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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Στέφανος G4736
Pronunciation Stéphanos
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 It Stephen 7× Acts 6:5, Acts 6:8, Acts 6:9, Acts 7:59
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 6:5 Στέφανον to Stephen Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 6:8 Στέφανος to Stephen Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 6:9 Στεφάνῳ to Stephen Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Acts 7:59 Στέφανον to Stephen Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 8:2 Στέφανον to Stephen Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 11:19 Στεφάνῳ to Stephen Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Acts 22:20 Στεφάνου to Stephen Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 6:5
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 1
Acts 7
Source forms
Στέφανον 3x Stephanon Acts 6:5, Acts 7:59, Acts 8:2
Στεφάνῳ 2x Stephanō Acts 6:9, Acts 11:19
Στέφανος 1x Stephanos Acts 6:8
Στεφάνου 1x Stephanou Acts 22:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Acts 6:5, Acts 7:59, Acts 8:2
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 2x Acts 6:9, Acts 11:19
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Acts 22:20
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 6:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Stephanus, a Christian
Strong's G4736
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 4 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Stephanus, a Christian
Extended definition
:--Stephen.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 6:5 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Στέφανον, stefanon
Stephen
Read verse Acts 6:8 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Στέφανος stefanov
Stephen
Read verse Acts 6:9 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
Στεφάνῳ. stefanw
Stephen
Read verse Acts 7:59 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Στέφανον, stefanon
Stephen
Read verse Acts 8:2 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Στέφανον stefanon
Stephen
Read verse Acts 11:19 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
Στεφάνῳ stefanw
Stephen
Read verse Acts 22:20 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
Στεφάνου stefanou
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 patterns 4 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 6:8 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 22:20 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Acts 6:9 · Acts 11:19 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 6:5 · Acts 7:59 · Acts 8:2 3×
Word Origins
Στέφανος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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