What does κλάσμα (klásma) mean in the Bible?
κλάσμα (klásma): Broken piece or fragment, emphasizing result of breaking rather than mere smallness or division
Greek · G2801
κλάσμα
A piece (bit)
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κλάσμα G2801
Pronunciation klásma
What does κλάσμα (klásma) mean in the Bible?
κλάσμα (klásma): Broken piece or fragment, emphasizing result of breaking rather than mere smallness or division
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2801?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of broken pieces (6), of broken pieces of bread (1), pieces (1), with the pieces (1).
Where does κλάσμα (klásma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 14:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (4), John (2), Matthew (2), Luke (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 of broken pieces 6× Matthew 14:20, Matthew 15:37, Mark 8:8, Mark 8:19
of broken pieces of bread 1× Mark 6:43
pieces 1× John 6:12
with the pieces 1× John 6:13
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 14:20 κλασμάτων to of broken pieces Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Matthew 15:37 κλασμάτων to of broken pieces Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Mark 6:43 κλάσματα to of broken pieces of bread Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Mark 8:8 κλασμάτων to of broken pieces Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Mark 8:19 κλασμάτων to of broken pieces Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Mark 8:20 κλασμάτων to of broken pieces Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Luke 9:17 κλασμάτων to of broken pieces Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural John 6:12 κλάσματα to pieces Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural John 6:13 κλασμάτων to with the pieces Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 14:20
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 4
Matthew 2 Mark 4 Luke 1 John 2
Source forms
κλασμάτων 7x klasmatōn Matthew 14:20, Matthew 15:37, Mark 8:8, Mark 8:19
κλάσματα 2x klasmata Mark 6:43, John 6:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 7x Matthew 14:20, Matthew 15:37, Mark 8:8, Mark 8:19
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x Mark 6:43, John 6:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Broken piece or fragment, emphasizing result of breaking rather than mere smallness or division
Strong's G2801
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 2 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a piece (bit)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 14:20 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κλασμάτων, klasmatwn
a fragment
Read verse Matthew 15:37 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κλασμάτων, klasmatwn
a fragment
Read verse Mark 6:43 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κλασμάτων klasmatwn
a fragment
Read verse Mark 8:8 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κλασμάτων klasmatwn
a fragment
Read verse Mark 8:19 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κλασμάτων klasmatwn
a fragment
Read verse Mark 8:20 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κλασμάτων klasmatwn
a fragment
Read verse Luke 9:17 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κλασμάτων, klasmatwn
a fragment
Read verse John 6:12 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
κλάσματα, klasmata
a fragment
Read verse John 6:13 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
κλασμάτων klasmatwn
a fragment
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 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Genitive (7) Number pattern Plural (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 14:20 · Matt 15:37 · Mark 8:8 · Mark 8:19 · Mark 8:20 · Luke 9:17 · John 6:13 7×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Mark 6:43 · John 6:12 2×
Word Origins
κλάσμα is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain