What does ἄνευ (áneu) mean in the Bible?
ἄνευ (áneu) is a Greek word meaning "without".
Greek · G427
ἄνευ
Without
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ἄνευ G427
Pronunciation áneu
What does ἄνευ (áneu) mean in the Bible?
ἄνευ (áneu) is a Greek word meaning "without".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G427?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include without (2), apart from the will (1).
Where does ἄνευ (áneu) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:29. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (2), Matthew (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 without 2× 1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 4:9
apart from the will 1× Matthew 10:29
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 10:29
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 1 Peter 2
Source forms
ἄνευ 3x aneu Matthew 10:29, 1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 4:9
Parsing patterns
Preposition 3x Matthew 10:29, 1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 4:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. without
Strong's G427
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
without
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 10:29 Preposition
ἄνευ aneu
without, without the cooperation or knowledge of
Read verse 1 Peter 3:1 Preposition
ἄνευ aneu
without, without the cooperation or knowledge of
Read verse 1 Peter 4:9 Preposition
ἄνευ aneu
without, without the cooperation or knowledge of
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 3
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 10:29 · 1 Pet 3:1 · 1 Pet 4:9 3×
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