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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2899 - κράσπεδον

Transliteration
kráspedon
Phonetics
kras'-ped-on
Origin
of uncertain derivation
Parts of Speech
Noun Neuter
TDNT
3:904,466
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. the extremity or prominent part of a thing, edge, skirt, margin
    1. the fringe of a garment
    2. in the NT a little appendage hanging down from the edge of the mantle or cloak, made of twisted wool
    3. a tassel, tuft: the Jews had such appendages attached to their mantles to remind them of the law
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 3671 ‑ כָּנָף (kaw‑nawf');  6734 ‑ צִיצִת (tsee‑tseeth');  
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κράσπεδ-ον, τό,

1. edge, border, skirt, esp. of cloth, Theoc. 2.53; of the fringe or tassel worn by Jews, Matthew 9:20 : mostly in pl., ἄκροισι λαίφους κρασπέδοις (v. ἄκρος 1.2b) E. Med. 524; κράσπεδα στεμμάτων Ar. V. 475, cf. Diph. 43.30; χρυσᾶ κ. Chamael. ap. Ath. 9.374a, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.36, 37.

2. metaph., mostly in pl., skirts or edge of a country, S. Fr. 602, E. Fr. 381; of a mountain, X. HG 4.6.8; πρὸς κρασπέδοισι στρατοπέδου on the skirts of the army, E. Supp. 661; τοὺς πελταστὰς ἐπὶ τὰ κ. ἑκατέρωθεν καθίστασθαι X. HG 3.2.16: also in sg., Τιμολέοντα ὥσπερ ἐκ κ. τινὸς λεπτοῦ τῆς πολίχνης τῇ Σικελίᾳ προσηρτημένον Plu. Tim. 11; κ. αἰγιαλοῦ AP 7.78 (Dionys. Cyzic.).

3. Medic., affection of the uvula, fimbria, Aret. SA 1.8.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

κράσπεδον, κρασπέδου, τό, in classical Greek the extremity or prominent part. of a thing, edge, skirt, margin; the fringe of a garment; in the N. T. for Hebrew צִיצִית, i. e. a little appendage hanging down from the edge of the mantle or cloak, made of twisted wool; a tassel, tuft: Matthew 9:20; Matthew 14:36; Matthew 23:5; Mark 6:56; Luke 8:44. The Jews had such appendages attached to their mantles to remind them of the law, according to Numbers 15:37f. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Saum; (B. D. under the phrase, ; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, 1:624; especially Ginsburg in Alex.'s Kitto under the word Fringes).


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κράσπεδον , -ου , τό ,

[in LXX: Numbers 15:38-39 (H6734) Deuteronomy 22:12, Zechariah 8:23 (H3671)*;]

1. in cl., an edge, border.

2. In LXX (v. supr.) and NT, a tassel or corner: Matthew 9:20; Matthew 14:36; Matthew 23:5, Mark 6:56, Luke 8:44.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κράσπεδον, the ";fringe"; or ";tassel,"; which the Law required every Jew to attach to the corners of his outer garment (Numbers 15:35 f., Deuteronomy 22:12). The word is found in the magic P Lond 121.371 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 96) ἐξάψας κράσπετον (l. δον) τοῦ ἱματίου σου.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
κρασπεδα κράσπεδα κρασπέδοις κρασπεδου κρασπέδου κρασπέδων kraspeda kráspeda kraspedou kraspédou
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