Strong G297ἀμφότερος
both
- Transliteration
- amphoteros
- Pronunciation
- am-fot'-er-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Comparative of ἀμφί amphi (around); (in plural) both: - both.
Detailed definition
ἀμφότεροι, -αι, -α
(replaces ἄμφω in κοινή, V. M, Pr., 57; used of more than two, Pr., 80; MM, VGT, see word), both of two: Mat.9:17, al.
(AS)
(replaces ἄμφω in κοινή, V. M, Pr., 57; used of more than two, Pr., 80; MM, VGT, see word), both of two: Mat.9:17, al.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G297 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- both13
- them1
First verses
- Matthew 9:17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
- Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
- Matthew 15:14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
- Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- Luke 1:7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
- Luke 5:7And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
- Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
- Luke 6:39And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
- Luke 7:42And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
- Acts 8:38And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
- Acts 23:8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
- Ephesians 2:14For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
- Ephesians 2:16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
- Ephesians 2:18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀμφότερος
(Locrian dialect ἀμφόταρος [Refs (“IG” 9(1).334.39))], α, ον, (ἄμφω) rare in singular, either, i.e. both of two (opposed to ἑκάτερος each one of two), ἀμφοτέρας κοινὸν αἴας common to either land, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 131)]; ποίημα ἢ πάθος ἢ ἀμφότερον or partaking of both, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 248d; τὸ ἀμφότερον ἑκατέρῳ οὐχ ἕπεται [prev. author] “Hp.Ma.” 302e.)]
2 [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has _sing._ only _neuter_ ἀμφότερον)] as adverb, followed by τε.. κα; ἀ. βασιλεύς τ᾽ ἀγαθὸς κρατερός τ᾽ αἰχμητής both together, prince as well as warrior, [Refs ([prev. work] 3.179)]; ἀ. γενεῇ τε καὶ οὕνεκα.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.60)]; followed by τε.. δέ.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.79: also _neuter_ _plural_, ἀμφότερα μένειν πέμπειν τε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 480; φιλοχρήματος καὶ φιλότιμος, ἤτοι τὰ ἕτερα τούτων ἢ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 68c; ἀ. ἄριστος καὶ στρατηγὸς καὶ ῥαψῳδός “Ion” 541b)]; by τε.. καί.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.104.)]
3 dual in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, as ἀ. Αἴαντε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.265, +others)], less frequently in later writers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.1.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 143c, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.134, etc.)]; but plural is much more frequently, and is found with a dual Noun, χεῖρε πετάσσας ἀμφοτέρας[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.115.)] —Phrases: κατ᾽ ἀμφότερα on both sides, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.β, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 159a; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα)]towards both sides, both ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.87, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.83, +others)]; ἀμφότερα, absolutely, on both sides, [Refs ([prev. work] 13, +others)]; ἀπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων from or on both sides, Ξέρξεω ἀπ᾽ ἀ. ἀδελφεός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.97; παρ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.7, +others)]; μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισι one with another (assuming variant), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 12.12)]; ἀμφοτέροις βλέπειν (i.e. ὄμμασι) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 32.6)]; ἀμφοτέραις, Epic dialect -ῃσι (i.e. χερσί) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.264)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφοτέροις βεβακώς (i.e. ποσί) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.66.)]
II later, of more than two, all together, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Acts.19.16, “PLond.” 2.336.13 (2nd c.AD).)]
(Locrian dialect ἀμφόταρος [Refs (“IG” 9(1).334.39))], α, ον, (ἄμφω) rare in singular, either, i.e. both of two (opposed to ἑκάτερος each one of two), ἀμφοτέρας κοινὸν αἴας common to either land, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 131)]; ποίημα ἢ πάθος ἢ ἀμφότερον or partaking of both, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 248d; τὸ ἀμφότερον ἑκατέρῳ οὐχ ἕπεται [prev. author] “Hp.Ma.” 302e.)]
2 [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has _sing._ only _neuter_ ἀμφότερον)] as adverb, followed by τε.. κα; ἀ. βασιλεύς τ᾽ ἀγαθὸς κρατερός τ᾽ αἰχμητής both together, prince as well as warrior, [Refs ([prev. work] 3.179)]; ἀ. γενεῇ τε καὶ οὕνεκα.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.60)]; followed by τε.. δέ.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.79: also _neuter_ _plural_, ἀμφότερα μένειν πέμπειν τε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 480; φιλοχρήματος καὶ φιλότιμος, ἤτοι τὰ ἕτερα τούτων ἢ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 68c; ἀ. ἄριστος καὶ στρατηγὸς καὶ ῥαψῳδός “Ion” 541b)]; by τε.. καί.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.104.)]
3 dual in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, as ἀ. Αἴαντε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.265, +others)], less frequently in later writers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.1.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 143c, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.134, etc.)]; but plural is much more frequently, and is found with a dual Noun, χεῖρε πετάσσας ἀμφοτέρας[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.115.)] —Phrases: κατ᾽ ἀμφότερα on both sides, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.β, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 159a; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα)]towards both sides, both ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.87, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.83, +others)]; ἀμφότερα, absolutely, on both sides, [Refs ([prev. work] 13, +others)]; ἀπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων from or on both sides, Ξέρξεω ἀπ᾽ ἀ. ἀδελφεός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.97; παρ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.7, +others)]; μετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισι one with another (assuming variant), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 12.12)]; ἀμφοτέροις βλέπειν (i.e. ὄμμασι) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 32.6)]; ἀμφοτέραις, Epic dialect -ῃσι (i.e. χερσί) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.264)]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφοτέροις βεβακώς (i.e. ποσί) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.66.)]
II later, of more than two, all together, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Acts.19.16, “PLond.” 2.336.13 (2nd c.AD).)]