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Strong's #856 - ἀφεδρών
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- a place where the human waste discharges are dumped
- a privy, sink, toilet
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ἀφεδρών,
ῶνος, ὁ, (ἕδρα)
privy, OGI 483.220 (Pergam.), Matthew 15:17.
ἀφεδρών, ἀφεδρωνος, ὁ, apparently a word of Macedonian origin, which Suidas calls 'barbarous'; the place into which the alvine discharges are voided; a privy, sink; found only in Matthew 15:17; Mark 7:19. It appears to be derived not from ἀφ' ἑδρων,a podicibus, but from ἄφεδρος, the same Macedon. word which in Leviticus 12:5; Leviticus 15:19ff answers to the Hebrew נִדָּה sordes menstruorum. Cf. Fischer's full discussion of the word in his De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 698ff
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*† ἀφεδρών , -ῶνος , ὁ
(cf. ἄφεδρος , Leviticus 12:5) = cl. ἄφοδος (MM, s.v.),
a privy, drain: Matthew 15:17, Mark 7:19 (ὀχετόν , WH, mg.).†
**ὀχετός , -οῦ , ὁ
(<ὀχέω , to carry),
[in Sm.: Job 22:24, Psalms 65:10 al.;]
1. a water-pipe, channel.
2. the intestinal canal: Mark 7:19, WH, mg. (for ἀφεδρών ).†
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This rare word is found in OGIS 483.220 f. (ii/B.C.) in the same sense as in Matthew 15:17, Mark 7:19, the only two occurrences of the word in Biblical Greek—Cod. D substitutes ὀχετόν in Mk. In LXX Leviticus 12:2 ἡ ἄφεδρος is used in another connexion.
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