What does φάτνη (phátnē) mean in the Bible?
φάτνη (phátnē): A manger for animal fodder; in NT specifically Jesus's birth location, symbolizing humble circumstances.
Greek · G5336
φάτνη
A crib (for fodder)
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φάτνη G5336
Pronunciation phátnē
What does φάτνη (phátnē) mean in the Bible?
φάτνη (phátnē): A manger for animal fodder; in NT specifically Jesus's birth location, symbolizing humble circumstances.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5336?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a manger (2), manger (1), stall (1).
Where does φάτνη (phátnē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 2:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (4).
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 manger 2× Luke 2:7, Luke 2:12
manger 1× Luke 2:16
stall 1× Luke 13:15
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 2:7
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 1
Luke 4
Source forms
φάτνῃ 3x phatnē Luke 2:7, Luke 2:12, Luke 2:16
φάτνης 1x phatnēs Luke 13:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 3x Luke 2:7, Luke 2:12, Luke 2:16
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Luke 13:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A manger for animal fodder; in NT specifically Jesus's birth location, symbolizing humble circumstances.
Strong's G5336
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a crib (for fodder)
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.
Luke 2:7 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
φάτνῃ, fatnh
a manger, feeding-trough
Read verse Luke 2:12 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
φάτνῃ. fatnh
a manger, feeding-trough
Read verse Luke 2:16 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
φάτνῃ. fatnh
a manger, feeding-trough
Read verse Luke 13:15 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
φάτνης, fatnhv
a manger, feeding-trough
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 Dative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 13:15 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Luke 2:7 · Luke 2:12 · Luke 2:16 3×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Witnesses
Luke 2:1–7 φάτνῃ phátnē
Manger, feeding trough
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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