Strong G2874κοπρία
manure
- Transliteration
- kopria
- Pronunciation
- kop-ree'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From κόπρος kopros (ordure; perhaps akin to G2875); manure: - dung (-hill).
Detailed definition
κοπρία, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for אַשְׁפֹּת;]
a dung hill (1Ki.2:8, Psa.113:7 al.): Luk.14:35.†
κόπριον, -ου, τό,
[in LXX (pl.): Jer.25:33 (דֹּמֶן), Sir.22:2, 1Ma.2:62 *;]
= κόπρος, dung: pl., Luk.13:8 (WH, mg., κόφινον κοπρίων).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for אַשְׁפֹּת;]
a dung hill (1Ki.2:8, Psa.113:7 al.): Luk.14:35.†
κόπριον, -ου, τό,
[in LXX (pl.): Jer.25:33 (דֹּמֶן), Sir.22:2, 1Ma.2:62 *;]
= κόπρος, dung: pl., Luk.13:8 (WH, mg., κόφινον κοπρίων).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2874 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dung1
- dunghill1
First verses
- Luke 13:8And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
- Luke 14:35It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κοπρ-ία, ἡ,
(compare κόπερρα) dunghill, [LXX+7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.6 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 43, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 845a5 (_plural_), LXX.Job.2.8, 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.634, etc.)]; in Egypt, rubbish-heap, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PRyl. 2.162.17 (2nd c.AD))], etc.; ἀναιρεῖσθαι ἀπὸ κοπρίας, of foundlings, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PGnom.” 238, compare 115 (2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 37i7 (1st c.AD).)]
II refuse, ἐν σείσματι κοσκίνου διαμένει κ. [LXX (LXX.Sir.27.4)]; manure, [NT (NT.Luke.13.8 (variant{κόπρια}).)]
(compare κόπερρα) dunghill, [LXX+7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.6 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 43, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 845a5 (_plural_), LXX.Job.2.8, 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.634, etc.)]; in Egypt, rubbish-heap, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PRyl. 2.162.17 (2nd c.AD))], etc.; ἀναιρεῖσθαι ἀπὸ κοπρίας, of foundlings, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PGnom.” 238, compare 115 (2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 37i7 (1st c.AD).)]
II refuse, ἐν σείσματι κοσκίνου διαμένει κ. [LXX (LXX.Sir.27.4)]; manure, [NT (NT.Luke.13.8 (variant{κόπρια}).)]