What does εὔθετος (eúthetos) mean in the Bible?
εὔθετος (eúthetos): Fit or prepared for a specific purpose or use, emphasizing functional readiness rather than mere suitability
Greek · G2111
εὔθετος
Suitable
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εὔθετος G2111
Pronunciation eúthetos
What does εὔθετος (eúthetos) mean in the Bible?
εὔθετος (eúthetos): Fit or prepared for a specific purpose or use, emphasizing functional readiness rather than mere suitability
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2111?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include fit (2), useful (1).
Where does εὔθετος (eúthetos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 9:62. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), 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 fit 2× Luke 9:62, Luke 14:35
useful 1× Hebrews 6:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 9:62
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Luke 2 Hebrews 1
Source forms
εὔθετον 1x eutheton Hebrews 6:7
εὔθετόν 1x eutheton Luke 14:35
εὔθετός 1x euthetos Luke 9:62
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 6:7
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 9:62
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Luke 14:35
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Fit or prepared for a specific purpose or use, emphasizing functional readiness rather than mere suitability
Strong's G2111
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 9:57–62 Source Gloss
suitable
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Fit or prepared for a specific purpose or use, emphasizing functional readiness rather than mere suitability
(τίθημι), [in LXX: Psa.32:6 (מָצָא), From Th Sus 1:15* ;] ready for use, fit: of things, with dative, Heb.6:7; before εἰς, Luk.14:35; of persons, with dative, Luk.9:62 (for rabbinic parallels, see Dalman, Words, 119 f.).
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 9:62 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
εὔθετός euqetov
suitable, fit, useful
Read verse Luke 14:35 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
εὔθετόν euqeton
suitable, fit, useful
Read verse Hebrews 6:7 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
εὔθετον euqeton
suitable, fit, useful
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 (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 9:62 1×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 14:35 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Heb 6:7 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Additional Occurrences
Luke 9:57–62 εὔθετός eúthetos
Fit, suitable
New Testament Witnesses
fit, suitable
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
εὔθετος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Describes qualification for kingdom participation.
Canonical Themes
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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