What does Ἰοῦστος (Ioûstos) mean in the Bible?
Ἰοῦστος (Ioûstos) is a Greek word meaning "Justus, the name of three Christian".
Greek · G2459
Ἰοῦστος
Justus, the name of three Christian
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Ἰοῦστος G2459
Pronunciation Ioûstos
What does Ἰοῦστος (Ioûstos) mean in the Bible?
Ἰοῦστος (Ioûstos) is a Greek word meaning "Justus, the name of three Christian".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2459?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Justus (2), Justus) (1).
Where does Ἰοῦστος (Ioûstos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 1:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Colossians (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 Justus 2× Acts 18:7, Colossians 4:11
Justus) 1× Acts 1:23
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 1:23
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Acts 2 Colossians 1
Source forms
Ἰοῦστος 2x Ioustos Acts 1:23, Colossians 4:11
Ἰούστου 1x Ioustou Acts 18:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Acts 1:23, Colossians 4:11
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Acts 18:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Justus, the name of three Christian
Strong's G2459
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Justus, the name of three Christian
Extended definition
:--Justus.
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.
Acts 1:23 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἰοῦστος, ioustov
Justus
Read verse Acts 18:7 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
Ἰούστου, ioustou
Justus
Read verse Colossians 4:11 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἰοῦστος, ioustov
Justus
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 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 Acts 1:23 · Col 4:11 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 18:7 1×
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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