What does αὐθαίρετος (authaíretos) mean in the Bible?
αὐθαίρετος (authaíretos) is a Greek word meaning "self-chosen".
Greek · G830
αὐθαίρετος
Self-chosen
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αὐθαίρετοςG830
Pronunciationauthaíretos
What does αὐθαίρετος (authaíretos) mean in the Bible?
αὐθαίρετος (authaíretos) is a Greek word meaning "self-chosen".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G830?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of his own volition (1), Of their own accord (1).
Where does αὐθαίρετος (authaíretos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 8:3. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itof his own volition1×2 Corinthians 8:17
Of their own accord1×2 Corinthians 8:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row2 Corinthians 8:3
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
2 Corinthians2
Source forms
αὐθαίρετοι1xauthairetoi2 Corinthians 8:3
αὐθαίρετος1xauthairetos2 Corinthians 8:17
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1x2 Corinthians 8:3
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1x2 Corinthians 8:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. self-chosen
Strong'sG830
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
self-chosen
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 8:3Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
αὐθαίρετοι,auqairetoi
of one's own accord
Read verse2 Corinthians 8:17Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
αὐθαίρετοςauqairetov
of one's own accord
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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternNominative (2)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine2 Cor 8:31×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine2 Cor 8:171×
Word Origins
αὐθαίρετος is built from these roots: