Greek word · G6002
Ἀδμίν
admin
Admin
A personal name found only in this verse in the critical text. It has no Hebrew counterpart in Ruth 4, 1 Chronicles 2 or Matthew 1.
Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·
What it means
From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
- Range of meaning
A personal name found only in this verse in the critical text. It has no Hebrew counterpart in Ruth 4, 1 Chronicles 2 or Matthew 1.
- Against the English
BSB and ESV print 'Admin'. KJV, WEB and YLT have no Admin; they read 'Aram'. NIV prints 'Ram' and puts Admin/Arni in a footnote.
- Used elsewhere in the period
Admin does not appear in the Old Testament or in the Septuagint list of Judah's descendants. It turns up only in a group of early Egyptian-type manuscripts and versions of Luke. Metzger reports that the editorial committee chose this reading as 'the least unsatisfactory' form of text, one that was current in the Alexandrian church at an early period.
Where it appears
Luke · 1
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Luke 3:33 Ἀδμὶν of Admin
the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
Here: This name appears nowhere in the Old Testament genealogies. It is found only in the critical text of Luke. Many scholars think it entered through early scribal confusion. The Byzantine text has 'Aram' here instead.
Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.