What does πίναξ (pínax) mean in the Bible?
πίναξ (pínax) is a Greek word meaning "a plate".
Greek · G4094
πίναξ
A plate
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πίναξ G4094
Pronunciation pínax
What does πίναξ (pínax) mean in the Bible?
πίναξ (pínax) is a Greek word meaning "a plate".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4094?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a platter (4), dish (1).
Where does πίναξ (pínax) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 14:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (2), Matthew (2), 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 a platter 4× Matthew 14:8, Matthew 14:11, Mark 6:25, Mark 6:28
dish 1× Luke 11:39
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 14:8 πίνακι to a platter Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Matthew 14:11 πίνακι to a platter Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Mark 6:25 πίνακι to a platter Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Mark 6:28 πίνακι to a platter Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Luke 11:39 πίνακος to dish Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 14:8
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 2 Mark 2 Luke 1
Source forms
πίνακι 4x pinaki Matthew 14:8, Matthew 14:11, Mark 6:25, Mark 6:28
πίνακος 1x pinakos Luke 11:39
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 4x Matthew 14:8, Matthew 14:11, Mark 6:25, Mark 6:28
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Luke 11:39
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a plate
Strong's G4094
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a plate
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 14:8 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
πίνακι pinaki
a plate, platter
Read verse Matthew 14:11 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
πίνακι, pinaki
a plate, platter
Read verse Mark 6:25 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
πίνακι pinaki
a plate, platter
Read verse Mark 6:28 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
πίνακι, pinaki
a plate, platter
Read verse Luke 11:39 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
πίνακος pinakov
a plate, platter
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 5 Case pattern Dative (4) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 11:39 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:8 · Matt 14:11 · Mark 6:25 · Mark 6:28 4×
Word Origins
πίναξ is built from this root:
πλάξ G4109
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