What does κόφινος (kóphinos) mean in the Bible?
κόφινος (kóphinos): Small wicker basket for carrying food, distinct from the larger σφυρίς used for provisions.
Greek · G2894
κόφινος
A (small) basket
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κόφινος G2894
Pronunciation kóphinos
What does κόφινος (kóphinos) mean in the Bible?
κόφινος (kóphinos): Small wicker basket for carrying food, distinct from the larger σφυρίς used for provisions.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2894?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include basketfuls (5), baskets (1).
Where does κόφινος (kóphinos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 14:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (2), Matthew (2), John (1), 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 basketfuls 5× Matthew 14:20, Matthew 16:9, Mark 6:43, Mark 8:19
baskets 1× John 6:13
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Matthew 14:20 κοφίνους to basketfuls Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Matthew 16:9 κοφίνους to basketfuls Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Mark 6:43 κοφίνων to basketfuls Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Mark 8:19 κοφίνους to basketfuls Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 9:17 κόφινοι to basketfuls Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural John 6:13 κοφίνους to baskets Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 14:20
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
Matthew 2 Mark 2 Luke 1 John 1
Source forms
κοφίνους 4x kophinous Matthew 14:20, Matthew 16:9, Mark 8:19, John 6:13
κόφινοι 1x kophinoi Luke 9:17
κοφίνων 1x kophinōn Mark 6:43
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 4x Matthew 14:20, Matthew 16:9, Mark 8:19, John 6:13
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Mark 6:43
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 9:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Small wicker basket for carrying food, distinct from the larger σφυρίς used for provisions.
Strong's G2894
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 3 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a (small) basket
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 14:20 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
κοφίνους kofinouv
a large basket
Read verse Matthew 16:9 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
κοφίνους kofinouv
a large basket
Read verse Mark 6:43 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
κοφίνους kofinouv
a large basket
Read verse Mark 8:19 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
κοφίνους kofinouv
a large basket
Read verse Luke 9:17 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
κόφινοι kofinoi
a large basket
Read verse John 6:13 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
κοφίνους kofinouv
a large basket
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 6 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Plural (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
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×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 9:10–17 κοφίνους kóphinos
Baskets
Showing 1 selected witness from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κόφινος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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