Greek noun (masculine) · G4719
στάχυς
stachysstakh'-oos
head of grain
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: stáchys
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4719is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4719
a head of grain (as standing out from the stalk)
The King James renders it: ear (of corn).
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
stachys is rendered "head of grain". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 12:1At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
Matthew 12:1στάχυας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- heads of grain3
- an ear1
- ear1
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 5, 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
- στάχυας3
- στάχυϊ1
- στάχυν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural3N-APM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM
Matthew
one use
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
- στάχυαςstachuasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: heads of grain
Mark
three uses
One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.
- στάχυαςstachuasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: heads of grain
All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
- στάχυνstachunnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: an ear
- στάχυϊstachuinoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: ear
Luke
one use
One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.
- στάχυαςstachuasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: heads of grain
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.