What does Στέφανος (Stéphanos) mean in the Bible?
Στέφανος (Stéphanos) is a Greek word meaning "Stephanus, a Christian".
Greek · G4736
Στέφανος
Stephanus, a Christian
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ΣτέφανοςG4736
PronunciationStéphanos
What does Στέφανος (Stéphanos) mean in the Bible?
Στέφανος (Stéphanos) is a Greek word meaning "Stephanus, a Christian".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4736?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Stephen (7).
Where does Στέφανος (Stéphanos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 6:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (7).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders ItStephen7×Acts 6:5, Acts 6:8, Acts 6:9, Acts 7:59
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Acts 6:5ΣτέφανονtoStephenNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularActs 6:8ΣτέφανοςtoStephenNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularActs 6:9ΣτεφάνῳtoStephenNoun - Dative Masculine SingularActs 7:59ΣτέφανονtoStephenNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularActs 8:2ΣτέφανονtoStephenNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularActs 11:19ΣτεφάνῳtoStephenNoun - Dative Masculine SingularActs 22:20ΣτεφάνουtoStephenNoun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 6:5
Aligned rows7
Books represented1
Acts7
Source forms
Στέφανον3xStephanonActs 6:5, Acts 7:59, Acts 8:2
Στεφάνῳ2xStephanōActs 6:9, Acts 11:19
Στέφανος1xStephanosActs 6:8
Στεφάνου1xStephanouActs 22:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular3xActs 6:5, Acts 7:59, Acts 8:2
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular2xActs 6:9, Acts 11:19
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular1xActs 22:20
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xActs 6:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Stephanus, a Christian
Strong'sG4736
Lexical occurrences7 versesGreek text appearances7 timesWord forms4 forms7 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
Stephanus, a Christian
Extended definition
:--Stephen.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 6:5Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Στέφανον,stefanon
Stephen
Read verseActs 6:8Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Στέφανοςstefanov
Stephen
Read verseActs 6:9Noun Dative Singular Masculine
Στεφάνῳ.stefanw
Stephen
Read verseActs 7:59Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Στέφανον,stefanon
Stephen
Read verseActs 8:2Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Στέφανονstefanon
Stephen
Read verseActs 11:19Noun Dative Singular Masculine
Στεφάνῳstefanw
Stephen
Read verseActs 22:20Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
Στεφάνουstefanou
Stephen
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 4 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 patterns4Aligned forms7Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternSingular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineActs 6:81×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineActs 22:201×
Dative · Singular · MasculineActs 6:9 · Acts 11:192×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineActs 6:5 · Acts 7:59 · Acts 8:23×
Word Origins
Στέφανος is built from this root:
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