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Ἰησοῦς ὁ λεγόμενος Ἰοῦστος

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites · to say · Justus, the name of three Christian

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Ἰησοῦς G2424 Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Pronunciation Iēsoûs
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λέγω G3004 to say
Pronunciation légō
Emphasizes meaning and thought content of speech, not mere utterance; what is said corresponds to thought
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Ἰοῦστος G2459 Justus, the name of three Christian
Pronunciation Ioûstos
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What does Ἰησοῦς ὁ λεγόμενος Ἰοῦστος (Iēsous ho legomenos Ioustos) mean in the Bible?

Ἰησοῦς · λέγω · Ἰοῦστος is a Greek word meaning "Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites". Jesus (i.

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Meaning

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:16 · Matt 3:13 · Matt 3:15 · Matt 3:16 · Matt 4:1 · Matt 4:7 · Matt 4:10 · Matt 4:17 · Matt 7:28 · Matt 8:4 · Matt 8:10 · Matt 8:13 · Matt 8:14 · Matt 8:18 · Matt 8:20 · Matt 8:22 456×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:1 · Matt 1:18 · Matt 2:1 · Matt 14:1 · Matt 26:6 · Matt 26:51 · Matt 26:59 · Matt 26:69 · Matt 26:71 · Matt 26:75 · Matt 27:1 · Matt 27:58 · Mark 1:1 · Mark 5:21 · Mark 5:27 · Mark 14:55 220×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:34 · Matt 9:10 · Matt 9:27 · Matt 14:12 · Matt 15:1 · Matt 17:4 · Matt 17:19 · Matt 18:1 · Matt 21:27 · Matt 26:17 · Matt 26:49 · Matt 27:55 · Matt 27:57 · Mark 2:15 · Mark 9:4 · Mark 9:5 92×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:21 · Matt 1:25 · Matt 14:29 · Matt 17:8 · Matt 26:4 · Matt 26:50 · Matt 26:57 · Matt 27:16 · Matt 27:17 · Matt 27:20 · Matt 27:22 · Matt 27:26 · Matt 27:27 · Matt 27:54 · Matt 28:5 · Mark 5:6 128×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Mark 1:24 · Mark 5:7 · Mark 10:47 · Luke 4:34 · Luke 8:28 · Luke 17:13 · Luke 18:38 · Luke 23:42 · Acts 7:59 · Rev 22:20 10×
906 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 1307 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 2 ongoing 654 imperative 9 background 151 subjunctive 10 infinitive 43 participle 438
Tense
present 1134 imperfect 151 aorist 22
Voice
active 1282 passive 25
Mood
indicative 807 participle 438 infinitive 43 subjunctive 10 imperative 9
NT Occurrences
Matthew 1:20 λέγων present active participle participle Matthew 1:22 ῥηθὲν aorist passive participle participle Matthew 1:22 λέγοντος present active participle participle Matthew 2:13 λέγων present active participle participle Matthew 2:15 ῥηθὲν aorist passive participle participle Matthew 2:15 λέγοντος present active participle participle Matthew 2:17 ῥηθὲν aorist passive participle participle Matthew 2:17 λέγοντος present active participle participle Matthew 2:2 λέγοντες present active participle participle Matthew 2:20 λέγων present active participle participle Matthew 2:23 ῥηθὲν aorist passive participle participle Matthew 3:14 λέγων present active participle participle Matthew 3:17 λέγουσα present active participle participle Matthew 3:2 λέγων present active participle participle Matthew 3:3 ῥηθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 3:3 λέγοντος present active participle participle Matthew 3:9 λέγειν present active infinitive infinitive Matthew 3:9 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 4:10 λέγει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 4:14 ῥηθὲν aorist passive participle participle Matthew 4:14 λέγοντος present active participle participle Matthew 4:17 λέγειν present active infinitive infinitive Matthew 4:19 λέγει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 4:6 λέγει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:18 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:2 λέγων present active participle participle Matthew 5:20 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:22 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:26 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:28 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:32 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:34 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:39 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:44 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 6:16 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 6:2 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 6:25 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 6:29 λέγω present active indicative ongoing Matthew 6:31 λέγοντες present active participle participle Matthew 6:5 λέγω present active indicative ongoing +1267 more occurrences

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Cross-Language Connections

Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.

יְהוֹשׁוּעַ yĕhwōšûʿa H3091 Related Hebrew
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 12 — One Spirit, Many Gifts, and One Body in Christ Acts 11 — Jerusalem Recognizes God’s Grace to the Gentiles Acts 15 — The Gospel of Grace Clarified and the Gentiles Received Acts 16 — The Gospel Enters Macedonia: Opened Hearts, Broken Chains, and Household Faith Acts 19 — The Word of the Lord Grows Mightily in Ephesus Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense: Christ Appears, Sends, and Preserves His Witness Acts 24 — Paul Before Felix: Resurrection Hope, Clear Conscience, and Coming Judgment Acts 25 — Paul Appeals to Caesar and Is Set Before Agrippa Acts 28 — Paul in Rome: The Kingdom Proclaimed Without Hindrance John 17 — The Son’s High Priestly Prayer: Glory, Preservation, Sanctification, Unity, Mission, and Love John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Luke 24 — The Risen Christ Opens the Scriptures, Commissions Witnesses, and Ascends in Blessing Mark 1 — The Beginning of the Gospel: The Servant-King Appears with Authority Mark 16 — He Has Risen: The Empty Tomb, the Angelic Announcement, Galilee Promise, and Trembling Witness Matthew 1 — The Genealogy and Birth of Jesus the Messiah Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 27 — Jesus Condemned, Crucified, Dead, Buried, and Guarded Matthew 28 — The Resurrection of Jesus and the Great Commission of the Risen King Romans 10 — Christ the End of the Law and the Righteousness Received by Faith Romans 13 — Submission to Governing Authorities, Love as the Fulfillment of the Law, and Life in the Light of the Coming Day Romans 16 — Gospel Partnership, Holy Greeting, False-Teacher Warning, and Doxology to the God Who Establishes Romans 8 — No Condemnation, Life in the Spirit, and the Unbreakable Love of God in Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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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