What does βέλος (bélos) mean in the Bible?
βέλος (bélos) is a Greek word meaning "arrow".
Greek · G956
βέλος
Arrow
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βέλος G956
Pronunciation bélos
What does βέλος (bélos) mean in the Bible?
βέλος (bélos) is a Greek word meaning "arrow".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G956?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include arrows (1), of a needle (1).
Where does βέλος (bélos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 18:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (1), 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 arrows 1× Ephesians 6:16
of a needle 1× Luke 18:25
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 18:25
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Luke 1 Ephesians 1
Source forms
βέλη 1x belē Ephesians 6:16
βελόνης 1x belonēs Luke 18:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Ephesians 6:16
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Luke 18:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. arrow
Strong's G956
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
arrow
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(βάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for חֵץ ;] a missile, a dart: Eph.6:16.
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.
Ephesians 6:16 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
βέλη belh
a missile, dart, javelin
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 Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Eph 6:16 1×
Word Origins
βέλος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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