What does Πέτρος · Ἰωάννης · Ἰάκωβος mean in the Bible?
Πέτρος · Ἰωάννης · Ἰάκωβος is a Greek phrase meaning "Peter, John, and James".
Greek · G4074, G2491, G2385
Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην καὶ Ἰάκωβον
A (piece of) rock (larger than ); as a name, Petrus, an apostle · Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites · Jacobus, the name of three Israelites
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Πέτρος G4074 a (piece of) rock (larger than ); as a name, Petrus, an apostle
Pronunciation Pétros
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Ἰωάννης G2491 Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
Pronunciation Iōánnēs
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Ἰάκωβος G2385 Jacobus, the name of three Israelites
Pronunciation Iákōbos
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What does Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην καὶ Ἰάκωβον (Petron kai Iōannēn kai Iakōbon) mean in the Bible?
Πέτρος · Ἰωάννης · Ἰάκωβος is a Greek phrase meaning "Peter, John, and James".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4074, G2491, G2385?
G4074, G2491, G2385 is connected to 156 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Peter, John, and James
Source Gloss
Peter, John, and James
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 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 5 Aligned forms 156 Case pattern Nominative (100) Number pattern Singular (156)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:2 · Matt 14:28 · Matt 14:29 · Matt 15:15 · Matt 16:16 · Matt 16:18 · Matt 16:22 · Matt 17:4 · Matt 18:21 · Matt 19:27 · Matt 26:33 · Matt 26:35 · Matt 26:58 · Matt 26:69 · Matt 26:75 · Mark 8:29 100×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:14 · Mark 14:66 · John 1:40 · John 1:44 · John 6:8 · John 20:4 · Acts 4:13 · Acts 5:15 · Acts 10:19 · Acts 10:44 · Acts 12:7 · Acts 12:14 12×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 16:23 · Matt 17:24 · Matt 26:40 · Matt 26:73 · Mark 8:33 · Mark 14:37 · Mark 14:70 · Mark 16:7 · Luke 22:61 · John 18:11 · John 18:17 · John 21:7 · John 21:15 · Acts 10:45 · Gal 2:8 15×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:18 · Matt 17:1 · Matt 26:37 · Mark 3:16 · Mark 5:37 · Mark 9:2 · Mark 14:33 · Mark 14:67 · Mark 16:8 · Luke 6:14 · Luke 8:51 · Luke 9:28 · Luke 22:8 · John 13:6 · John 18:16 · John 20:2 26×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Luke 22:34 · Acts 10:13 · Acts 11:7 3×
Word Origins
Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην καὶ Ἰάκωβον is a primary word - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
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