Strong G2899κράσπεδον
edge
- Transliteration
- kraspedon
- Pronunciation
- kras'-ped-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; a margin that is (specifically) a fringe or tassel: - border hem.
Detailed definition
κράσπεδον, -ου, τό
[in LXX: Num.15:38-39 (צִיצִת) Deu.22:12, Zec.8:23 (כָּנָף)*;]
1. in cl., an edge, border.
2. In LXX (see supr.) and NT, a tassel or corner: Mat.9:20 14:36 23:5, Mrk.6:56, Luk.8:44.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Num.15:38-39 (צִיצִת) Deu.22:12, Zec.8:23 (כָּנָף)*;]
1. in cl., an edge, border.
2. In LXX (see supr.) and NT, a tassel or corner: Mat.9:20 14:36 23:5, Mrk.6:56, Luk.8:44.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2899 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- border3
- hem2
First verses
- Matthew 9:20And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
- Matthew 14:36And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
- Matthew 23:5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
- Mark 6:56And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
- Luke 8:44Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
κράσπεδ-ον, τό,
edge, border, skirt, especially of cloth, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.53)]; of the fringe or tassel worn by Jews, [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Matt.9.20: mostly in _plural_, ἄκροισι λαίφους κρασπέδοις (see. ἄκρος 1.2b) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 524; κράσπεδα στεμμάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 475, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 43.30; χρυσᾶ κ. Chamaeleon Grammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.374a, 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.36, 37.)]
2 metaphorically, mostly in plural, skirts or edge of a country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 602, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 381)]; of a mountain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.6.8)]; πρὸς κρασπέδοισι στρατοπέδου on the skirts of the army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 661; τοὺς πελταστὰς ἐπὶ τὰ κ. ἑκατέρωθεν καθίστασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.16)]: also in singular, Τιμολέοντα ὥσπερ ἐκ κ. τινὸς λεπτοῦ τῆς πολίχνης τῇ Σικελίᾳ προσηρτημένον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 11; κ. αἰγιαλοῦ “Anthologia Graeca” 7.78 (Dionysius Epigrammaticus Cyzic.).)]
3 in Medicine texts, affection of the uvula, fimbria, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.8.)]
edge, border, skirt, especially of cloth, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.53)]; of the fringe or tassel worn by Jews, [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Matt.9.20: mostly in _plural_, ἄκροισι λαίφους κρασπέδοις (see. ἄκρος 1.2b) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 524; κράσπεδα στεμμάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 475, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 43.30; χρυσᾶ κ. Chamaeleon Grammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.374a, 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.36, 37.)]
2 metaphorically, mostly in plural, skirts or edge of a country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 602, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 381)]; of a mountain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.6.8)]; πρὸς κρασπέδοισι στρατοπέδου on the skirts of the army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 661; τοὺς πελταστὰς ἐπὶ τὰ κ. ἑκατέρωθεν καθίστασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.16)]: also in singular, Τιμολέοντα ὥσπερ ἐκ κ. τινὸς λεπτοῦ τῆς πολίχνης τῇ Σικελίᾳ προσηρτημένον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 11; κ. αἰγιαλοῦ “Anthologia Graeca” 7.78 (Dionysius Epigrammaticus Cyzic.).)]
3 in Medicine texts, affection of the uvula, fimbria, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.8.)]