noun · masculine
afedrōnos
Greekἀφεδρών (afedrōn)
Strong’sG856
a drain, latrine
stem afedrōn-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† ἀφεδρών, -ῶνος, ὁ
(cf. ἄφεδρος, Le 12:5) = cl. ἄφοδος (MM, s.v.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G856 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | afedrōnos | afedrōnois |
| object accusative | afedrōnon2×ἀφεδρῶνα | afedrōnoin |
| direct address vocative | afedrōnor | afedrōnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | afedrōnou | afedrōnoiu |
| to, for dative | afedrōno | afedrōnoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
afedrōno is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
afedrōnon“sewer”objectaccusative singular2×
Matthew 15:17“sewer”ouk noavō hoti pantem tem eisporeuerōtem eis tem stomem eis tan koilian chōratō kai eis afedrōnon ekballitō?“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
Mark 7:19“sewer”hoti ouk eisporeuetō autou eis tan kardian alla eis tan koilian, kai eis ton afedrōnon ekporeuetō? katharizarōtos panteim teim brōmeim.because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)