Greek adjective · G744
ἀρχαῖος
archaiosar-khah'-yos
ancient
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: archaîos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G744is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G744
original or primeval
The King James renders it: (them of) old (time).
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
archaios is rendered "ancient". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:21You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
Matthew 5:21ἀρχαίοις
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eleven 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
- ancients4
- ancient3
- an early1
- early1
- of old1
- old things1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀρχάγγελος | archangelos | archangel | Uses2 |
All 11, 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
- ἀρχαίων4
- ἀρχαίοις2
- ἀρχαῖος2
- ἀρχαῖα1
- ἀρχαίου1
- ἀρχαίῳ1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2A-DPM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural2A-GPF
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2A-GPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2A-NSM
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1A-DSM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1A-GSM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1A-NPN
Matthew
two uses
You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
- ἀρχαίοιςarchaioisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: ancients
Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
- ἀρχαίοιςarchaioisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: ancients
Luke
two uses
others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that a prophet of old had arisen.
- ἀρχαίωνarchaionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: ancients
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that a prophet of old has arisen.”
- ἀρχαίωνarchaionadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: ancients
Acts
three uses
After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
- ἀρχαίωνarchaionadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: early
For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
- ἀρχαίωνarchaionadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: of old
Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.
- ἀρχαίῳarchaioadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: an early
2 Corinthians
one use
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- ἀρχαῖαarchaiaadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: old things
2 Peter
one use
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
- ἀρχαίουarchaiouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: ancient
Revelation
two uses
And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
- ἀρχαῖοςarchaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: ancient
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
- ἀρχαῖοςarchaiosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: ancient
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.