What does Τύρος (Týros) mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G5184
Τύρος
:--Tyre.
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Τύρος G5184
Pronunciation Týros
What does Τύρος (Týros) mean in the Bible?
Τύρος (Týros) is a Greek word meaning ":--Tyre.".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5184?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Tyre (5), of Tyre (4), for Tyre (2).
Where does Τύρος (Týros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Mark (3), Matthew (3), Acts (2).
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 Tyre 5× Matthew 11:21, Mark 3:8, Luke 10:13, Acts 21:3
of Tyre 4× Matthew 15:21, Mark 7:24, Mark 7:31, Luke 6:17
for Tyre 2× Matthew 11:22, Luke 10:14
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 11:21 Τύρῳ to Tyre Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Matthew 11:22 Τύρῳ to for Tyre Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Matthew 15:21 Τύρου to of Tyre Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Mark 3:8 Τύρον to Tyre Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 7:24 Τύρου to of Tyre Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Mark 7:31 Τύρου to of Tyre Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Luke 6:17 Τύρου to of Tyre Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Luke 10:13 Τύρῳ to Tyre Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Luke 10:14 Τύρῳ to for Tyre Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 21:3 Τύρον to Tyre Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 11:21
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 4
Matthew 3 Mark 3 Luke 3 Acts 2
Source forms
Τύρου 5x Tyrou Matthew 15:21, Mark 7:24, Mark 7:31, Luke 6:17
Τύρῳ 4x Tyrō Matthew 11:21, Matthew 11:22, Luke 10:13, Luke 10:14
Τύρον 2x Tyron Mark 3:8, Acts 21:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 5x Matthew 15:21, Mark 7:24, Mark 7:31, Luke 6:17
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 4x Matthew 11:21, Matthew 11:22, Luke 10:13, Luke 10:14
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Mark 3:8, Acts 21:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. :--Tyre.
Strong's G5184
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Greek text appearances 11 times Word forms 3 forms 11 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
:--Tyre.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
11 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 11:21 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Τύρῳ turw
Tyre
Read verse Matthew 11:22 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Τύρῳ turw
Tyre
Read verse Matthew 15:21 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Τύρου turou
Tyre
Read verse Mark 3:8 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Τύρον turon
Tyre
Read verse Mark 7:24 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Τύρου turou
Tyre
Read verse Mark 7:31 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Τύρου turou
Tyre
Read verse Luke 6:17 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Τύρου turou
Tyre
Read verse Luke 10:13 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Τύρῳ turw
Tyre
Read verse Luke 10:14 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Τύρῳ turw
Tyre
Read verse Acts 21:3 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Τύρον· turon
Tyre
Read verse Acts 21:7 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
Τύρου, turou
Tyre
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 3 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 3 Aligned forms 11 Case pattern Genitive (5) Number pattern Singular (11)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 15:21 · Mark 7:24 · Mark 7:31 · Luke 6:17 · Acts 21:7 5×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 11:21 · Matt 11:22 · Luke 10:13 · Luke 10:14 4×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Mark 3:8 · Acts 21:3 2×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
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