What does χοϊκός (choïkós) mean in the Bible?
χοϊκός (choïkós) is a Greek word meaning "made of dust".
Greek · G5517
χοϊκός
Made of dust
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χοϊκός G5517
Pronunciation choïkós
What does χοϊκός (choïkós) mean in the Bible?
χοϊκός (choïkós) is a Greek word meaning "made of dust".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5517?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include earthly [man] (2), [was] of the dust (1), of the earth (1).
Where does χοϊκός (choïkós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 15:47. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (4).
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 earthly [man] 2× 1 Corinthians 15:48, 1 Corinthians 15:49
[was] of the dust 1× 1 Corinthians 15:47
of the earth 1× 1 Corinthians 15:48
Show sample aligned rows
1 Corinthians 15:47 χοϊκός to [was] of the dust Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 15:48 χοϊκός to earthly [man] Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 15:48 χοϊκοί to of the earth Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1 Corinthians 15:49 χοϊκοῦ to earthly [man] Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Corinthians 15:47
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 1
1 Corinthians 4
Source forms
χοϊκός 2x choikos 1 Corinthians 15:47, 1 Corinthians 15:48
χοϊκοί 1x choikoi 1 Corinthians 15:48
χοϊκοῦ 1x choikou 1 Corinthians 15:49
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x 1 Corinthians 15:47, 1 Corinthians 15:48
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 15:49
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 15:48
Evidence Summary
Greek word. made of dust
Strong's G5517
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
made of dust
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(χοῦς) earthy, made of dust: 1Co.15:47-49 (see Field, Notes, 179 f.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 15:47 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
χοϊκός· coikov
earthy, made of earth
Read verse 1 Corinthians 15:48 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
χοϊκός, coikov
earthy, made of earth
Read verse 1 Corinthians 15:48 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
χοϊκοί· coikoi
earthy, made of earth
Read verse 1 Corinthians 15:49 Adjective Genitive Singular Masculine
χοϊκοῦ, coikou
earthy, made of earth
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 4 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 1 Cor 15:47 · 1 Cor 15:48 2×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 15:48 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine 1 Cor 15:49 1×
Word Origins
χοϊκός is built from this root:
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