What does αὐθάδης (authádēs) mean in the Bible?
αὐθάδης (authádēs) is a Greek word meaning "self-willed".
Greek · G829
αὐθάδης
Self-willed
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αὐθάδης G829
Pronunciation authádēs
What does αὐθάδης (authádēs) mean in the Bible?
αὐθάδης (authádēs) is a Greek word meaning "self-willed".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G829?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] self-willed (1), self-willed (1).
Where does αὐθάδης (authádēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Titus 1:7. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Peter (1), Titus (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 [and] self-willed 1× 2 Peter 2:10
self-willed 1× Titus 1:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Titus 1:7
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Titus 1 2 Peter 1
Source forms
αὐθάδεις 1x authadeis 2 Peter 2:10
αὐθάδη 1x authadē Titus 1:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Titus 1:7
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 2 Peter 2:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. self-willed
Strong's G829
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
self-willed
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Titus 1:7 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
αὐθάδη, auqadh
self-satisfied, arrogant
Read verse 2 Peter 2:10 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
αὐθάδεις, auqadeiv
self-satisfied, arrogant
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 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 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 2 Pet 2:10 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Titus 1:7 1×
Word Origins
αὐθάδης 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