What does Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs) mean in the Bible?
Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs) is a Greek word meaning "Euphrates, a river of Asia".
Greek · G2166
Εὐφράτης
Euphrates, a river of Asia
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Εὐφράτης G2166
Pronunciation Euphrátēs
What does Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs) mean in the Bible?
Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs) is a Greek word meaning "Euphrates, a river of Asia".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2166?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Euphrates (2).
Where does Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 9:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2).
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 Euphrates 2× Revelation 9:14, Revelation 16:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Revelation 9:14
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Revelation 2
Source forms
Εὐφράτῃ 1x Euphratē Revelation 9:14
Εὐφράτην 1x Euphratēn Revelation 16:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 16:12
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 9:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Euphrates, a river of Asia
Strong's G2166
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Euphrates, a river of Asia
Extended definition
:--Euphrates.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 9:14 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
Εὐφράτῃ. eufrath
the Euphrates
Read verse Revelation 16:12 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Εὐφράτην· eufrathn
the Euphrates
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 2 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 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Masculine Rev 9:14 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Rev 16:12 1×
Word Origins
Εὐφράτης is of foreign origin - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
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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