What does Κυρηναῖος (Kyrēnaîos) mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G2956
Κυρηναῖος
I.e. Cyrenæan, i.e. inhabitant of Cyrene
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Κυρηναῖος G2956
Pronunciation Kyrēnaîos
What does Κυρηναῖος (Kyrēnaîos) mean in the Bible?
Κυρηναῖος (Kyrēnaîos) is a Greek word meaning "i.e. Cyrenæan, i.e. inhabitant of Cyrene".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2956?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Cyrene (2), of Cyrene (2), Cyrenians (1), from Cyrene (1).
Where does Κυρηναῖος (Kyrēnaîos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3), Luke (1), Mark (1), Matthew (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 Cyrene 2× Acts 11:20, Acts 13:1
of Cyrene 2× Mark 15:21, Luke 23:26
Cyrenians 1× Acts 6:9
from Cyrene 1× Matthew 27:32
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 27:32 Κυρηναῖον to from Cyrene Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Mark 15:21 Κυρηναῖον to of Cyrene Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Luke 23:26 Κυρηναῖον to of Cyrene Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 6:9 Κυρηναίων to Cyrenians Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Acts 11:20 Κυρηναῖοι to Cyrene Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 13:1 Κυρηναῖος to Cyrene Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 27:32
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1 Acts 3
Source forms
Κυρηναῖον 3x Kyrēnaion Matthew 27:32, Mark 15:21, Luke 23:26
Κυρηναῖοι 1x Kyrēnaioi Acts 11:20
Κυρηναῖος 1x Kyrēnaios Acts 13:1
Κυρηναίων 1x Kyrēnaiōn Acts 6:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Matthew 27:32, Mark 15:21, Luke 23:26
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Acts 6:9
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 11:20
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 13:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. i.e. Cyrenæan, i.e. inhabitant of Cyrene
Strong's G2956
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 4 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
i.e. Cyrenæan, i.e. inhabitant of Cyrene
Extended definition
:--of Cyrene, Cyrenian.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 27:32 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Κυρηναῖον, kurhnaion
belonging to Cyrene, a Cyrenaean
Read verse Mark 15:21 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Κυρηναῖον, kurhnaion
belonging to Cyrene, a Cyrenaean
Read verse Luke 23:26 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
Κυρηναίου kurhnaiou
belonging to Cyrene, a Cyrenaean
Read verse Acts 6:9 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
Κυρηναίων, kurhnaiwn
belonging to Cyrene, a Cyrenaean
Read verse Acts 11:20 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
Κυρηναῖοι, kurhnaioi
belonging to Cyrene, a Cyrenaean
Read verse Acts 13:1 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Κυρηναῖος, kurhnaiov
belonging to Cyrene, a Cyrenaean
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 4 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 4 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 11:20 1×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 13:1 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Acts 6:9 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:32 · Mark 15:21 · Luke 23:26 3×
Word Origins
Κυρηναῖος is built from this root:
Κυρήνη G2957
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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