Greek

Title

τίτλοςStrong’s G5102

titlos

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Titlos is the Greek word usually translated “title”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

John 19:19 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “title”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

a title 1
title 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

John 2

1 book in all.

Related words

To flatter (kanah)

Explore in Scripture

John 19:20This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

Greek dictionary

τίτλος titlos · title

τίτλος, -ου, ὁ (Lat. titulus), [in Aq., Sm., Th.: Jer.21:4 * ;] a title, inscription: Jhn.19:19-20 (in Christian Inscr., epitaph, see MM. xxiv).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “title” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

TI'TLE, noun

[Latin titulus. This may belong to the family of Gr. to set or put.]

An inscription put over any thing as a name by which it is known.
The inscription in the beginning of a book, containing the subject of the work, and sometimes the author's name.
In the civil and canon laws, a chapter or division of a book.
An appellation of dignity, distinction or pre-eminence given to persons; as duke, marquis and the like.

All definitions and other forms of “title”

A name; an appellation.
Right; or that which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership; as a good title to an estate; or an imperfect title The lowest degree of title is naked possession, and lastly the right of property, all which united complete the title
The instrument which is evidence of a right.
In the canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
In ancient church records, a church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.

TI'TLE, verb transitive

To name; to call; to entitle.

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.