What does ὡραῖος (hōraîos) mean in the Bible?
ὡραῖος (hōraîos): Beauty tied to ripeness and proper timing; aesthetically pleasing in its season or maturity
Greek · G5611
ὡραῖος
Beautiful
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ὡραῖοςG5611
Pronunciationhōraîos
What does ὡραῖος (hōraîos) mean in the Bible?
ὡραῖος (hōraîos): Beauty tied to ripeness and proper timing; aesthetically pleasing in its season or maturity
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5611?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include beautiful (3), beautiful [are] (1).
Where does ὡραῖος (hōraîos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Matthew (1), Romans (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 Itbeautiful3×Matthew 23:27, Acts 3:2, Acts 3:10
beautiful [are]1×Romans 10:15
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 23:27
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Matthew1Acts2Romans1
Source forms
ὡραῖοι2xhōraioiMatthew 23:27, Romans 10:15
Ὡραίᾳ1xHōraiaActs 3:10
Ὡραίαν1xHōraianActs 3:2
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural2xMatthew 23:27, Romans 10:15
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular1xActs 3:2
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular1xActs 3:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Beauty tied to ripeness and proper timing; aesthetically pleasing in its season or maturity
Strong'sG5611
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
Beautiful
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Beauty tied to ripeness and proper timing; aesthetically pleasing in its season or maturity
(ὥρα), [in LXX for נָאָה, טוֹב, יָפָה, etc. ;] seasonable, timely, esp. of ripe fruits; hence, blooming, beautiful (both of things and persons): Mat.23:27, Act.3:2, 10, Rom.10:15 (LXX, ὥρα).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:27Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ὡραῖοι,wraioi
fair, beautiful
Read verseActs 3:2Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
Ὡραίαν,wraian
fair, beautiful
Read verseActs 3:10Adjective Dative Singular Feminine
Ὡραίᾳwraia
fair, beautiful
Read verseRomans 10:15Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ὡραῖοιwraioi
fair, beautiful
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 patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternNominative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMatt 23:27 · Rom 10:152×
Dative · Singular · FeminineActs 3:101×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineActs 3:21×
Word Origins
ὡραῖος is built from this root: