noun · masculine
afros
Greekἀφρός (afros)
Strong’sG876
foam, froth
stem afr-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* ἀφρός, -οῦ, ὁ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G876 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidaf-ros'
froth, i.e. slaver
Fromapparently a primary word;
King Jamesfoaming.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | afros | afrois |
| object accusative | afron | afroin |
| direct address vocative | afror | afroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | afrou1×ἀφροῦ | afroiu |
| to, for dative | afro | afroi |
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
afro 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
afrou“foams at the mouth”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 9:39“foams at the mouth”kai idou pneumem lambatō auton, kai exaifnōs krazatō, kai sparassatō auton meta afrou kai mogōs apochōratō apo autou suntribarōtem auton;A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.