What does Ἐπαφρᾶς (Epaphrâs) mean in the Bible?
Ἐπαφρᾶς (Epaphrâs) is a Greek word meaning "Epaphras, a Christian".
Greek · G1889
Ἐπαφρᾶς
Epaphras, a Christian
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Ἐπαφρᾶς G1889
Pronunciation Epaphrâs
What does Ἐπαφρᾶς (Epaphrâs) mean in the Bible?
Ἐπαφρᾶς (Epaphrâs) is a Greek word meaning "Epaphras, a Christian".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1889?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Epaphras (3).
Where does Ἐπαφρᾶς (Epaphrâs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Colossians 1:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Colossians (2), Philemon (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Epaphras 3× Colossians 1:7, Colossians 4:12, Philemon 1:23
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Colossians 1:7
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Colossians 2 Philemon 1
Source forms
Ἐπαφρᾶς 2x Epaphras Colossians 4:12, Philemon 1:23
Ἐπαφρᾶ 1x Epaphra Colossians 1:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Colossians 4:12, Philemon 1:23
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Colossians 1:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Epaphras, a Christian
Strong's G1889
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Epaphras, a Christian
Extended definition
:--Epaphras.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Colossians 1:7 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
Ἐπαφρᾶ epafra
Epaphras
Read verse Colossians 4:12 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἐπαφρᾶς epafrav
Epaphras
Read verse Philemon 1:23 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἐπαφρᾶς epafrav
Epaphras
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Col 4:12 · Phlm 1:23 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Col 1:7 1×
Word Origins
Ἐπαφρᾶς is built from this root:
Ἐπαφρόδιτος G1891
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain