"a year, Lk. 2:41; 3:23"
Definition and meaning
a year, Lk. 2:41; 3:23
In the original Greek the word is written: ἔτος
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of etos (G2094) across the King James Bible.
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being(as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
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Common questions
Strong's G2094 (etos) is a Greek word that means: a year, Lk. 2:41; 3:23 It appears 47 times in the King James Bible.
The word etos (G2094) appears 47 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2094 is etos, a Greek word defined as: a year, Lk. 2:41; 3:23. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
etos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.