Eugenes means “more noble” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2104 — zuzim (“Zuzims”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2104 εὐγένης (eugenes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eugenes (yoog-en'-ace) adj. 1. well born 2. (literally) high in rank It has 11 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include nobleman, more, and noble. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
eugenes (yoog-en'-ace) adj. 1. well born 2. (literally) high in rank 3. (figuratively) generous [from G2095 and G1096] KJV: more noble, nobleman Root(s): G2095, G1096
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2104. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
of noble birth
Usage: εὐγενής, -ές (εὖ, γένος), [in LXX: Job.1:3 (גָּדוֹל), 2Ma.10:13 R, 4Ma.6:5 4Mac 9:13 4Mac 9:23 4Mac 9:27 4Mac 10:3 4Mac 10:15 * ;] __1. well born, of noble race: Luk.19:12, 1Co.1:26. __2. noble-minded: compar., -έστερος, Act.17:11.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eugenes, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2104 (εὐγένης) appears 8 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, Three thousand camels, Five hundred yoke of oxen, Five hundred she-asses in the pastures, And a very great household, And he had a great husbandry on the earth; And that man was most noble of the men of the east.
7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Whereupon being accused of the king’s friends before Eupator, and called traitor at every word, because he had left Cyprus, that Philometor had committed unto him, and departed to Antiochus Epiphanes, and seeing that he was in no honorable place, he was so discouraged, that he poisoned himself and died.
But Eleazar, the high-minded and truly noble, as one tortured in a dream, regarded it not at all.
And the noble youth, extended upon this, became dislocated.
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2104.
And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, Three thousand camels, Five hundred yoke of oxen, Five hundred she-asses in the pastures, And a very great household, And he had a great husbandry on the earth; And that man was most noble of the men of the east.
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
Whereupon being accused of the king’s friends before Eupator, and called traitor at every word, because he had left Cyprus, that Philometor had committed unto him, and departed to Antiochus Epiphanes, and seeing that he was in no honorable place, he was so discouraged, that he poisoned himself and died.
But Eleazar, the high-minded and truly noble, as one tortured in a dream, regarded it not at all.
And the noble youth, extended upon this, became dislocated.
by which means our just and paternal Providence, becoming merciful to the nation, will punish the pestilent tyrant.
And when, on inquiring whether he would eat before he was tortured, they heard his noble sentiment,
I abjure not the noble relationship of my brethren.
By the blessed death of my brethren, and the eternal punishment of the tyrant, and the glorious life of the pious, I will not repudiate the noble brotherhood.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2104, grouped by book.
Eugenes (Strong's G2104) is a Greek word most simply glossed "more noble". eugenes (yoog-en'-ace) adj. 1. well born 2. (literally) high in rank
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's G2104 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2104 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as nobleman, more, and noble. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2104, with linked reader references where each row is available.