Both
ἀμφότεροςStrong’s G0297amphoteros
Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament
In short
Amphoteros is the Greek word usually translated “both” and “them all”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.
“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, and both are preserved.”
Meaning
Usually translated “both” and “them all”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- both 13
- to both 1
- them all 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 6
- Matthew 3
- Acts 3
- Ephesians 3
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 13:30Let 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 burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
- Matthew 15:14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
- Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- Luke 1:7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
- Luke 5:7And 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 they began to sink.
- Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
Greek dictionary
ἀμφότερος amphoteros · both
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: Mat.9:17, al. (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “both” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BOTH, adjective
Two, considered as distinct from others or by themselves; the one and the other.
- “And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant” Genesis 21:27
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.