| | Lexical Summary etos: a yearOriginal Word: ἔτοςTransliteration: etosPhonetic Spelling: (et'-os)Part of Speech: Noun, NeuterShort Definition: a yearMeaning: a year Strong's Concordance year.  Apparently a primary word; a year -- year.  Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 2094: ἔτοςἔτος , ἔτους  (the genitive plural ἐτῶν , cf. Buttmann , 14 (13)), τό , (from Homer  down), Hebrew שָׁנַה , a year : Luke 3:1 ; Acts 7:30 ; Hebrews 1:12 ; 2 Peter 3:8 ; Revelation 20:3 , etc.; ἔτη ἔχειν , to have passed years, John 8:57 ; with ἐν ἀσθένεια  added, John 5:5  (cf. Winer 's Grammar, § 32, 6); εἶναι , γίνεσθαι , γεγονέναι ἐτῶν , e. g. δώδεκα , to be twelve years old (cf. English (a boy) of twelve years ): Mark 5:42 ; Luke 2:42 ; Luke 3:23  (cf. Winer 's Grammar, 349 (328)); ; Acts 4:22; γεγονυῖα ἔλαττον ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα, less than sixty years old, 1 Timothy 5:9 (Winers Grammar, 590 (549)); dative plural, of the space of time within which a thing is done (Winers Grammar, § 31, 9 a.; Buttmann, § 133, 26), John 2:20; Acts 13:20; accusative, in answer to the questtion, How long?: Matthew 9:20; Mark 5:25; Luke 2:36; Luke 13:7f, 11, 16; Luke 15:29; Acts 7:6, 36, 42; Hebrews 3:10 (),; Revelation 20:2, 4, 6. preceded by a preposition: ἀοπ, from ... on, since, Luke 8:43; Romans 15:23; in the same sense ἐκ, Acts 9:33; Acts 24:10 (A. V. of many years); διά with the genitive, ... years having intervened, i. e. after (see  διά, II. 2): Acts 24:17; Galatians 2:1; εἰς, for ... years, Luke 12:19; ἐπί with the accusative (see  ἐπί, C. II. I, p. 235b bottom), for (the space of), Acts 19:10; μετά with the accusative, after, Galatians 1:18; Galatians 3:17; πρό with the genitive, before (English ago; cf.  πρό, b.), 2 Corinthians 12:2; κατ' ἔτος, yearly, Luke 2:41. (Synonym: cf.  ἐνιαυτός.) 
 
 
 
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