What does Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnḗ) mean in the Bible?
e. inhabitant of Magdala".
Greek · G3094
Μαγδαληνή
A female Magdalene, i.e. inhabitant of Magdala
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Μαγδαληνή G3094
Pronunciation Magdalēnḗ
What does Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnḗ) mean in the Bible?
Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnḗ) is a Greek word meaning "a female Magdalene, i.e. inhabitant of Magdala".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3094?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Magdalene (12).
Where does Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:56. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (4), John (3), Matthew (3), Luke (2).
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 Magdalene 12× Matthew 27:56, Matthew 27:61, Matthew 28:1, Mark 15:40
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Matthew 27:56 Μαγδαληνή to Magdalene Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Matthew 27:61 Μαγδαληνὴ to Magdalene Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Matthew 28:1 Μαγδαληνὴ to Magdalene Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Mark 15:40 Μαγδαληνὴ to Magdalene Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Mark 15:47 Μαγδαληνὴ to Magdalene Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Mark 16:1 Μαγδαληνὴ to Magdalene Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Mark 16:9 Μαγδαληνῇ to Magdalene Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Luke 8:2 Μαγδαληνή to Magdalene Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Luke 24:10 Μαγδαληνὴ to Magdalene Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular John 19:25 Μαγδαληνή to Magdalene Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 27:56
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 4
Matthew 3 Mark 4 Luke 2 John 3
Source forms
Μαγδαληνὴ 8x Magdalēnē Matthew 27:61, Matthew 28:1, Mark 15:40, Mark 15:47
Μαγδαληνή 3x Magdalēnē Matthew 27:56, Luke 8:2, John 19:25
Μαγδαληνῇ 1x Magdalēnē Mark 16:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 11x Matthew 27:56, Matthew 27:61, Matthew 28:1, Mark 15:40
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Mark 16:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a female Magdalene, i.e. inhabitant of Magdala
Strong's G3094
Lexical occurrences 12 verses Greek text appearances 12 times Word forms 2 forms 12 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 8:1-3 Source Gloss
a female Magdalene, i.e. inhabitant of Magdala
Extended definition
:--Magdalene.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
12 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 27:56 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Μαγδαληνή, magdalhnh
Magdalene
Read verse Matthew 27:61 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Μαγδαληνή, magdalhnh
Magdalene
Read verse Matthew 28:1 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Μαγδαληνή, magdalhnh
Magdalene
Read verse Mark 15:40 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Μαγδαληνή, magdalhnh
Magdalene
Read verse Mark 15:47 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Μαγδαληνὴ magdalhnh
Magdalene
Read verse Mark 16:1 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Μαγδαληνὴ magdalhnh
Magdalene
Read verse Mark 16:9 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Μαγδαληνῇ, magdalhnh
Magdalene
Read verse Luke 8:2 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Μαγδαληνή, magdalhnh
Magdalene
Read verse Luke 24:10 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Μαγδαληνὴ magdalhnh
Magdalene
Read verse John 19:25 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Μαγδαληνή. magdalhnh
Magdalene
Read verse John 20:1 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Μαγδαληνὴ magdalhnh
Magdalene
Read verse John 20:18 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
Μαγδαληνὴ magdalhnh
Magdalene
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 12 Case pattern Nominative (11) Number pattern Singular (12)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:56 · Matt 27:61 · Matt 28:1 · Mark 15:40 · Mark 15:47 · Mark 16:1 · Luke 8:2 · Luke 24:10 · John 19:25 · John 20:1 · John 20:18 11×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Mark 16:9 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
A woman named Mary from Magdala, follower of Jesus
Showing 1 selected witness from 12 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
Μαγδαληνή is built from this root:
Μαγδαλά G3093
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