What does κυλλός (kyllós) mean in the Bible?
κυλλός (kyllós): Describes permanent physical disability affecting limbs, distinct from temporary sickness or disease.
Greek · G2948
κυλλός
Crippled
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κυλλός G2948
Pronunciation kyllós
What does κυλλός (kyllós) mean in the Bible?
κυλλός (kyllós): Describes permanent physical disability affecting limbs, distinct from temporary sickness or disease.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2948?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] crippled (2), crippled (2).
Where does κυλλός (kyllós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 15:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (3), Mark (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 [the] crippled 2× Matthew 15:30, Matthew 15:31
crippled 2× Matthew 18:8, Mark 9:43
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 15:30 κυλλούς to [the] crippled Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Matthew 15:31 κυλλοὺς to [the] crippled Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Matthew 18:8 κυλλὸν to crippled Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Mark 9:43 κυλλὸν to crippled Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 15:30
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Matthew 3 Mark 1
Source forms
κυλλὸν 2x kyllon Matthew 18:8, Mark 9:43
κυλλούς 1x kyllous Matthew 15:30
κυλλοὺς 1x kyllous Matthew 15:31
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 2x Matthew 15:30, Matthew 15:31
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 18:8, Mark 9:43
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Describes permanent physical disability affecting limbs, distinct from temporary sickness or disease.
Strong's G2948
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
crippled
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Describes permanent physical disability affecting limbs, distinct from temporary sickness or disease.
1crooked, crippled: Mat.15:30-31 (WH, txt. om.);
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 15:30 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
κυλλούς, kullouv
crippled, lame
Read verse Matthew 15:31 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
κυλλοὺς kullouv
crippled, lame
Read verse Matthew 18:8 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
κυλλόν, kullon
crippled, lame
Read verse Mark 9:43 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
κυλλὸν kullon
crippled, lame
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 4 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:30 · Matt 15:31 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 18:8 · Mark 9:43 2×
Word Origins
κυλλός is built from this root:
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