What does ἀνάπηρος (anápēros) mean in the Bible?
ἀνάπηρος (anápēros): Severe physical disability rendering someone socially marginalized and excluded from temple worship.
Greek · G376
ἀνάπηρος
Crippled
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ἀνάπηρος G376
Pronunciation anápēros
What does ἀνάπηρος (anápēros) mean in the Bible?
ἀνάπηρος (anápēros): Severe physical disability rendering someone socially marginalized and excluded from temple worship.
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How does the BSB render G376?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] crippled (1), the crippled (1).
Where does ἀνάπηρος (anápēros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 14:13. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 [the] crippled 1× Luke 14:21
the crippled 1× Luke 14:13
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Usage map
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First aligned row Luke 14:13
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Luke 2
Source forms
ἀναπείρους 2x anapeirous Luke 14:13, Luke 14:21
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 2x Luke 14:13, Luke 14:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Severe physical disability rendering someone socially marginalized and excluded from temple worship.
Strong's G376
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 14:13 Source Gloss
crippled
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Severe physical disability rendering someone socially marginalized and excluded from temple worship.
maimed, crippled: Luk.14:13, 21.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 14:13 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀναπήρους, anaphrouv
crippled, maimed
Read verse Luke 14:21 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀναπήρους anaphrouv
crippled, maimed
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 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 14:13 · Luke 14:21 2×
Where It Appears in Scripture
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Biblical Witnesses
Those with physical disabilities invited to a feast as objects of charitable love
The maimed summoned to a banquet representing the socially marginalized and excluded
Word Origins
ἀνάπηρος is built from this root:
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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