What does κλίβανος (klíbanos) mean in the Bible?
κλίβανος (klíbanos) is a Greek word meaning "an earthen pot used for baking in".
Greek · G2823
κλίβανος
An earthen pot used for baking in
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κλίβανοςG2823
Pronunciationklíbanos
What does κλίβανος (klíbanos) mean in the Bible?
κλίβανος (klíbanos) is a Greek word meaning "an earthen pot used for baking in".
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How does the BSB render G2823?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the furnace (2).
Where does κλίβανος (klíbanos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (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 Itthe furnace2×Matthew 6:30, Luke 12:28
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 6:30
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Luke1
Source forms
κλίβανον2xklibanonMatthew 6:30, Luke 12:28
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular2xMatthew 6:30, Luke 12:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. an earthen pot used for baking in
Strong'sG2823
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
an earthen pot used for baking in
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 6:30Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κλίβανονklibanon
an oven, furnace
Read verseLuke 12:28Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κλίβανονklibanon
an oven, furnace
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 · MasculineMatt 6:30 · Luke 12:282×
Word Origins
κλίβανος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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