Lexicon spuris: a (large, flexible) basket (for carrying provisions) Original Word: σπυρίς, ίδος, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: spuris Phonetic Spelling: (spoo-rece') Short Definition: a plaited basket Definition: a plaited basket. HELPS word-Studies 4711 spyrís – literally, a tightly wound (plaited) basket; a "hamper, reed basket" (J. Thayer). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin Definitiona (large, flexible) basket (for carrying provisions) NASB Translationlarge basket (1), large baskets (4).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4711: σπυρίςσπυρίς ( L WH σφυρίς, which see), σπυριδος, ἡ (allied to σπεῖρα, which see; hence, something wound, twisted, or folded together), a reed basket (i. e. a plaited basket, a lunch basket, hamper; cf. B. D., under the word ): Matthew 15:37; Matthew 16:10; Mark 8:8, 20; Acts 9:25. (Herodotus, Theophrastus, Apollod., Alciphron 3, epistle 56; others). See σφυρίς. STRONGS NT 4711: σφυρίςσφυρίς, equivalent to σπυρίς, which see (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 113; Curtius, p. 503; (Stephanus' Thesaurus, see under the words)), Lachmann in Matthew 16:10 and Mark 8:8; WH uniformly (see their Appendix, p. 148).
Strong's basket. From speiro (as woven); a hamper or lunch-receptacle -- basket. see GREEK speiro |
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