ἀμφότερος amphoteros

Greek word for “both” · Strong’s G297 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

ἀμφότεροι, -αι, -α; (replaces ἄμφω in κοινή, V. M, Pr., 57; used of more than two, Pr., 80; MM, VGT, see word), both of two:, al.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for amphoteros in context, with how often each is used:

• both 13
• them 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ephesians 2 (3), Luke 1 (2), Matthew 9 (1), Matthew 13 (1), Matthew 15 (1), Luke 5 (1), Luke 6 (1), Luke 7 (1), Acts 8 (1), Acts 19 (1)

Forms

• ἀμφότεροι 7
• ἀμφότερα 4
• ἀμφοτέροις 1
• ἀμφοτέρων 1
• ἀμφοτέρους 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with amphoteros more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• βόθυνος bothunos “pit” 2
• ὁδηγέω hodēgeō “to guide” 2
• τυφλός tuphlos “blind” 2
• εἷς ehis “one” 3
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 3
• ὥστε hōste “so” 2
• ἀφίημι aphiēmi “to release” 2

Key verses

The verses using amphoteros that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 9:17 — Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles,…
• Matthew 13:30 — Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to…
• Matthew 15:14 — Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
• Luke 1:6 — And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
• Luke 1:7 — And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
• Luke 5:7 — And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that…
• Luke 6:39 — And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
• Luke 7:42 — And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
• Acts 23:8 — For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
• Ephesians 2:14 — For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
• Ephesians 2:16 — And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
• Ephesians 2:18 — For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.