What does κοράσιον (korásion) mean in the Bible?
κοράσιον (korásion) is a Greek word meaning "a (little) girl".
Greek · G2877
κοράσιον
A (little) girl
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κοράσιον G2877
Pronunciation korásion
What does κοράσιον (korásion) mean in the Bible?
κοράσιον (korásion) is a Greek word meaning "a (little) girl".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2877?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include girl (5), [she] (1), [who] (1), Little girl (1).
Where does κοράσιον (korásion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 9:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (5), Matthew (3).
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 girl 5× Matthew 9:24, Matthew 14:11, Mark 5:42, Mark 6:22
[she] 1× Matthew 9:25
[who] 1× Mark 6:28
Little girl 1× Mark 5:41
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 9:24 κοράσιον to girl Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Matthew 9:25 κοράσιον to [she] Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Matthew 14:11 κορασίῳ to girl Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Mark 5:41 Κοράσιον to Little girl Noun - Vocative Neuter Singular Mark 5:42 κοράσιον to girl Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Mark 6:22 κορασίῳ to girl Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Mark 6:28 κορασίῳ to girl Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Mark 6:28 κοράσιον to [who] Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 9:24
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 2
Matthew 3 Mark 5
Source forms
κοράσιον 4x korasion Matthew 9:24, Matthew 9:25, Mark 5:42, Mark 6:28
κορασίῳ 3x korasiō Matthew 14:11, Mark 6:22, Mark 6:28
Κοράσιον 1x Korasion Mark 5:41
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 4x Matthew 9:24, Matthew 9:25, Mark 5:42, Mark 6:28
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 3x Matthew 14:11, Mark 6:22, Mark 6:28
Noun - Vocative Neuter Singular 1x Mark 5:41
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a (little) girl
Strong's G2877
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 2 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a (little) girl
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(dimin. of κόρη), [in LXX chiefly for נַעֲרָה, Rut.2:8, al.; in Joel 4:3, Zec.8:5 for יַלְדָּה ;] a colloquial word which survives in MGr. (Kennedy, Sourcs, e154), girl, maiden: Mat.9:24-25 14:11, Mrk.5:41-42 6:22, 28.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 9:24 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
κοράσιον, korasion
a girl, little girl
Read verse Matthew 9:25 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
κοράσιον. korasion
a girl, little girl
Read verse Matthew 14:11 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
κορασίῳ· korasiw
a girl, little girl
Read verse Mark 5:41 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
κοράσιον, korasion
a girl, little girl
Read verse Mark 5:42 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
κοράσιον korasion
a girl, little girl
Read verse Mark 6:22 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
κορασίῳ, korasiw
a girl, little girl
Read verse Mark 6:28 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
κορασίῳ· korasiw
a girl, little girl
Read verse Mark 6:28 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
κοράσιον korasion
a girl, little girl
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 8 Case pattern Nominative (5) Number pattern Singular (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 9:24 · Matt 9:25 · Mark 5:41 · Mark 5:42 · Mark 6:28 5×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 14:11 · Mark 6:22 · Mark 6:28 3×
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