Word study
Influence
1 Hebrew and 4 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: influence, influenced. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “influence” or one of its forms.
Compare the Greek words side by side
Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- חֲמַר chămarwinetranslated this way 1 time of its 6 uses · Strong’s H2562Noun · Translated: wine 5, influence of the wine 1Full study and all 6 verses →
Daniel 5:2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
Greek words (New Testament)
- μέτρον métrona measure, measuring rodtranslated this way 1 time of its 13 uses · Strong’s G3358Noun · Translated: measure 9, limit 1, field of influence 1, field 1Full study and all 11 verses →
2 Corinthians 10:13 We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us — a field that reaches even to you.
- κανών kanṓnrule, regulation, provincetranslated this way 1 time of its 3 uses · Strong’s G2583Noun · Translated: area of influence 1, territory 1, rule 1Full study and all 3 verses →
2 Corinthians 10:15 Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well ,
- ἄγω ágōI leadtranslated this way 1 time of its 65 uses · Strong’s G71Verb · Translated: brought 24, led 10, bring 9, go 7Full study and all 65 verses →
1 Corinthians 12:2 You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
- ἐν enin, on, amongtranslated this way 1 time of its 2,393 uses · Strong’s G1722Preposition · Translated: in 1,515, by 152, with 144, at 124Full study and all 1,896 verses →
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- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
What the Bible says about influence: passages by topic →
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.