εὐγενέστεροι

eugenesteroi

more noble

G21037

Acts 17:11 · Word #4

Lexicon G21037

Strong'sG21037

Morphology ADJ.P NOM M PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech ADJ.P — Predicate Adjective — Linked to the subject by a verb
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Common Translation

Phrasemore noble
Literalnobler

Lexical Info

Lemmaεὐγενέστερος
Strong'sG21037

SIBI-P1 Translation G21037-01

the more-well-born ones

Morphological NotesGr,NP,,,,NMPC = adjective, nominative masculine plural, comparative degree; used substantively to refer to a group characterized as comparatively well-born or noble.
Rendering RationaleThe adjective εὐγενής combines εὖ (well) and γένος (birth, kind), meaning “well-born” or “noble.” The form εὐγενέστεροι is nominative masculine plural comparative, so "the more-well-born ones" preserves both the comparative sense ("more") and the masculine plural nominative form functioning substantively.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

the more-well-born ones

Same as P1Yes
RationaleP1 is faithful; while 'more noble' is idiomatic, the underlying 'well-born' captures the root meaning per SILEX, so keep the P1 rendering for root fidelity.