What does ὑδρωπικός (hydrōpikós) mean in the Bible?
ὑδρωπικός (hydrōpikós): Medical condition involving abnormal fluid accumulation, used by Luke to illustrate Jesus's compassion for the physically afflicted.
Greek · G5203
ὑδρωπικός
To be "dropsical"
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ὑδρωπικός G5203
Pronunciation hydrōpikós
What does ὑδρωπικός (hydrōpikós) mean in the Bible?
ὑδρωπικός (hydrōpikós): Medical condition involving abnormal fluid accumulation, used by Luke to illustrate Jesus's compassion for the physically afflicted.
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How does the BSB render G5203?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include with dropsy (1).
Where does ὑδρωπικός (hydrōpikós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 14:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (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 It with dropsy 1× Luke 14:2
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First aligned row Luke 14:2
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Luke 1
Source forms
ὑδρωπικὸς 1x hydrōpikos Luke 14:2
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 14:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Medical condition involving abnormal fluid accumulation, used by Luke to illustrate Jesus's compassion for the physically afflicted.
Strong's G5203
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to be "dropsical"
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Medical condition involving abnormal fluid accumulation, used by Luke to illustrate Jesus's compassion for the physically afflicted.
(ὕδρωψ, dropsy), dropsical, suffering from dropsy: Luk.14:2.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 14:2 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ὑδρωπικὸς udrwpikov
afflicted with dropsy
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 14:2 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Witnesses
Luke 14:1–6 ὑδρωπικός hydrōpikós
Suffering from dropsy
Word Origins
ὑδρωπικός is built from these roots:
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