What does πᾶς (pâs) mean in the Bible?
Pas is the Greek word family often rendered all, every, each, any, or the whole. It is extremely common, but its scope is never decided by the English word alone.
All, any, every, the whole
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Pas is the Greek word family often rendered all, every, each, any, or the whole. It is extremely common, but its scope is never decided by the English word alone.
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Pas is the Greek word family often rendered all, every, each, any, or the whole. It is extremely common, but its scope is never decided by the English word alone.
The BSB source-word alignment has 1,245 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include all (418), every (108), everyone (105), everything (76), All things (53).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 1:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (173), Luke (158), Matthew (129), 1 Corinthians (112).
This entry includes 31 verse guides that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Pas is the Greek word family often rendered all, every, each, any, or the whole. It is extremely common, but its scope is never decided by the English word alone. Sometimes it is universal, as in all have sinned. Sometimes it gathers a whole category, as in all nations. Sometimes it distributes across individual acts, as in whatever you do. Sometimes it names the comprehensiveness of Scripture's usefulness or Christ's creative lordship over all things.
Because the word can sound absolute, it requires careful attention to grammar, noun, sentence, and argument. Pas is pastorally important because Scripture's all-language often humbles pride, widens mission, strengthens assurance, and magnifies Christ. It must not be stretched beyond the context or narrowed because the claim feels too large.
Pas can mean all, every, each, any, or the whole. Its scope is context-governed: universal in some passages, distributive in others, and limited by the noun or argument where the text requires it.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Paul's all-language gathers humanity under sin and removes boasting before the gospel remedy.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
All things are not called good in themselves; God works them together for good for those who love Him.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
All nations names the mission field of the risen Christ's commission.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
All Scripture is God-breathed, grounding the whole Scripture's usefulness for teaching and formation.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
Paul extends Godward purpose across ordinary actions: eating, drinking, and whatever believers do.
For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
All things in heaven and on earth are created in, through, and for Christ, making the scope explicitly cosmic.
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Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Greek word. all, any, every, the whole
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 1,250 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
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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.
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 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.
πᾶς is a primary word - no further derivation.
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Pas is powerful because scope matters. Romans 3:23 uses all to level humanity under sin, preparing for justification by grace. Romans 8:28 does not call every event good; it says God works all things together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. Matthew 28:19 expands mission to all nations under the risen Christ. Second Timothy 3:16 speaks of all Scripture as God-breathed and useful.
First Corinthians 10:31 gathers ordinary life under God's glory. Colossians 1:16 makes the scope cosmic because all things were created through and for the Son. The word therefore requires both courage and restraint. Courage, because Scripture sometimes makes very large claims. Restraint, because context tells us what all includes.
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Pas changes force according to grammar and context. It may be attributive, substantival, collective, distributive, or comprehensive. The noun it modifies and the argument around it set the boundaries.
The Bible's all-language stretches from all nations blessed through Abraham's seed to all creation under Christ's lordship and all Scripture serving God's people. The range is vast, but every use must still be read in context.
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