What does κόκκος (kókkos) mean in the Bible?
κόκκος (kókkos): A tiny grain, especially mustard seed, symbolizing insignificant beginnings that produce disproportionately large results.
Greek · G2848
κόκκος
A kernel of seed
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κόκκος G2848
Pronunciation kókkos
What does κόκκος (kókkos) mean in the Bible?
κόκκος (kókkos): A tiny grain, especially mustard seed, symbolizing insignificant beginnings that produce disproportionately large results.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2848?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include seed (2), vvv (2), a kernel (1), a mustard seed (1), a seed (1).
Where does κόκκος (kókkos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:31. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Matthew (2), 1 Corinthians (1), John (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 seed 2× Matthew 13:31, Matthew 17:20
vvv 2× Luke 13:19, Luke 17:6
a kernel 1× John 12:24
a mustard seed 1× Mark 4:31
a seed 1× 1 Corinthians 15:37
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 13:31 κόκκῳ to seed Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Matthew 17:20 κόκκον to seed Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Mark 4:31 κόκκῳ to a mustard seed Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Luke 13:19 κόκκῳ to vvv Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Luke 17:6 κόκκον to vvv Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular John 12:24 κόκκος to a kernel Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 15:37 κόκκον to a seed Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:31
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 5
Matthew 2 Mark 1 Luke 2 John 1 1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
κόκκον 3x kokkon Matthew 17:20, Luke 17:6, 1 Corinthians 15:37
κόκκῳ 3x kokkō Matthew 13:31, Mark 4:31, Luke 13:19
κόκκος 1x kokkos John 12:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Matthew 17:20, Luke 17:6, 1 Corinthians 15:37
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 3x Matthew 13:31, Mark 4:31, Luke 13:19
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x John 12:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A tiny grain, especially mustard seed, symbolizing insignificant beginnings that produce disproportionately large results.
Strong's G2848
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 3 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a kernel of seed
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:31 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
κόκκῳ kokkw
a kernel, grain
Read verse Matthew 17:20 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κόκκον kokkon
a kernel, grain
Read verse Mark 4:31 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
κόκκῳ kokkw
a kernel, grain
Read verse Luke 13:19 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
κόκκῳ kokkw
a kernel, grain
Read verse Luke 17:6 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κόκκον kokkon
a kernel, grain
Read verse John 12:24 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
κόκκος kokkov
a kernel, grain
Read verse 1 Corinthians 15:37 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
κόκκον, kokkon
a kernel, grain
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 3 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 3 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine John 12:24 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:31 · Mark 4:31 · Luke 13:19 3×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 17:20 · Luke 17:6 · 1 Cor 15:37 3×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
John 12:20-36 κόκκος kókkos
grain, seed
Luke 13:18–21 κόκκῳ kókkos
Seed, grain
Mark 4:30–34 κόκκος kókkos
seed, small grain
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κόκκος is a primary word - no further derivation.
Why This Word Matters
Illustrates life through death.
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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