Greek noun (neuter) · G3696
ὅπλον
hoplonhop'-lon
a tool, implement, instrument; Freq., in pl.
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hóplon
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3696is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3696
an implement or utensil or tool (literally or figuratively, especially, offensive for war)
The King James renders it: armour, instrument, weapon.
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
hoplon is rendered "a tool, implement, instrument; Freq., in pl.". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a tool, implement, instrument".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 18:3So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.
John 18:3ὅπλων.¶
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's six uses are in Romans.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a tool, implement, instrument, and Freq., in pl..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a tool, implement, instrumentὅπλα ἀδικίας (Opp. to ὅ. δικαιοσύνης), Rom.6:13. | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 6:13Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness… |
| Freq., in pl.arms, weapons | Tagged as
| WhereJohn 18:3So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees… |
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.
All 6, 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
- ὅπλα4
- ὅπλων1
- ὅπλων.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural3N-APN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural2N-GPN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1N-NPN
John
one use
So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.
- ὅπλων.¶hoplonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: weapons
Romans
three uses
Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
- ὅπλαhoplanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: instruments
- ὅπλαhoplanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: instruments
The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- ὅπλαhoplanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: armor
2 Corinthians
two uses
in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
- ὅπλωνhoplonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: weapons
The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- ὅπλαhoplanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: weapons
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.