Greek word · G5103
Τίτος
titos
Titus
Appears 13 times in 12 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·
What it means
Τίτος, -ου, ὁ
Titus;
1. St. Paul's disciple and companion: 2 Corinthians 2:13 7:6 7:13-14 8:6 8:16 8:23 12:18, Galatians 2:1, 3, 2 Timothy 4:10, Titus 1:4, subscr., Rec. (Τῖτος).
2. One surnamed Justus: Acts 18:7, RV (T, WH, Τίτιος).†
(AS)
From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
2 Corinthians · 9
-
2 Corinthians 2:13 Τίτον Titus
I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
Here: Paul's Greek co-worker (Galatians 2:3), who had gone to Corinth on a delicate mission. He is the one person whose arrival could tell Paul how things stood there (7:6–7, 13–14).
-
2 Corinthians 7:6 Τίτου· of Titus;
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
Here: Paul's Gentile co-worker. He had gone to Corinth to deal with the crisis there and was bringing back news of how the church had responded.
-
2 Corinthians 7:13 Τίτου, of Titus,
On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
Here: Paul's Gentile co-worker and envoy to Corinth (Gal 2:3; 2 Cor 8:6, 16–17, 23).
-
2 Corinthians 7:14 Τίτου, Titus,
Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
-
2 Corinthians 8:6 Τίτον, Titus,
So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.
Here: Paul's Gentile co-worker (Gal 2:1–3). He had just returned from Corinth with good news of the church's change of heart (7:6–7, 13–15). He is the person Paul now asks to go back.
-
2 Corinthians 8:16 Τίτου, of Titus,
But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.
Here: Paul's Gentile co-worker (Gal 2:1–3), who had just come back from Corinth with good news (7:6–15) and was now being sent back to finish the collection (8:6, 17).
-
2 Corinthians 8:23 Τίτου, Titus,
As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
-
2 Corinthians 12:18 Τίτον Τίτος; Titus [to go], Titus?
I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?
Galatians · 2
-
Galatians 2:1 Τίτον· Titus;
Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
-
Galatians 2:3 Τίτος Titus
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
Here: Paul's coworker, named in verse 1 as someone he deliberately took along to Jerusalem. He is never named in Acts, but Paul's letters show him as a trusted delegate (2 Corinthians 7:6, 8:23), and a later letter is addressed to him.
2 Timothy · 1
-
2 Timothy 4:10 Τίτος [and] Titus
because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
Here: Paul's long-time Gentile co-worker, recipient of the letter to Titus. Like Crescens, he is listed as away, not as a deserter.
Titus · 1
-
Titus 1:4 Τίτῳ To Titus
To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Here: The addressee, in the dative case (the 'to whom' form used in letter openings). Titus was a Greek, a non-Jew who was never circumcised (Galatians 2:3), and one of Paul's most trusted co-workers.
Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.