Strong's Lexicon
G296
G296 — ἄμφοδον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G296 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἄμφοδον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from the base of G297 and G3598 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | amphodon |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | am'-fod-on |
| Meaning: | 1. a fork in the road |
| KJV Renderings: | where two ways meet |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀμφόδον, , τό (ἀμφί, ὁδός), properly, a road round anything, a street (Hesychius ἄμφοδα. αἱ ῤῦμαι ἀγυιαί. δίοδοι (others, διέξοδοι διορυγμαί, elsewhere, ἡ πλατεῖα); Lex. in Bekker Anecdota i., p. 205, 14 ἀμφόδον. ἡ ὥσπερ ἐκ τετραγώνου διαγεγραμμένη ὁδός. For examples see Sophocles Lexicon; Wetstein (1752) on Mark, the passage cited; manuscript D in Act 19:28 (where see Tdf.’s note)): Mar 11:4. (Jer 17:27; Jer 30:16 (), and in Greek writings.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄμφοδον (where two ways meet)
Mark 11:4
- KJV: And they went their way and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met and they loose him
- GK: απήλθον δε και εύρον τον πώλον δεδεμένον προς την θύραν έξω επί του αμφόδου και λύουσιν αυτόν