Greek proper noun (a person) · G1889
Ἐπαφρᾶς
Epaphrasep-af-ras'
Epaphras
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Epaphrâs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1889is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1889
Epaphras, a Christian
The King James renders it: Epaphras.
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
Epaphras is rendered "Epaphras". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Colossians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Colossians 1:7You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
Colossians 1:7Ἐπαφρᾶ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in Colossians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Epaphras3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπαφρίζω | epaphrizo | to foam up | Uses1 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- Ἐπαφρᾶς2
- Ἐπαφρᾶ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2N-NSM-P
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM-P
Colossians
two uses
You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
- Ἐπαφρᾶepaphranoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Epaphras
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.
- Ἐπαφρᾶςepaphrasnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Epaphras
Philemon
one use
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,
- Ἐπαφρᾶςepaphrasnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Epaphras
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.