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.

αἰών

αἰῶνος, ὁ (*αἰων)

αἰών means “age, eternity.”

“I am with you all the days, to the end of the αἰών” (Matt 28:20).

χρόνος

χρόνου, ὁ (*χρονο)

χρόνος means “time.”

“When the fullness of χρόνος had come, God sent forth his Son” (Gal 4:4).

αἷμα

αἵματος, τό (*αἱματ) means “blood.”

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).

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