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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ἁφήG860
Pronunciationhaphḗ
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 Itjoints1×Colossians 2:19
ligament1×Ephesians 4:16
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowEphesians 4:16
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Ephesians1Colossians1
Source forms
ἁφῆς1xhaphēsEphesians 4:16
ἁφῶν1xhaphōnColossians 2:19
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural1xColossians 2:19
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xEphesians 4:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. probably a ligament (as fastening)
Strong'sG860
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
probably a ligament (as fastening)
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.
Ephesians 4:16Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἁφῆςafhv
a band, fastening, a ligament
Read verseColossians 2:19Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
ἁφῶνafwn
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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineEph 4:161×
Genitive · Plural · FeminineCol 2:191×
Word Origins
ἁφή is built from this root:
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