Strong's Lexicon
G1915
G1915 — ἐπίβλημα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1915 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπίβλημα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1911 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | epiblema |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-ib'-lay-mah |
| Meaning: | 1. a patch |
| KJV Renderings: | piece |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπίβλημα, ἐπιβλητος, τό (ἐπιβάλλω), that which is thrown or put upon a thing, or that which is added to it; an addition; specifically, that which is sewed on to cover a rent, a patch; Vulg.assumentum ((alsocommissura)) (equivalent to ἐπιρραμα): Mat 9:16; Mar 2:21; Luk 5:36. (the Sept., Plutarch, Arrian.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπίβλημα (piece)
Matthew 9:16
- KJV: No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment and the rent is made worse
- GK: ουδείς δε επιβάλλει επίβλημα ράκους αγνάφου επί ιματίω παλαιώ αίρει γαρ το πλήρωμα αυτού από του ιματίου και χείρον σχίσμα γίνεται
Mark 2:21
- KJV: No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old and the rent is made worse
- GK: και ουδείς επίβλημα ράκους αγνάφου επιρράπτει επί ιματίω παλαιώ ει αίρει το πλήρωμα αυτού το καινόν του παλαιού και χείρον σχίσμα γίνεται
Luke 5:36
- KJV: And he spake also a parable unto them No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old if otherwise then both the new maketh a rent and the piece that was out of the new agreeth not with the old
- GK: έλεγε δε και παραβολήν προς αυτούς ότι ουδείς επίβλημα ιματίου καινού επιβάλλει επί ιμάτιον παλαιόν ει και το καινόν σχίζει και τω παλαιώ ου συμφωνεί το από του καινού