Greek proper noun (a person) · G4609
Σίλας
Silassee'-las
Silas
12 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Sílas
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4609is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4609
Silas, a Christian
The King James renders it: Silas.
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
Silas is rendered "Silas". It stands 12 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Twelve of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 15:22Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,
Acts 15:22Σιλᾶν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twelve of the word's twelve uses are in Acts.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Silas11
- to Silas1
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 12, 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
- Σιλᾶν6
- Σιλᾶς4
- Σιλᾷ2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular6N-ASM-P
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4N-NSM-P
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2N-DSM-P
Acts
twelve uses
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,
- Σιλᾶνsilannoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Silas
Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to tell you in person the same things we are writing.
- Σιλᾶνsilannoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Silas
Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
- Σιλᾶςsilasnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Silas
but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
- Σιλᾶνsilannoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Silas
When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
- Σιλᾶνsilannoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Silas
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
- Σιλᾶςsilasnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Silas
Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
- Σιλᾷsilanoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: Silas
Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.
- Σιλᾷsilanoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: to Silas
As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
- Σιλᾶνsilannoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Silas
The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
- Σιλᾶςsilasnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Silas
Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
- Σιλᾶνsilannoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Silas
And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
- Σιλᾶςsilasnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Silas
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.