What does ἁφή (haphḗ) mean in the Bible?
ἁφή (haphḗ) is a Greek word meaning "probably a ligament (as fastening)".
Greek · G860
ἁφή
Probably a ligament (as fastening)
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ἁφή G860
Pronunciation haphḗ
What does ἁφή (haphḗ) mean in the Bible?
ἁφή (haphḗ) is a Greek word meaning "probably a ligament (as fastening)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G860?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include joints (1), ligament (1).
Where does ἁφή (haphḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 4:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Colossians (1), Ephesians (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 joints 1× Colossians 2:19
ligament 1× Ephesians 4:16
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Ephesians 4:16
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Ephesians 1 Colossians 1
Source forms
ἁφῆς 1x haphēs Ephesians 4:16
ἁφῶν 1x haphōn Colossians 2:19
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 1x Colossians 2:19
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Ephesians 4:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. probably a ligament (as fastening)
Strong's G860
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
probably a ligament (as fastening)
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.
Ephesians 4:16 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἁφῆς afhv
a band, fastening, a ligament
Read verse Colossians 2:19 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
ἁφῶν afwn
a band, fastening, a ligament
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 Genitive (2) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Eph 4:16 1×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Col 2:19 1×
Word Origins
ἁφή is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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