What does πιότης (piótēs) mean in the Bible?
πιότης (piótēs) is a Greek word meaning "richness".
Greek · G4096
πιότης
Richness
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πιότης G4096
Pronunciation piótēs
What does πιότης (piótēs) mean in the Bible?
πιότης (piótēs) is a Greek word meaning "richness".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4096?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include nourishment (1).
Where does πιότης (piótēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 11:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (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 nourishment 1× Romans 11:17
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 11:17
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Romans 1
Source forms
πιότητος 1x piotētos Romans 11:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Romans 11:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. richness
Strong's G4096
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
richness
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(πίων, fat), [in LXX chiefly for דֶּשֶׁן ;] fatness: Rom.11:17.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 11:17 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
πιότητος piothtov
fatness
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rom 11:17 1×
Word Origins
πιότης is built from this root:
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