What does κυβέρνησις (kybérnēsis) mean in the Bible?
κυβέρνησις (kybérnēsis) is a Greek word meaning "administration".
Greek · G2941
κυβέρνησις
Administration
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κυβέρνησιςG2941
Pronunciationkybérnēsis
What does κυβέρνησις (kybérnēsis) mean in the Bible?
κυβέρνησις (kybérnēsis) is a Greek word meaning "administration".
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How does the BSB render G2941?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include administration (1).
Where does κυβέρνησις (kybérnēsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 12:28. 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 Itadministration1×1 Corinthians 12:28
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First aligned row1 Corinthians 12:28
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
1 Corinthians1
Source forms
κυβερνήσεις1xkybernēseis1 Corinthians 12:28
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural1x1 Corinthians 12:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. administration
Strong'sG2941
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
administration
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 12:28Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
κυβερνήσεις,kubernhseiv
governing, government
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 patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Feminine1 Cor 12:281×
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