Strong's Lexicon

G2874

G2874 — κοπρία

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekkoprianounOccurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G2874
Word:κοπρία
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from kopros "dung" (perhaps akin to G2875)
Language:Greek
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:kopria
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kop-ree'-ah
Meaning:1. manure
KJV Renderings:dung(-hill)

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κοπρία (Chandler § 96), κοπρίας, , equivalent to ἡ κόπρος, dung: Luk 13:8 Rec.st; (). (Job 2:8; 1Sa 2:8; Neh 2:13; 1Ma 2:62; (Strabo, Pollux, others).)

STRONGS NT 2874: κόπριονκόπριον, κόπριον, τό, equivalent to ἡ κόπρος, dung, manure: plural, Luk 13:8 (Rec.st κοπρίαν). (Heraclitus in Plutarch, mor., p. 669 (quaest. conviv. book iv. quaest. iv. § 3, 6); Strabo 16, § 26, p. 784; Epictetus diss. 2, 4, 5; Plutarch, Pomp c. 48; (Isa 5:25; Jer 32:19 (); Sir 22:2), and other later writings.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

κοπρία (dung(-hill))

Luke 13:8

KJV: And he answering said unto him Lord let it alone this year also till I shall dig about it and dung
GK: ο δε αποκριθείς λέγει αυτώ κύριε άφες αυτήν και τούτο το έτος έως ότου σκάψω περί αυτήν και βάλω κοπρία

Luke 14:35

KJV: It is neither fit for the land nor yet for the dunghill men cast it out He that hath ears to hear let him hear
GK: ούτε εις γην ούτε εις κοπρίαν εύθετόν εστιν έξω βάλλουσιν αυτό ο έχων ώτα ακούειν ακουέτω
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