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Lexicon :: Strong's G2470 - isos

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ἴσος
Transliteration
isos (Key)
Pronunciation
ee'-sos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from εἴδω (G1492) (through the idea of seeming)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:343,370

Strong’s Definitions

ἴσος ísos, ee'-sos; probably from G1492 (through the idea of seeming); similar (in amount and kind):—+ agree, as much, equal, like.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G2470 in the following manner: equal (4x), agree together (with G2258) (2x), as much (1x), like (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G2470 in the following manner: equal (4x), agree together (with G2258) (2x), as much (1x), like (1x).

  1. equal, in quantity or quality

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἴσος ísos, ee'-sos; probably from G1492 (through the idea of seeming); similar (in amount and kind):—+ agree, as much, equal, like.
STRONGS G2470:
ἴσος (not ἶσος [yet often so Rst elz G Tr], which is Epic; cf. Bornemann, Scholia in Luc. p. 4; Göttling, Lehre vom Accent p. 305; [Chandler § 406]; Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch. p. 24; [Liddell and Scott under the word at the end; Winer's Grammar 52]), -η, -ον, equal, in quality or in quantity: ἡ ἴση δωρεά, the same gift, Acts 11:17; ἴσαι μαρτυρίαι, agreeing testimonies, Mark 14:56, 59; ἴσον ποιεῖν τινά τινι, to make one equal to another, in the payment of wages, Matthew 20:12; ἑαυτὸν τῷ θεῷ, to claim for one's self the nature, rank, authority, which belong to God, John 5:18; τὰ ἴσα ἀπολαβεῖν, Luke 6:34. The neuters ἴσον and ἴσα are often used adverbially from Homer down (cf. Passow under the word p. 1505a; [Liddell and Scott under the word IV. 1]; Winers Grammar § 27, 3 at the end): ἴσα εἶναι (Buttmann § 129, 11), of measurement, Revelation 21:16; of state and condition, τῷ θεῷ Philippians 2:6 (on which see in μορφή).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
20:12
Mark
14:56; 14:59
Luke
6:34
John
5:18
Acts
11:17
Philippians
2:6
Revelation
21:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2470 matches the Greek ἴσος (isos),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:12 - saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:56 - For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:59

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:59 - Yet even about this their testimony did not agree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:34 - And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:17 - If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:6 - who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:16 - The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia.[fn] Its length and width and height are equal.
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