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κοφίνους / σπυρίδας

A (small) basket · a hamper or lunch-receptacle

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κόφινος G2894 a (small) basket
Pronunciation kóphinos
Small wicker basket for carrying food, distinct from the larger σφυρίς used for provisions.
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σπυρίς G4711 a hamper or lunch-receptacle
Pronunciation spyrís
Large woven basket for provisions, distinct from κόφινος (smaller, stiffer container for bread).
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What does κοφίνους / σπυρίδας (kophinous / spyridas) mean in the Bible?

κόφινος · σπυρίς is a Greek word meaning "baskets".

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Meaning

baskets
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 9:17 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Mark 6:43 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 14:20 · Matt 16:9 · Mark 8:19 · John 6:13 4×
6 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Mark 6 — Rejected Prophet, Sending Lord, Wilderness Shepherd, and Divine Son on the Sea Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 14 — The Death of John, the Compassion of Jesus, and the Son of God over Bread, Sea, and Fear Matthew 15 — Tradition, the Heart, Gentile Faith, and the Compassionate Bread of the Messiah Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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