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Greek n--t · G2541

Καῖσαρ

Kaisarkah'-ee-sar

Caesar

29 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: Kaîsar

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2541is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 6 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 8
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2541

Cæsar, a title of the Roman emperor

The King James renders it: Cæsar.

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

Kaisar is rendered "Caesar". It stands 29 times in the Greek text, across six books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 22:17So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
  • The Greek text spells it eight different ways.

The first use

So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

Matthew 22:17Καίσαρι

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Ten of the word's twenty-nine uses are in Acts.

The other 21 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • to Caesar11
  • Caesar8
  • of Caesar7
  • Caesar’s2
  • Caesar's1

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.

The words it stands beside

All 29, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

8 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

  • Καίσαρος11
  • Καίσαρι7
  • Καίσαρα5
  • Καίσαρα.¶2
  • Καίσαρά1
  • Καίσαρί1
  • Καίσαρι.¶1
  • Καίσαρος.¶1

The grammar of each form

  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular12N-GSM-T
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular9N-DSM-T
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular8N-ASM-T

Matthew

four uses
  • So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

    Matthew 22:17

    • Καίσαριkaisarinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Caesar
  • “Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

    Matthew 22:21

    • Καίσαρος.¶kaisarosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Of Caesar
    • Καίσαροςkaisarosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Caesar
    • Καίσαριkaisarinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Caesar

Mark

four uses
  • “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”

    Mark 12:14

    • Καίσαριkaisarinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Caesar
  • So they brought it, and He asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

    Mark 12:16

    • Καίσαροςkaisarosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Caesar’s
  • Then Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” And they marveled at Him.

    Mark 12:17

    • Καίσαροςkaisarosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Caesar
    • Καίσαριkaisarinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Caesar

Luke

seven uses
  • Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.

    Luke 2:1

    • Καίσαροςkaisarosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Caesar
  • In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

    Luke 3:1

    • Καίσαροςkaisarosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Caesar
  • Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

    Luke 20:22

    • Καίσαριkaisarinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Caesar
  • “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

    Luke 20:24

    • Καίσαροςkaisarosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Caesar’s
  • So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

    Luke 20:25

    • Καίσαροςkaisarosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Caesar
    • Καίσαριkaisarinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Caesar
  • And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”

    Luke 23:2

    • Καίσαριkaisarinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Caesar

John

three uses
  • From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”

    John 19:12

    • Καίσαροςkaisarosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Caesar
    • Καίσαρι.¶kaisarinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: Caesar
  • At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.

    John 19:15

    • Καίσαρα.¶kaisaranoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Caesar

Acts

ten uses
  • and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

    Acts 17:7

    • Καίσαροςkaisarosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Caesar
  • Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

    Acts 25:8

    • Καίσαράkaisaranoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Caesar
  • Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

    Acts 25:10

    • Καίσαροςkaisarosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Caesar
  • If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

    Acts 25:11

    • Καίσαραkaisaranoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: To Caesar
  • Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”

    Acts 25:12

    • Καίσαραkaisaranoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: To Caesar
    • Καίσαραkaisaranoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Caesar
  • But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”

    Acts 25:21

    • Καίσαραkaisaranoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Caesar
  • And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

    Acts 26:32

    • Καίσαρα.¶kaisaranoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: to Caesar
  • and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’

    Acts 27:24

    • Καίσαρίkaisarinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Caesar
  • But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.

    Acts 28:19

    • Καίσαραkaisaranoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Caesar

Philippians

one use
  • All the saints send you greetings, especially those from the household of Caesar.

    Philippians 4:22

    • Καίσαροςkaisarosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: Caesar's

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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