What does κρίθινος (kríthinos) mean in the Bible?
κρίθινος (kríthinos): Describes barley, the coarse grain of ordinary people rather than wheat's refined luxury.
Greek · G2916
κρίθινος
Consisting of barley
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κρίθινος G2916
Pronunciation kríthinos
What does κρίθινος (kríthinos) mean in the Bible?
κρίθινος (kríthinos): Describes barley, the coarse grain of ordinary people rather than wheat's refined luxury.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2916?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include barley (2).
Where does κρίθινος (kríthinos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 6:9. Its strongest book concentrations include John (2).
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 barley 2× John 6:9, John 6:13
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 6:9
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
John 2
Source forms
κριθίνους 1x krithinous John 6:9
κριθίνων 1x krithinōn John 6:13
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x John 6:9
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x John 6:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Describes barley, the coarse grain of ordinary people rather than wheat's refined luxury.
Strong's G2916
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
consisting of barley
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Describes barley, the coarse grain of ordinary people rather than wheat's refined luxury.
(κριθή), [in LXX for שְׂעֹרָה ;] of barley: Jhn.6:9, 13
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 6:9 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
κριθίνους kriqinouv
made of barley
Read verse John 6:13 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
κριθίνων, kriqinwn
made of barley
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 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Masculine John 6:13 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine John 6:9 1×
Word Origins
κρίθινος is built from this root:
κριθή G2915
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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