What does πάντως (pántōs) mean in the Bible?
πάντως (pántōs): Emphatic adverb: "by all means" affirms certainty; with negation, it strengthens denial.
Greek · G3843
πάντως
Entirely; specially, at all events, (with negative, following) in no event
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πάντως G3843
Pronunciation pántōs
What does πάντως (pántōs) mean in the Bible?
πάντως (pántōs): Emphatic adverb: "by all means" affirms certainty; with negation, it strengthens denial.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3843?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include at all (2), Surely (2), . . . (1), [including ] (1), by all possible means (1).
Where does πάντως (pántōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 4:23. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (4), Acts (2), Luke (1), Romans (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 at all 2× Romans 3:9, 1 Corinthians 16:12
Surely 2× Luke 4:23, Acts 28:4
. . . 1× 1 Corinthians 9:10
[including ] 1× 1 Corinthians 5:10
by all possible means 1× 1 Corinthians 9:22
vvv 1× Acts 21:22
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 4:23 Πάντως to Surely Adverb Acts 21:22 πάντως to vvv Adverb Acts 28:4 Πάντως to Surely Adverb Romans 3:9 πάντως to at all Adverb 1 Corinthians 5:10 πάντως to [including ] Adverb 1 Corinthians 9:10 πάντως to . . . Adverb 1 Corinthians 9:22 πάντως to by all possible means Adverb 1 Corinthians 16:12 πάντως to at all Adverb
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 4:23
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 4
Luke 1 Acts 2 Romans 1 1 Corinthians 4
Source forms
πάντως 6x pantōs Acts 21:22, Romans 3:9, 1 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Corinthians 9:10
Πάντως 2x Pantōs Luke 4:23, Acts 28:4
Parsing patterns
Adverb 8x Luke 4:23, Acts 21:22, Acts 28:4, Romans 3:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Emphatic adverb: "by all means" affirms certainty; with negation, it strengthens denial.
Strong's G3843
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 1 form 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
entirely; specially, at all events, (with negative, following) in no event
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Emphatic adverb: "by all means" affirms certainty; with negation, it strengthens denial.
adv. (πάς), [in LXX: 4Ki.5:11 (see Thackeray, Gr., 47), Tob.14:8, al. ;] altogether, by all means;
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 4:23 Adverb
Πάντως pantwv
entirely, in every way, certainly
Read verse Acts 18:21 Adverb
πάντως pantwv
entirely, in every way, certainly
Read verse Acts 21:22 Adverb
πάντως pantwv
entirely, in every way, certainly
Read verse Acts 28:4 Adverb
Πάντως pantwv
entirely, in every way, certainly
Read verse Romans 3:9 Adverb
πάντως· pantwv
entirely, in every way, certainly
Read verse 1 Corinthians 5:10 Adverb
πάντως pantwv
entirely, in every way, certainly
Read verse 1 Corinthians 9:10 Adverb
πάντως pantwv
entirely, in every way, certainly
Read verse 1 Corinthians 9:22 Adverb
πάντως pantwv
entirely, in every way, certainly
Read verse 1 Corinthians 16:12 Adverb
πάντως pantwv
entirely, in every way, certainly
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 8
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Luke 4:23 · Acts 21:22 · Acts 28:4 · Rom 3:9 · 1 Cor 5:10 · 1 Cor 9:10 · 1 Cor 9:22 · 1 Cor 16:12 8×
Word Origins
πάντως is built from this root:
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