What does ἄγναφος (ágnaphos) mean in the Bible?
ἄγναφος (ágnaphos): New cloth that shrinks when washed, contrasting with worn fabric that has already shrunk.
Greek · G46
ἄγναφος
ἄγναφος (ágnaphos): New cloth that shrinks when washed, contrasting with worn fabric that has already shrunk.
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ἄγναφοςG46
Pronunciationágnaphos
What does ἄγναφος (ágnaphos) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G46?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of unshrunk (2).
Where does ἄγναφος (ágnaphos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 9:16. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 Itof unshrunk2×Matthew 9:16, Mark 2:21
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 9:16
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Mark1
Source forms
ἀγνάφου2xagnaphouMatthew 9:16, Mark 2:21
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular2xMatthew 9:16, Mark 2:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. New cloth that shrinks when washed, contrasting with worn fabric that has already shrunk.
Strong'sG46
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
unshrunk
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 9:16Adjective Genitive Singular Neuter
ἀγνάφουagnafou
unshrunken, new
Read verseMark 2:21Adjective Genitive Singular Neuter
ἀγνάφουagnafou
unshrunken, new
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 forms2Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · NeuterMatt 9:16 · Mark 2:212×
Word Origins
ἄγναφος is built from these roots:
γναφεύςG1102
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