What does ἰσότης (isótēs) mean in the Bible?
ἰσότης (isótēs): Equality in distribution and fair proportion, emphasizing equitable treatment rather than identical treatment.
Greek · G2471
ἰσότης
ἰσότης (isótēs): Equality in distribution and fair proportion, emphasizing equitable treatment rather than identical treatment.
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ἰσότηςG2471
Pronunciationisótēs
What does ἰσότης (isótēs) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G2471?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include equality (2), fair (1).
Where does ἰσότης (isótēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 8:13. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (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 Itequality2×2 Corinthians 8:13, 2 Corinthians 8:14
fair1×Colossians 4:1
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A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row2 Corinthians 8:13
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
2 Corinthians2Colossians1
Source forms
ἰσότης1xisotēs2 Corinthians 8:14
ἰσότητα1xisotētaColossians 4:1
ἰσότητος1xisotētos2 Corinthians 8:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xColossians 4:1
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1x2 Corinthians 8:13
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1x2 Corinthians 8:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Equality in distribution and fair proportion, emphasizing equitable treatment rather than identical treatment.
Strong'sG2471
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
likeness (in condition or proportion); by implication, equity
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Equality in distribution and fair proportion, emphasizing equitable treatment rather than identical treatment.
(ἴσος), [in LXX: Job.36:30, Zec.4:7 * ;]
1equality: 2Co.8:13-14.
2equity, fairness: τὸ δίκαιον κ. τὴν ἰ., Col.4:1 (for distinction bet. τὸ δ. and ἡ ἰ, see ICC, in l).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 8:14Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἰσότητος,isothtov
equality
Read verse2 Corinthians 8:14Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἰσότης,isothv
equality
Read verseColossians 4:1Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἰσότηταisothta
equality
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 patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine2 Cor 8:141×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine2 Cor 8:131×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineCol 4:11×