What does δερμάτινος (dermátinos) mean in the Bible?
δερμάτινος (dermátinos) is a Greek word meaning "made of hide".
Greek · G1193
δερμάτινος
Made of hide
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δερμάτινοςG1193
Pronunciationdermátinos
What does δερμάτινος (dermátinos) mean in the Bible?
δερμάτινος (dermátinos) is a Greek word meaning "made of hide".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1193?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [a] leather (1), a leather (1).
Where does δερμάτινος (dermátinos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 3:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It[a] leather1×Matthew 3:4
a leather1×Mark 1:6
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 3:4
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Mark1
Source forms
δερματίνην2xdermatinēnMatthew 3:4, Mark 1:6
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular2xMatthew 3:4, Mark 1:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. made of hide
Strong'sG1193
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
made of hide
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 3:4Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
δερματίνηνdermatinhn
made of hide, leathern
Read verseMark 1:6Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
δερματίνηνdermatinhn
made of hide, leathern
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMatt 3:4 · Mark 1:62×
Word Origins
δερμάτινος is built from this root:
δέρμαG1192
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