Strong G5106τοίνυν
then
- Transliteration
- toinun
- Pronunciation
- toy'-noon
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
Detailed definition
τοί-νυν
an inferential particle, [in LXX: Isa.3:10 5:13 27:4, Wis.1:11 8:9, a1. *;]
accordingly, therefore: as in cl., after the first word in a sentence, 1Co.9:26; accusative to later usage, at the beginning, Luk.20:25, Heb.13:13.†
(AS)
an inferential particle, [in LXX: Isa.3:10 5:13 27:4, Wis.1:11 8:9, a1. *;]
accordingly, therefore: as in cl., after the first word in a sentence, 1Co.9:26; accusative to later usage, at the beginning, Luk.20:25, Heb.13:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5106 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- therefore3
- then1
First verses
- Luke 20:25And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which be Cesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
- 1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
- Hebrews 13:13Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
- James 2:24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
τοίνυν,
(τοι, νυν) therefore, accordingly, an inferential Particle (never in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus), χρὴ τ. πύλας ὕμνων ἀναπιτνάμεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.27, etc.)]; εἰ τ... [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.57)]; ἂν τ... [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.7)]; introducing a logical conclusion (less frequently than οὖν), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 159d)]; φανερὸν τ., δῆλον τ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1260a2, “PA” 641a15)]; also to introduce a minor premiss, or a particular instance of a general proposition, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 399b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.103, etc.)]
2 in dialogue, to introduce an answer, well or well then, ἄπειμι τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1050, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.89, etc.)]; especially an answer which has been led up to by the same speaker, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 76a, “IG” 42(1).121.31 (Epid., 4th c.BC))]; in response to an invitation to speak, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 961, etc.)]; in expression of approval, especially in phrase καλῶς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 433a, etc.; κάλλιστα τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 856)]; also of disapproval or criticism, ἀπόλοιο τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1236, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1067.)]
3 continuing an argument, well then, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 178d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.36, 7.7.28, etc.)]
3.b resuming the thread of argument or narrative after a break, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 562b, “Plt.” 275d, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.64, etc.)]
3.c adding or passing to a fresh item or point, further, moreover, again, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 33c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.73, 20.18; ἔτι τ. 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 109a, “Cri.” 52c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.8; καὶ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.25; καί τ. καί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 234a)]; μὴ τ. μηδέ.. nay, not even.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.19; οὐ τ. οὐδέ)]nor again, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 57, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.7.)]
4 sometimes at the beginning of a speech, ἐγὼ μὲν τ..., referring to something present to the minds of the speaker and hearer, now I.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.1.2, compare “Cyr.” 6.2.14.)]
5 with subjunctive of exhortation or imperative, in significations [NT (1, 2, 3, εὖ τ. ἐπίστασθε.. [prev. author] “An.” 3.1.36, compare “Cyr.” 2.4.8, NT.Luke.20.25, etc.)]
B Position: in early writers τοίνυν is never the first word in a sentence, but this is not uncommon in later authors, as [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Isa.3.10, “Mim. Oxy.” 413.225, NT.Luke.20.25, NT.Heb.13.13, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.526, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.429, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.127 (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus), “IG” 4.620.13 (from Argos), 6th c.AD: Choricius Rhetor 32.34)] F.-R. codex (<τῷ> add. Kaibel); it is usually placed second, but sometimes later, ἥξω φέρουσα συμβολὰς τ. ἅμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 143.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 863, etc.)] [ῠ regularly, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 760, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 71)]: but sometimes ῡ, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1259, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor [same place]; in _anapaest meter_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 429, 435, “Av.” 481.])]
(τοι, νυν) therefore, accordingly, an inferential Particle (never in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus), χρὴ τ. πύλας ὕμνων ἀναπιτνάμεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.27, etc.)]; εἰ τ... [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.57)]; ἂν τ... [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.7)]; introducing a logical conclusion (less frequently than οὖν), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 159d)]; φανερὸν τ., δῆλον τ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1260a2, “PA” 641a15)]; also to introduce a minor premiss, or a particular instance of a general proposition, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 399b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.103, etc.)]
2 in dialogue, to introduce an answer, well or well then, ἄπειμι τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1050, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.89, etc.)]; especially an answer which has been led up to by the same speaker, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 76a, “IG” 42(1).121.31 (Epid., 4th c.BC))]; in response to an invitation to speak, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 961, etc.)]; in expression of approval, especially in phrase καλῶς τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 433a, etc.; κάλλιστα τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 856)]; also of disapproval or criticism, ἀπόλοιο τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1236, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1067.)]
3 continuing an argument, well then, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 178d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.36, 7.7.28, etc.)]
3.b resuming the thread of argument or narrative after a break, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 562b, “Plt.” 275d, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.64, etc.)]
3.c adding or passing to a fresh item or point, further, moreover, again, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 33c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.73, 20.18; ἔτι τ. 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 109a, “Cri.” 52c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.8; καὶ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.25; καί τ. καί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 234a)]; μὴ τ. μηδέ.. nay, not even.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.19; οὐ τ. οὐδέ)]nor again, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 57, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.7.)]
4 sometimes at the beginning of a speech, ἐγὼ μὲν τ..., referring to something present to the minds of the speaker and hearer, now I.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.1.2, compare “Cyr.” 6.2.14.)]
5 with subjunctive of exhortation or imperative, in significations [NT (1, 2, 3, εὖ τ. ἐπίστασθε.. [prev. author] “An.” 3.1.36, compare “Cyr.” 2.4.8, NT.Luke.20.25, etc.)]
B Position: in early writers τοίνυν is never the first word in a sentence, but this is not uncommon in later authors, as [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Isa.3.10, “Mim. Oxy.” 413.225, NT.Luke.20.25, NT.Heb.13.13, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.526, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.429, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.127 (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus), “IG” 4.620.13 (from Argos), 6th c.AD: Choricius Rhetor 32.34)] F.-R. codex (<τῷ> add. Kaibel); it is usually placed second, but sometimes later, ἥξω φέρουσα συμβολὰς τ. ἅμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 143.1, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 863, etc.)] [ῠ regularly, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 760, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 71)]: but sometimes ῡ, as [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1259, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor [same place]; in _anapaest meter_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 429, 435, “Av.” 481.])]