The meaning of “ἔτος”
Understanding étos reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
apparently a primary word year. - a year
ἔτος
apparently a primary word year. - a year
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 9:20 | “And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:” Word: ἔτος (étos) | |
| Luke 8:42 | “For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.” Word: ἔτος (étos) | |
| Acts 9:33 | “And there he found a certain man named Eneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.” Word: ἔτος (étos) | |
| 2 Corinthians 12:2 | “I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.” Word: ἔτος (étos) | |
| 1 Timothy 5:9 | “Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,” Word: ἔτος (étos) |