Kophinos κόφινος

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Kophinos
κόφινος
Transliterationkophinos
Strong's numberG2894
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossbasket
Occurrences6 in 6 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (2)

Kophinos (Greek κόφινος, Strong's G2894) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “basket”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

κόφινος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Jdg.6:19 (סַל), Psa.81:6 (דּוּד)* ;]
a basket, probably of wicker-work, such as were carried by Jews for food: Mat.14:20 16:9, Mrk.6:43 8:19 9:17 13:8, Jhn.6:13 (cf. σφυρίς).†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVbaskets (6)
BSBbasketfuls (5), baskets (1)

Verses

Every verse with Kophinos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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