What does προσωπολήπτης (prosōpolḗptēs) mean in the Bible?
προσωπολήπτης (prosōpolḗptēs): One who judges by external appearance rather than character, showing partiality based on social status.
Greek · G4381
προσωπολήπτης
προσωπολήπτης (prosōpolḗptēs): One who judges by external appearance rather than character, showing partiality based on social status.
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προσωπολήπτηςG4381
Pronunciationprosōpolḗptēs
What does προσωπολήπτης (prosōpolḗptēs) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G4381?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include show favoritism (1).
Where does προσωπολήπτης (prosōpolḗptēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 10:34. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (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 Itshow favoritism1×Acts 10:34
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First aligned rowActs 10:34
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Acts1
Source forms
προσωπολήμπτης1xprosōpolēmptēsActs 10:34
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xActs 10:34
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who judges by external appearance rather than character, showing partiality based on social status.
Source Gloss
prejudiced person
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
One who judges by external appearance rather than character, showing partiality based on social status.
(πρόσωπον λαμβάνειν, see: πρόσωπον), a respecter of persons: Act.10:34 (on this group of cognate forms, see Mayor, da., 78 f.; and cf. Thackeray, Gr., 44).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 10:34Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
προσωπολήπτηςproswpolhpthv
one who shows partiality
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.
Word Origins
προσωπολήπτης is built from these roots: