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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1946 - Ἐπικούρειος

Transliteration

Epikoúreios

Phonetics

ep-ee-koo'-ri-os

Origin

from Epikouros [cf (G1947)] (a noted philosopher)

Parts of Speech

adjective

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's
Epicurean = "a helper: defender"

belonging to the sect of Epicurius, the philosopher

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Acts 1

BSB (1)

Acts 1

CSB (1)

Acts 1

ESV (1)

Acts 1

KJV (1)

Acts 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (1)

Acts 1

WEB (1)

Acts 1

YLT (0)

The Young's Literal Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

ASV (1)

also of the epicurean 1

BSB (1)

epicurean 1

CSB (1)

the epicurean 1

ESV (1)

epicurean 1

KJV (1)

epicureans 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (1)

epicurean 1

WEB (1)

of the epicurean 1

YLT (0)

The Young's Literal Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-GPM 1

ANT

N-GPM 1

BEZ

N-GPM 1

BGB

N-GPM 1

BMT

N-GPM 1

BYZ

N-GPM 1

ELZ

N-GPM 1

NA26

N-GPM 1

SBL

N-GPM 1

SCV

N-GPM 1

STV

N-GPM 1

TIS

N-GPM 1

N-GPM-T 1

TRG

N-GPM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

Ἐπικουìρειος

From Ἐπιìκουρος Epikouros (compare G1947)

ἐπίκουρ-ος, ὁ,

1. helper, ally, Hom. only in Il., mostly in pl. of the barbarian allies of Troy, Τρῶες.. ἠδ' ἐ. 2.815; Τρῶες καὶ Δάρδανοι ἠδ' ἐ. 3.456,al., cf. Hdt. 2.152, 3.91, al.

2.. mercenary troops, opp. citizen-soldiers, ἐπικούρους προσμισθοῦσθαι Th. 2.33, cf. Hdt. 1.154, 2.163, 3.145, Lys. 12.94, X. HG 7.1.12, etc.; ἀπὸ Ἀρκαδίας ἐπίκουροι Hermipp. 63.18; used as body-guard by tyrants, Hdt. 1.64, 6.39, Th. 6.55, 58.

3.. οἱ ἐ. the guards, the military class in Plato's Republic, R. 414b, 415a, 545d.

II. as Adj.,

1. assisting, aiding, c. dat. pers., Ἀφροδίτη ἦλθεν Αρῃ ἐπίκουρος Il. 21.431; βῆναι ἐ. τινι Pi. O. 13.97; ταῖς νήσοις ἐ. Ar. Eq. 1319; τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις ἐ. Th. 3.67: c. gen. pers., ἐπίκουρε βροτῶν their defender, h. Mart. 9; τῶν ἀνθρώπων, of Eros, Pl. Smp. 189d: abs., patron, protector, δεσπότης ἐ. X. Cyr. 7.5.61.

2.. c. gen. rei, defending or protecting against, νόσου E. Or. 211 (troch.); πῦρ ἐ. ψύχους, σκότους, X. Mem. 4.3.7; Λαβδακίδαις ἐ. θανάτων protecting them against deaths, S. OT 496 (lyr.); πατρὶ αἱμάτων ἐ. E. El. 138 (lyr.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

Ἐπικούρειος (Ἐπικουριος T WH; see Iota), Ἐπικουρειου, ὁ, Epicurean, belonging to the sect of Epicurus, the philosopher: Acts 17:18.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† Ἐπικούριος

(Rec. -ειος ), -ου , ὁ ,

an Epicurean, a follower of Epicurus: Acts 17:18.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Cagnat IV. 997, an inscr. in honour of a certain man—Ἀμυνίαν. . . φιλόσοφον Ἐπικούρηον, πλεῖ [σ ]τα τὴν πόλιν ὠφελήσαν [τα.

List of Word Forms

Ἐπικουρείων Επικουριων Ἐπικουρίων Epikoureion Epikoureiōn Epikoureíon Epikoureíōn