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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2324 - θεράπων

Transliteration

therápōn

Phonetics

ther-ap'-ohn

Origin

apparently a participle from an otherwise obsolete derivative of the base of (G2330)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

3:132,331

Definition

Thayer's

an attendant, servant: of God
1. spoken of Moses discharging the duties committed to him by God

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1121 ‑ בֵּן (bane); 5291 ‑ נַעֲרָה (nah‑ar‑aw'); 5650 ‑ עֶבֶד (eh'‑bed); 8334 ‑ שָׁרַת (shaw‑rath');

Frequency Lists

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Parsing

KJV (1)

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NAS (1)

Hebrews

HCS (1)

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BSB (1)

Hebrews

ESV (1)

Hebrews

WEB (1)

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Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

θερᾰπ-ων, οντος, ὁ,

dat. pl. θεραπόντεσσι Pi. P. 4.41; Aeol. θεράπων Sapph. 74, gen. θερράπονος Choerob.in An Ox. 2.242 (θεράπονος cod., cf. Hdn.Gr.2.302): —

I henchman, attendant, Od. 16.253, etc.; companion in arms, squire, 4.23, etc.; ἡνίοχος θ. Il. 5.580, 8.119; τώ οἱ ἔσαν κήρυκε.. καὶ θεράποντε 1.321; θεράποντε Διός Od. 11.255; θεράποντες Ἄρηος Il. 2.110, etc.; Μουσάων θεράποντες h.Hom. 32.20, cf. Hes. Th. 100, Thgn. 769, Ar. Av. 909 (lyr.); Ἔρως Ἀφροδίτης θ. Pl. Smp. 203c, cf. Sapph. l.c.; worshipper, Ἀπόλλωνος Pi. O. 3.16, cf. Pl. Phd. 85a; Ἄρεος BMus.Inscr. 971 (Cypr., v B.C.): c. dat., οἶκος ξένοισι θεράπων devoted to the service of its guests, Pi. O. 13.3; λωτὸς.. Μουσᾶν θ. E. El. 717 (lyr.): c. gen., attending upon, τῶν ἀδίκως δυστυχούντων Gorg. Fr. 6 D.

II servant, Hdt. 1.30, 5.105, Ar. Pl. 3, 5, And. 1.12, Lys. 7.34, etc.; at Chios, slave, Eust. ad D.P. 533.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

θεράπων , -οντος , ὁ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H5650;]

an attendant, servant: Hebrews 3:5 (LXX)

SYN.: see διάκονος G1249.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For this word, which in the NT is confined to the OT quot. in Hebrews 3:5, cf. BGU I. 361 iii. 18 (A.D. 184) ἐὰν μεταπέμψῃ Κρονοῦν θεράπ [οντα ] αὐτοῦ, μαρτυρήσει κτλ. In connexion with its LXX usage, Thackeray (Gr. i. p. 7 f.) has pointed out the interesting fact that it is gradually superseded in the later books by the less intimate and confidential terms οἰκέτης, παῖς, and δοῦλος, in keeping with the growing tendency to emphasize the distance between God and man.

The fem. θεράπαινα (cf. Rutherford NP, p. 22) occurs in P Giss I. 34.6 (A.D. 265–6) τὴν τούτ ̣ο ̣υ θε [ρ ]άπαιναν, P Oxy XII. 1468.13 (c. A.D. 258) θεράπαινα Θαῆσις.

List of Word Forms

θεράποντά θεράποντάς θεράποντες θεράποντές θεράποντι θεράποντί θεράποντός θεραπόντων θεράπουσιν θεραπων θεράπων θεραφείν θεραφίμ θεραφίν therapon therapōn therápon therápōn

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