Strong G2104εὐγενής
of noble birth
- Transliteration
- eugenēs
- Pronunciation
- yoog-en'-ace
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
εὐγενής, -ές
(εὖ, γένος), [in LXX: Job.1:3 (גָּדוֹל), 2Ma.10:13 R, 4Ma.6:5 4Mac 9:13 4Mac 9:23 4Mac 9:27 4Mac 10:3 4Mac 10:15 *;]
1. well born, of noble race: Luk.19:12, 1Co.1:26.
2. noble-minded: compar., -έστερος, Act.17:11.†
(AS)
(εὖ, γένος), [in LXX: Job.1:3 (גָּדוֹל), 2Ma.10:13 R, 4Ma.6:5 4Mac 9:13 4Mac 9:23 4Mac 9:27 4Mac 10:3 4Mac 10:15 *;]
1. well born, of noble race: Luk.19:12, 1Co.1:26.
2. noble-minded: compar., -έστερος, Act.17:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2104 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- noble2
- nobleman1
First verses
- Luke 19:12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
- Acts 17:11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
- 1 Corinthians 1:26For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
εὐγεν-ής, ές,
in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] εὐηγενής (which see), and in [Refs (“hymnus ad Venerem” 94)] ἠϋγενής: (γένος):— well-born, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 704 (troch.), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 728, etc.; εὐ. δόμος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1540)]; τὸ μὲν ἐστίχθαι εὐγενὲς κέκριται being tattooed is esteemed a mark of nobility, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.6.)]
2 in Trag. etc. with the connotation noble-minded, generous (more properly γενναῖος,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1390b22), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 38, “Ph.” 874, etc.)]; διαφέρει φύσις γενναίου σκύλακος.. νεανίσκου εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 375a.)]
3 of animals, high-bred, ἵππος [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 184, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 25; λέων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1259; ὄρνιθες 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.58.7)]; of plants, of a good sort, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.14; ῥόαι 4th c.BC: Eriphus Comicus 2.11; πυροί 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.120; βλαστοί “Geoponica” 5.37.2)]: so in comparative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 44; φλέβες καὶ ἶνες 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.1.7 (assuming variant, compare εὐτενής); χαλκός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 864 (variant))]: metaphorically, of a wife, ὥσπερ εὐγενῆ χώραν ἐντεκνώσασθαι παρασχεῖν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 25.)]
4 of outward form, noble, δέρη, πρόσωπον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 136, “Med.” 1072)]; of style, τὸ εὐ. τῆς λέξεως [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “NA Epil.”; εὐ. ῥυθμοί 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 18.)]
II adverb -νῶς nobly, bravely, κατθανοῦμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 201, compare “Tr.” 727; εὐτυχεῖν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.7f.)]
in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] εὐηγενής (which see), and in [Refs (“hymnus ad Venerem” 94)] ἠϋγενής: (γένος):— well-born, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 704 (troch.), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 728, etc.; εὐ. δόμος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1540)]; τὸ μὲν ἐστίχθαι εὐγενὲς κέκριται being tattooed is esteemed a mark of nobility, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.6.)]
2 in Trag. etc. with the connotation noble-minded, generous (more properly γενναῖος,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1390b22), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 38, “Ph.” 874, etc.)]; διαφέρει φύσις γενναίου σκύλακος.. νεανίσκου εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 375a.)]
3 of animals, high-bred, ἵππος [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 184, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 25; λέων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1259; ὄρνιθες 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.58.7)]; of plants, of a good sort, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.14; ῥόαι 4th c.BC: Eriphus Comicus 2.11; πυροί 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.120; βλαστοί “Geoponica” 5.37.2)]: so in comparative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 44; φλέβες καὶ ἶνες 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.1.7 (assuming variant, compare εὐτενής); χαλκός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 864 (variant))]: metaphorically, of a wife, ὥσπερ εὐγενῆ χώραν ἐντεκνώσασθαι παρασχεῖν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 25.)]
4 of outward form, noble, δέρη, πρόσωπον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 136, “Med.” 1072)]; of style, τὸ εὐ. τῆς λέξεως [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “NA Epil.”; εὐ. ῥυθμοί 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 18.)]
II adverb -νῶς nobly, bravely, κατθανοῦμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 201, compare “Tr.” 727; εὐτυχεῖν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.7f.)]