What does Σάρδεις (Sárdeis) mean in the Bible?
Σάρδεις (Sárdeis) is a Greek word meaning "Sardis, a place in Asia Minor".
Greek · G4554
Σάρδεις
Sardis, a place in Asia Minor
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Σάρδεις G4554
Pronunciation Sárdeis
What does Σάρδεις (Sárdeis) mean in the Bible?
Σάρδεις (Sárdeis) is a Greek word meaning "Sardis, a place in Asia Minor".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4554?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Sardis (3).
Where does Σάρδεις (Sárdeis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 1:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3).
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 Sardis 3× Revelation 1:11, Revelation 3:1, Revelation 3:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Revelation 1:11
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Revelation 3
Source forms
Σάρδεσιν 2x Sardesin Revelation 3:1, Revelation 3:4
Σάρδεις 1x Sardeis Revelation 1:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 2x Revelation 3:1, Revelation 3:4
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Revelation 1:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Sardis, a place in Asia Minor
Strong's G4554
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Sardis, a place in Asia Minor
Extended definition
:--Sardis.
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.
Revelation 1:11 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
Σάρδεις, sardeiv
Sardis
Read verse Revelation 3:1 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
Σάρδεσιν sardesin
Sardis
Read verse Revelation 3:4 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
Σάρδεσιν, sardesin
Sardis
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · Feminine Rev 3:1 · Rev 3:4 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Rev 1:11 1×
Word Origins
Σάρδεις is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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