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pántōs · Greek · Strong's G3843 · 8 occurrences

The KJV renders 11 different Hebrew and Greek words as “surely”

What it means

entirely; specially, at all events, (with negative, following) in no event

adverb from G3956 (πᾶς);

How the KJV renders it

by all means, altogether, at all, needs, no doubt, in wise, surely

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

surely
also renders alēthōs (G230), ʼak (H389), ʼâkên (H403), ʼâman (H539), ʼomnâm (H551), hâlak (H1980), yâṭab (H3190), yâkach (H3198), kên (H3651), raq (H7535)
altogether
also renders hólos (G3650), ʼechâd (H259), yachad (H3162), kôl (H3605), kâlâh (H3617)
at all
also renders hólōs (G3654), kathólou (G2527), oudeís (G3762), yachad (H3162), ʻôwd (H5750)
needs
also renders hâlak (H1980)
no doubt
also renders ʼomnâm (H551)

Where it appears

8 occurrences in the Greek text.

1 Corinthians 5:10 ADV1 Corinthians 9:10 ADV1 Corinthians 9:22 ADV1 Corinthians 16:12 ADVActs 21:22 ADVActs 28:4 ADVLuke 4:23 ADVRomans 3:9 ADV

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.