Year
ἐνιαυτόςStrong’s G1763eniautos
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eniautos is the Greek word usually translated “year” and “years”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”
Meaning
Usually translated “year” and “years”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- year 9
- a year 3
- years 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 4
- John 3
- Acts 2
- James 2
- Luke 1
- Galatians 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 11:49And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
- John 11:51And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
- John 18:13And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
- Acts 11:26And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
- Acts 18:11And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
- Galatians 4:10Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Greek dictionary
ἐνιαυτός eniautos · year
ἐνιαυτός, -oῦ, ὁ [in LXX for שָׁנֶה ;] 1. prop., a cycle of time. 2. = ἔτος, a year: Jhn.11:49, 51 18:13, Act.11:26 18:11, Jas.5:17, Rev.9:15; pl., of sabbatical years, Gal.4:10; ποιεῖν ἐ., to spend a year, Jas.4:13;ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐ., Heb.9:7; κατ᾽ ἐ., Heb.9:25 10:1, 3; ἐ. δεκτόν, Luk.4:19 (LXX).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “year” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
YEAR, noun
[G.]
- The space or period of time in which the sun moves through the twelve signs of the ecliptic, or whole circle, and returns to the same point.
- The time in which any planet completes a revolution; as the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
- The time in which the fixed states make a revolution, is called the great year
- Years, in the plural, is sometimes equivalent to age or old age; as a man in years.
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.