πᾶςpâs

all, every.

Greek (New Testament) · G3956

Meanings

I. As adj.

1. with as a noun anarthrous, all, every, of every kind: Matthew 3:10, Matthew 4:23, Mark 9:49, Luke 4:37, John 2:10, Acts 27:20, Romans 7:8, Revelation 18:17, and elsewhere many times; plural, all, Acts 22:15, Romans 5:12, Hebrews 1:6, and elsewhere; of the highest degree, π. ἐξουσία (προθυμία, χαρά), Matthew 28:18, Acts 17:11, Philippians 2:29, and elsewhere; also the whole (though in this sense more frequently with article), Matthew 2:3, Acts 2:36, Romans 11:26.

2. C. article (before the article, after the noun, or, denoting totality, between the article and noun), all, whole: Matthew 8:32, Matthew 13:2, Mark 5:33, Luke 1:10, Acts 7:14, Romans 3:19, Galatians 5:14, Ephesians 4:16, and elsewhere; plural, Matthew 2:4, Mark 4:13, Romans 1:5, and elsewhere

II. As pron.

1. masc. and fem., every one: Mark 9:49, Luke 16:16, Hebrews 2:9; followed by rel. pron., Matthew 7:24, Acts 2:21, Galatians 3:10, and elsewhere; with participle (anarthrous), Matthew 13:19, Luke 11:4; with participle (with article), Matthew 5:22, Mark 7:8, Luke 6:47, John 3:8, Romans 1:16, and elsewhere; plural, πάντες, absolutely, all, all men, Matthew 10:22, Mark 13:13, Luke 20:38, John 1:7, John 3:26, 1 Corinthians 8:1, and elsewhere; οἱ π. (collectively, as a definite whole), Romans 11:32, 1 Corinthians 1:17, Ephesians 4:13, and elsewhere; π. οἱ (ὅσοι), Matthew 4:24, Mark 1:32, Luke 4:40, and elsewhere

2. Neut.

(a) sing., πᾶν, everything, all: πᾶν τό, with participle, 1 Corinthians 10:25, 1 Corinthians 10:27, Ephesians 5:13, 1 John 2:16, 1 John 5:4 (namely ὄν); πᾶν ὅ, John 17:2, Romans 14:23; collectively, of persons, John 6:37, John 6:39; with preposition, in adverbial phrases, διὰ παντός, always, Matthew 18:10, and elsewhere; ἐν παντί, in everything, in every way, 2 Corinthians 4:8, Philippians 4:6, and elsewhere

(b) plural, πάτνα, all things: absolutely, John 1:3, 1 Corinthians 2:10, Hebrews 2:8, and elsewhere; of certain specified things, Mark 4:34, Luke 1:3, Romans 8:28, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, and elsewhere; accusative, πάντα, adverbially, wholly, in all things, in all respects, Acts 20:35, 1 Corinthians 9:25, and elsewhere; with article, τὰ π., all things, absolutely: Romans 11:36, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Ephesians 3:9, Hebrews 1:3, and elsewhere; relatively, Mark 4:11, Acts 17:25, Romans 8:32, and elsewhere; πάντα τά, with participle, Matthew 18:31, and elsewhere; πάντα ταῦτα (ταῦτα π.), Matthew 6:32, Matthew 6:33, and elsewhere; πάντα, with prep, in adverbial phrases, πρὸ πάντων, above all things, James 5:12, 1 Peter 4:8; ἐν π., in all things, in all ways, 1 Timothy 3:11, 1 Peter 4:11, and elsewhere; κατὰ πάντα, in all respects, Acts 17:22, and elsewhere

3. C. neg., πᾶς οὐ (μή) = οὐδείς, see οὐ and μή, and cf. M, Pr., 245 f.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1,236 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 1:17 All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.
  • Matthew 2:3 King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem.
  • Matthew 2:4 He called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers of religious law and asked, “Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”
  • Matthew 2:16 Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.
  • Matthew 3:5 People from Jerusalem and from all of Judea and all over the Jordan Valley went out to see and hear John.
  • Matthew 3:10 Even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.