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βλητέος

blētéos

G992 predicate adjective

SILEX Entry

Root βαλ- to throw, to cast, to put

Definition

Fit or apt to be placed, set, or put (into or upon something); of a thing that needs or is suitable to be inserted, poured, or deposited. In context, it indicates necessity or suitability for being put or placed in a particular way or location.

Semantic Range

fit to be placed, necessary to be put or poured, suitable for being set in a particular place or vessel; must be put; ought to be inserted

Root / Etymology

Derived from the verbal adjective formation of the verb βάλλω ('to throw, cast, put'), attaching the verbal adjective suffix -τέος to express necessity or fitness for an action ('that which must be thrown/placed').

Historical & Contextual Notes

βλητέος is a verbal adjective in the -τέος form, which expresses necessity, obligation, or suitability (i.e., 'must be X-ed,' 'fit to be X-ed'). Attested in Koine Greek, including the New Testament (e.g., Mark 2:22, Luke 5:38), typically in idiomatic expressions such as 'wine must be put into fresh wineskins.' The adjective is rare and always dependent on the context of what is being necessarily 'put' or 'placed.' English Bible translations often use 'must be put,' but this may miss the nuance that the word denotes fitness or suitability as well as necessity. In earlier Greek, other -τέος adjectives convey necessity or obligation but βλητέος itself is characteristic of Koine usage. Contrasts with the simple passive of βάλλω, which denotes the action itself rather than the necessary or suitable condition for the action.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from βάλλω; fit to be cast (i.e. applied):--must be put.

Root Family

βλητέος (blēteos) — to throw, to cast, to put; fit to be placed; necessary to be set

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G992-01 βλητέον bleteon ADJ.P NOM N SG must be put must be placed 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G992-01 Luke 5:38 βλητέον bleteon ADJ.P NOM N SG must be put must be placed
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