Strong G2750κειρία

graveclothes

Transliteration
keiria
Pronunciation
ki-ree'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Of uncertain affinity; a swathe that is winding sheet: - graveclothes.

Detailed definition

κειρία, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX: Pro.7:16 (מַרְבַד)*;]
a vernacular word,

1 1, a bed-cord (Aristoph., AV., 816; Pr, l.with).

2. In pl., swathings (cf. Field, Notes, 96 f.): Jhn.11:44.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2750 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • graveclothes1

First verses

  1. John 11:44
    And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κειρία, ἡ,
girth of a bedstead, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 816, LXX.Pro.7.16, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 16.)]
II swathing-band, bandage, written κηρία, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PMed.Lond.” 155 IV10, 28, +others, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.83, 2.59, 61, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus (-ρεί-))]; καιρία (which see); κιρία, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 69.9, 11, “PSI” 4.341.7, 387.4 (3rd c.BC))]; grave-clothes, in form κειρίαι (variant{κηρίαι}) [NT (NT.John.11.44.)]
III κηρίαι, tapeworms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus cited in 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus; κειρίαι 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.755.)]