What does ἀμετακίνητος (ametakínētos) mean in the Bible?
ἀμετακίνητος (ametakínētos): Unmoved by external forces; describes steadfast commitment that cannot be displaced or changed
Greek · G277
ἀμετακίνητος
Immovable
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ἀμετακίνητος G277
Pronunciation ametakínētos
What does ἀμετακίνητος (ametakínētos) mean in the Bible?
ἀμετακίνητος (ametakínētos): Unmoved by external forces; describes steadfast commitment that cannot be displaced or changed
Full entry for ἀμετακίνητος (G277) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G277?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [and] immovable (1).
Where does ἀμετακίνητος (ametakínētos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 15:58. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (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 [and] immovable 1× 1 Corinthians 15:58
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First aligned row 1 Corinthians 15:58
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ἀμετακίνητοι 1x ametakinētoi 1 Corinthians 15:58
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 15:58
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Unmoved by external forces; describes steadfast commitment that cannot be displaced or changed
Strong's G277
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Corinthians 15:58 Source Gloss
immovable
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Unmoved by external forces; describes steadfast commitment that cannot be displaced or changed
(μετακινέω), immovable, firm: 1Co.15:58.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 15:58 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀμετακίνητοι, ametakinhtoi
immovable, firm
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 15:58 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Unmovable and firm in faith and Christian labor
Word Origins
ἀμετακίνητος is built from these roots:
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