Strong's Lexicon
G2874 — κοπρία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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, ἡ, 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
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