What does ἔνοχος (énochos) mean in the Bible?
ἔνοχος (énochos): Liable to judgment or penalty; legally culpable before a tribunal or under divine law.
Greek · G1777
ἔνοχος
Liable to (a condition, penalty or imputation)
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ἔνοχος G1777
Pronunciation énochos
What does ἔνοχος (énochos) mean in the Bible?
ἔνοχος (énochos): Liable to judgment or penalty; legally culpable before a tribunal or under divine law.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1777?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include subject (4), guilty (2), deserving (1), guilty of sinning (1), He deserves (1).
Where does ἔνοχος (énochos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 5:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (5), Mark (2), 1 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (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 subject 4× Matthew 5:21, Matthew 5:22
guilty 2× Mark 3:29, James 2:10
deserving 1× Mark 14:64
guilty of sinning 1× 1 Corinthians 11:27
He deserves 1× Matthew 26:66
held 1× Hebrews 2:15
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 5:21 ἔνοχος to subject Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 5:22 ἔνοχος to subject Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 5:22 ἔνοχος to subject Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 5:22 ἔνοχος to subject Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 26:66 Ἔνοχος to He deserves Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 3:29 ἔνοχός to guilty Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 14:64 ἔνοχον to deserving Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 11:27 ἔνοχος to guilty of sinning Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Hebrews 2:15 ἔνοχοι to held Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural James 2:10 ἔνοχος to guilty Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 5:21
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 5
Matthew 5 Mark 2 1 Corinthians 1 Hebrews 1 James 1
Source forms
ἔνοχος 6x enochos Matthew 5:21, Matthew 5:22, 1 Corinthians 11:27, James 2:10
ἔνοχοι 1x enochoi Hebrews 2:15
ἔνοχον 1x enochon Mark 14:64
Ἔνοχος 1x Enochos Matthew 26:66
ἔνοχός 1x enochos Mark 3:29
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 8x Matthew 5:21, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 26:66, Mark 3:29
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Mark 14:64
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Hebrews 2:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Liable to judgment or penalty; legally culpable before a tribunal or under divine law.
Strong's G1777
Lexical occurrences 10 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 3 forms 10 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link James 2:8–13 Source Gloss
liable to (a condition, penalty or imputation)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 5:21 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἔνοχος enocov
involved in, liable
Read verse Matthew 5:22 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἔνοχος enocov
involved in, liable
Read verse Matthew 5:22 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἔνοχος enocov
involved in, liable
Read verse Matthew 5:22 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἔνοχος enocov
involved in, liable
Read verse Matthew 26:66 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἔνοχος enocov
involved in, liable
Read verse Mark 3:29 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἔνοχός enocov
involved in, liable
Read verse Mark 14:64 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἔνοχον enocon
involved in, liable
Read verse 1 Corinthians 11:27 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἔνοχος enocov
involved in, liable
Read verse Hebrews 2:15 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἔνοχοι enocoi
involved in, liable
Read verse James 2:10 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἔνοχος. enocov
involved in, liable
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 3 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 3 Aligned forms 10 Case pattern Nominative (9) Number pattern Singular (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:21 · Matt 5:22 · Matt 26:66 · Mark 3:29 · 1 Cor 11:27 · Jas 2:10 8×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Heb 2:15 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Mark 14:64 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
guilty, liable
Showing 1 selected witness from 10 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἔνοχος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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