
2= ἔτος, a year: Jhn.11:49, 51 18:13, Act.11:26 18:11, Jas.5:17, Rev.9:15; pl., of sabbatical years, Gal.4:10; ποιεῖν ἐ., to spend a year, Jas.4:13;ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐ., Heb.9:7; κατ᾽ ἐ., Heb.9:25 10:1, 3; ἐ. δεκτόν, Luk.4:19 (LXX).
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Genitive · Singular · Masculine John 11:49 · John 11:51 · John 18:13 · Heb 9:7 4×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 4:19 · Acts 11:26 · Acts 18:11 · Heb 9:25 · Heb 10:1 · Heb 10:3 · Jas 4:13 · Rev 9:15 8×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Gal 4:10 · Jas 5:17 2×
14 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

ἡμέρα · μήν · καιρός · ἐνιαυτός G2250, G3376, G2540, G1763
day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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