Strong's Lexicon
G36
G36 — ἀγενής
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G36 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀγενής |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as negative particle) and G1085 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | agenes |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ag-en-ace' |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) without kin 2. (socially) of unknown descent 3. (by implication) ignoble |
| KJV Renderings: | base things |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀγενής, (εος ((οῦς), ὁ, ἡ (γένος), opposed to εὐγενής, of no family, a man of base birth, a man of no name or reputation; often used by secular writers, also in the secondary sense ignoble, cowardly, mean, base. In the N. T. only in 1Co 1:28, τά ἀγενῆ τοῦ κόσμου i. e. those who among men are held of no account; on the use of a neuter adjective in reference to persons, see Winers grammar, 178 (167); (Buttmann, 122 (107)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀγενής (base things)
1 Corinthians 1:28
- KJV: And base things of the world and things which are despised hath God chosen and things which are not to bring to nought things that are
- GK: και τα αγενή του κόσμου και τα εξουθενημένα εξελέξατο ο θεος και τα μη όντα ίνα τα όντα καταργήση