What does προδότης (prodótēs) mean in the Bible?
προδότης (prodótēs): One who actively surrenders another person to enemies or authorities, betraying trust.
Greek · G4273
προδότης
A surrender
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προδότηςG4273
Pronunciationprodótēs
What does προδότης (prodótēs) mean in the Bible?
προδότης (prodótēs): One who actively surrenders another person to enemies or authorities, betraying trust.
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How does the BSB render G4273?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [a] traitor (1), betrayers (1), traitorous (1).
Where does προδότης (prodótēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 6:16. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Timothy (1), Acts (1), Luke (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[a] traitor1×Luke 6:16
betrayers1×Acts 7:52
traitorous1×2 Timothy 3:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 6:16
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Luke1Acts12 Timothy1
Source forms
προδόται2xprodotaiActs 7:52, 2 Timothy 3:4
προδότης1xprodotēsLuke 6:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural2xActs 7:52, 2 Timothy 3:4
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xLuke 6:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who actively surrenders another person to enemies or authorities, betraying trust.
Strong'sG4273
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 6:16Source Gloss
a surrender
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 6:16Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
προδότης,prodothv
a betrayer
Read verseActs 7:52Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
προδόταιprodotai
a betrayer
Read verse2 Timothy 3:4Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
προδόται,prodotai
a betrayer
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 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternNominative (3)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineActs 7:52 · 2 Tim 3:42×
Nominative · Singular · MasculineLuke 6:161×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Judas Iscariot identified as the betrayer among the twelve apostles
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Word Origins
προδότης is built from this root: