Greek adjective · G1103
γνήσιος
gnesiosgnay'-see-os
prop.; true, genuine, sincere
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gnḗsios
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1103is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1103
legitimate (of birth), i.e. genuine
The King James renders it: own, sincerity, true.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gnesios is rendered "prop.; true, genuine, sincere". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "prop.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 8:8I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
2 Corinthians 8:8γνήσιον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's four uses is in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: prop., and true, genuine, sincere.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| prop.lawfully begotten | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where2 Corinthians 8:8I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the… |
| true, genuine, sincerePhp.4:3, 1Ti.1:2, Tit.1:4; as subst., τὸ γ. = ἡ γνησιότης, sincerity, 2Co.8:8.† (AS) | Tagged as
| Where2 Corinthians 8:8I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| γνησίως | gnesios | genuinely | Uses1 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- γνησίῳ2
- γνήσιε1
- γνήσιον1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular2A-DSN
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular1A-ASN
- adjective · vocative (address) · masculine singular1A-VSM
2 Corinthians
one use
I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
- γνήσιονgnesionadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: genuineness
Philippians
one use
Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
- γνήσιεgnesieadjective · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: true
1 Timothy
one use
To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
- γνησίῳgnesioadjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: true
Titus
one use
To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
- γνησίῳgnesioadjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: true
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.