Greek adjective · G297
ἀμφότερος
amphoterosam-fot'-er-os
both
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: amphóteros
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G297is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G297
(in plural) both
The King James renders it: both.
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
amphoteros is rendered "both". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Five of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 9:17Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
Matthew 9:17ἀμφότεροι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's fourteen uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- both12
- them all1
- to both1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἄμφοδον | amphodon | street | Uses1 |
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- ἀμφότεροι7
- ἀμφότερα3
- ἀμφότερα.¶1
- ἀμφοτέροις1
- ἀμφοτέρους1
- ἀμφοτέρων1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural7A-NPM
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural4A-APN
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural1A-APM
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1A-DPM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1A-GPM
Matthew
three uses
Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
- ἀμφότεροιamphoteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: both
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
- ἀμφότεραamphoteraadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: both
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
- ἀμφότεροιamphoteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: both
Luke
five uses
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- ἀμφότεροιamphoteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: both
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
- ἀμφότεροιamphoteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: both
So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
- ἀμφότεραamphoteraadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: both
Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
- ἀμφότεροιamphoteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: both
When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”
- ἀμφοτέροιςamphoteroisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: to both
Acts
three uses
And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
- ἀμφότεροιamphoteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: both
Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.
- ἀμφοτέρωνamphoteronadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: them all
For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
- ἀμφότερα.¶amphoteraadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: both
Ephesians
three uses
For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
- ἀμφότεραamphoteraadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: both
and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.
- ἀμφοτέρουςamphoterousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: both
For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- ἀμφότεροιamphoteroiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: both
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.