What does Χουζᾶς (Chouzâs) mean in the Bible?
Χουζᾶς (Chouzâs) is a Greek word meaning "Chuzas, an officer of Herod".
Greek · G5529
Χουζᾶς
Chuzas, an officer of Herod
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Χουζᾶς G5529
Pronunciation Chouzâs
What does Χουζᾶς (Chouzâs) mean in the Bible?
Χουζᾶς (Chouzâs) is a Greek word meaning "Chuzas, an officer of Herod".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5529?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include Chuza (1).
Where does Χουζᾶς (Chouzâs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 8:3. 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 Chuza 1× Luke 8:3
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Usage map
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First aligned row Luke 8:3
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Luke 1
Source forms
Χουζᾶ 1x Chouza Luke 8:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Luke 8:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Chuzas, an officer of Herod
Strong's G5529
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Chuzas, an officer of Herod
Extended definition
:--Chuza.
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 8:3 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
Χουζᾶ couza
Chuza
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 Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 8:3 1×
Word Origins
Χουζᾶς is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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