Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

Greek Word of the Day (BBG)

These words are the vocabulary taught in Basics of Biblical Greek. They are the words occurring 50 times or more in the New Testament. This list is in process of being made. Words are listed in the order they are taught in the textbook. There is a separate listing of words taught in Greek for the Rest of Us.

 

ποῦς

ποδός, ὁ (*ποδ)

ποῦς means “foot.”

“If your πούς causes you to sin, cut it off” (Mark 9:45).

δεξιός

δεξιά, δεξιόν (*δεξιο)

δεξιός means “right.”

“If your δεξιός hand causes you to sin, cut it off” (Matt 5:30).

οὖς

ὠτός, τό (*ὠτ)

οὖς means “ear.”

“Whoever has an οὖς, let them hear” (Rev 2:7).

ὀφθαλμός

ὀφθαλμοῦ, ὁ (*ὀφθαλμο)

ὀφθαλμός means "eye, sight."

"ὀφθαλμός for an ὀφθαλμός, tooth for a tooth" (Matt 5:38).

πρόσωπον

πρόσωπου, τό (*προσωπο)

πρόσωπον means "face; presence."

"I am sending my messenger before your πρόσωπον" (Luke 7:27).

That there may come times of refreshing from the πρόσωπον of the Lord" (Acts 3:20).

κέρας

κέρατος, τό (*κερατ)

κέρας means “horn”

"He had two κέρας like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon" (Rev 13:11).

θρίξ

τριχός, ἡ (*τριχ)

θρίξ means "hair.

"You cannot make a single θρίξ white or black" (Matt 5:36).

κεφαλή

κεφαλῆς, ἡ (*κεφαλη)

κεφαλή means "head."

"The Son of Man has no place to lay his κεφαλή" (Luke 9:58).

γλῶσσα

γλώσσης, ἡ (*γλωσσα )

γλῶσσα means "tongue, language"

"We hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own γλῶσσα!" (Acts 2:11).

στόμα

στόμα means "mouth."

"From his στόμα came a sharp two-edged sword" (Rev 1:16).

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