What does κρημνός (krēmnós) mean in the Bible?
κρημνός (krēmnós) is a Greek word meaning "cliff".
Greek · G2911
κρημνός
Cliff
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κρημνόςG2911
Pronunciationkrēmnós
What does κρημνός (krēmnós) mean in the Bible?
κρημνός (krēmnós) is a Greek word meaning "cliff".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2911?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include steep bank (3).
Where does κρημνός (krēmnós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Mark (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 Itsteep bank3×Matthew 8:32, Mark 5:13, Luke 8:33
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 8:32
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Matthew1Mark1Luke1
Source forms
κρημνοῦ3xkrēmnouMatthew 8:32, Mark 5:13, Luke 8:33
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular3xMatthew 8:32, Mark 5:13, Luke 8:33
Evidence Summary
Greek word. cliff
Strong'sG2911
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms1 form3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
cliff
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:32Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
κρημνοῦkrhmnou
a crag, precipice
Read verseMark 5:13Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
κρημνοῦkrhmnou
a crag, precipice
Read verseLuke 8:33Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
κρημνοῦkrhmnou
a crag, precipice
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 forms3Case patternGenitive (3)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · MasculineMatt 8:32 · Mark 5:13 · Luke 8:333×
Word Origins
κρημνός is built from this root: