What does νόσος (nósos) mean in the Bible?
νόσος (nósos): Physical disease or sickness; rarely used figuratively for moral or spiritual ailment, unlike related terms
Greek · G3554
νόσος
A malady (rarely figuratively, of moral disability)
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νόσος G3554
Pronunciation nósos
What does νόσος (nósos) mean in the Bible?
νόσος (nósos): Physical disease or sickness; rarely used figuratively for moral or spiritual ailment, unlike related terms
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3554?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include diseases (7), disease (3), [their] diseases (1).
Where does νόσος (nósos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 4:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (5), Luke (4), Acts (1), Mark (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 diseases 7× Matthew 4:24, Matthew 8:17, Mark 1:34, Luke 4:40
disease 3× Matthew 4:23, Matthew 9:35, Matthew 10:1
[their] diseases 1× Luke 7:21
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 4:23 νόσον to disease Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Matthew 4:24 νόσοις to diseases Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Matthew 8:17 νόσους to diseases Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Matthew 9:35 νόσον to disease Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Matthew 10:1 νόσον to disease Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 1:34 νόσοις to diseases Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Luke 4:40 νόσοις to diseases Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Luke 6:18 νόσων to diseases Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Luke 7:21 νόσων to [their] diseases Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Luke 9:1 νόσους to diseases Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 4:23
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 4
Matthew 5 Mark 1 Luke 4 Acts 1
Source forms
νόσοις 3x nosois Matthew 4:24, Mark 1:34, Luke 4:40
νόσον 3x noson Matthew 4:23, Matthew 9:35, Matthew 10:1
νόσους 3x nosous Matthew 8:17, Luke 9:1, Acts 19:12
νόσων 2x nosōn Luke 6:18, Luke 7:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 3x Matthew 8:17, Luke 9:1, Acts 19:12
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 3x Matthew 4:23, Matthew 9:35, Matthew 10:1
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 3x Matthew 4:24, Mark 1:34, Luke 4:40
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 2x Luke 6:18, Luke 7:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Physical disease or sickness; rarely used figuratively for moral or spiritual ailment, unlike related terms
Strong's G3554
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Greek text appearances 12 times Word forms 4 forms 11 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 7:21 Source Gloss
a malady (rarely figuratively, of moral disability)
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 4:23 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
νόσον noson
a disease, malady
Read verse Matthew 4:24 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
νόσοις nosoiv
a disease, malady
Read verse Matthew 8:17 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
νόσους nosouv
a disease, malady
Read verse Matthew 9:35 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
νόσον noson
a disease, malady
Read verse Matthew 10:1 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
νόσον noson
a disease, malady
Read verse Mark 1:34 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
νόσοις, nosoiv
a disease, malady
Read verse Mark 3:15 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
νόσους, nosouv
a disease, malady
Read verse Luke 4:40 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
νόσοις nosoiv
a disease, malady
Read verse Luke 6:17 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
νόσων noswn
a disease, malady
Read verse Luke 7:21 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
νόσων noswn
a disease, malady
Read verse Luke 9:1 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
νόσους nosouv
a disease, malady
Read verse Acts 19:12 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
νόσους, nosouv
a disease, malady
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 11 Case pattern Accusative (6) Number pattern Plural (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Luke 6:18 · Luke 7:21 2×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 4:24 · Mark 1:34 · Luke 4:40 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 4:23 · Matt 9:35 · Matt 10:1 3×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 8:17 · Luke 9:1 · Acts 19:12 3×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 11 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
νόσος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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