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Greek · G5613, G1163, G1473

ὡς δεῖ με

As/when · be necessary · :--I, me.

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ὡς G5613 as/when
Pronunciation hōs
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δεῖ G1163 be necessary
Pronunciation deî
Logical necessity or divine imperative, distinct from moral obligation expressed by ὀφείλει
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ἐγώ G1473 :--I, me.
Pronunciation egṓ
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What does ὡς δεῖ με (hōs dei me) mean in the Bible?

ὡς · δεῖ · ἐγώ is a Greek phrase meaning "which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)".

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Questions this entry answers

What does ὡς · δεῖ · ἐγώ mean in the Bible?

e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5613, G1163, G1473?

G5613, G1163, G1473 is connected to 503 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)

Strong's G5613, G1163, G1473
Lexical occurrences 503 verses Word forms 3 forms 503 references

Source Gloss

which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 503
Matt 1:24 · Matt 5:48 · Matt 6:5 · Matt 6:10 · Matt 6:12 · Matt 6:16 · Matt 6:29 · Matt 7:29 · Matt 8:13 · Matt 10:16 · Matt 10:25 · Matt 12:13 · Matt 13:43 · Matt 14:5 · Matt 15:28 · Matt 17:2 463×
Mark 5:13 · Mark 8:9 · Mark 9:21 · Luke 1:56 · Luke 4:25 · Luke 8:42 · Luke 22:61 · John 6:10 · John 6:19 · John 11:18 · John 19:39 · John 21:8 · Acts 1:15 · Acts 4:4 · Acts 5:7 · Acts 5:36 36×
John 1:39 · John 4:6 · John 19:14 · 1 Pet 2:11 4×
503 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 16 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
background 16
Tense
imperfect 16
Voice
active 16
Mood
indicative 16
NT Occurrences
Matthew 18:33 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background Matthew 23:23 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background Matthew 25:27 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background Luke 11:42 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background Luke 13:16 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background Luke 15:32 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background Luke 22:7 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background Luke 24:26 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background John 4:4 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background Acts 1:16 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background Acts 17:3 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background Acts 24:19 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background Acts 27:21 Ἔδει imperfect active indicative background Romans 1:27 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background 2 Corinthians 2:3 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background Hebrews 9:26 ἔδει imperfect active indicative background

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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