What does εὐγενής (eugenḗs) mean in the Bible?
εὐγενής (eugenḗs): Nobility encompasses both social rank and moral character; used for refined mindedness in Acts.
Greek · G2104
εὐγενής
Of noble birth
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εὐγενής G2104
Pronunciation eugenḗs
What does εὐγενής (eugenḗs) mean in the Bible?
εὐγενής (eugenḗs): Nobility encompasses both social rank and moral character; used for refined mindedness in Acts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2104?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of noble birth (2), more noble-minded (1).
Where does εὐγενής (eugenḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 19:12. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Acts (1), 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 It of noble birth 2× Luke 19:12, 1 Corinthians 1:26
more noble-minded 1× Acts 17:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 19:12
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Luke 1 Acts 1 1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
εὐγενεῖς 1x eugeneis 1 Corinthians 1:26
εὐγενέστεροι 1x eugenesteroi Acts 17:11
εὐγενὴς 1x eugenēs Luke 19:12
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 1:26
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural - Comparative 1x Acts 17:11
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 19:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Nobility encompasses both social rank and moral character; used for refined mindedness in Acts.
Strong's G2104
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 17:10-15 Source Gloss
of noble birth
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Nobility encompasses both social rank and moral character; used for refined mindedness in Acts.
(εὖ, γένος), [in LXX: Job.1:3 (גָּדוֹל), 2Ma.10:13 R, 4Ma.6:5 4Mac 9:13 4Mac 9:23 4Mac 9:27 4Mac 10:3 4Mac 10:15 * ;]
2noble-minded: compar., -έστερος, Act.17:11.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 19:12 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐγενὴς eugenhv
of noble birth, noble
Read verse Acts 17:11 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
εὐγενέστεροι eugenesteroi
of noble birth, noble
Read verse 1 Corinthians 1:26 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
εὐγενεῖς· eugeneiv
of noble birth, noble
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 3 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 19:12 1×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 17:11 1×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 1:26 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
Of high character or open-minded disposition.
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
εὐγενής is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Commends a receptive yet discerning posture toward the gospel. Acts 17:10-15
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