What does ὕστερος (hýsteros) mean in the Bible?
ὕστερος (hýsteros): Temporal marker distinguishing later events from earlier ones; adverbial neut. form means "afterwards" or "subsequently
Greek · G5306
ὕστερος
Later
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ὕστερος G5306
Pronunciation hýsteros
What does ὕστερος (hýsteros) mean in the Bible?
ὕστερος (hýsteros): Temporal marker distinguishing later events from earlier ones; adverbial neut. form means "afterwards" or "subsequently
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How does the BSB render G5306?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include later (1).
Where does ὕστερος (hýsteros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Timothy 4:1. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (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 later 1× 1 Timothy 4:1
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First aligned row 1 Timothy 4:1
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
1 Timothy 1
Source forms
ὑστέροις 1x hysterois 1 Timothy 4:1
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural - Comparative 1x 1 Timothy 4:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Temporal marker distinguishing later events from earlier ones; adverbial neut. form means "afterwards" or "subsequently
Strong's G5306
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 2 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
later
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.
1 Timothy 4:1 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
ὑστέροις usteroiv
later
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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 9 Case pattern Accusative (8) Number pattern Singular (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Tim 4:1 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 4:2 · Matt 21:29 · Matt 21:32 · Matt 21:37 · Matt 22:27 · Matt 25:11 · Matt 26:60 · Luke 20:32 8×
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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