adjective

agnafem

Greekἄγναφος (agnafos)

Strong’sG46

unshrunken, new

stem agnaf-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

unshrunk2×

What it means

*† ἄγναφος, -ον (= ἄγναπτος, < γνάπτω, late form of κνάπτω, to card wool),

uncarded, undressed, i.e. new (MM, VGT, s.v.): Mt 9:16, Mk 2:21.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G46 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidag'-naf-os

properly, unfulled, i.e. (by implication) new (cloth)

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and the same as G1102;

King Jamesnew.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	agnafos	agnafas	agnafem	agnafois	agnafais	agnafeim
object accusative	agnafon	agnafan		agnafoin	agnafain
direct address vocative	agnafor	agnafar		agnafoir	agnafair
of, belonging to genitive	agnafou	agnafau	agnafeu2×ἀγνάφου	agnafoiu	agnafaiu	agnafeiu
to, for dative	agnafo	agnafa	agnafe	agnafoi	agnafai	agnafei

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

agnafstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

agnaf 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

agnafeu“unshrunk”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Matthew 9:16“unshrunk”oudenos de epiballatō epiblēmem rakeu agnafeu epi himatie palaie; airatō gar tem plērōmem auteu apo teu himatieu, kai cheirōnem schismem ginetō.No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.

Mark 2:21“unshrunk”Oudenos epiblēmem rakeu agnafeu epiraptatō epi himatiem palaiem; ei de mē, airatō tem plērōmem apo auteu tem kainem teu palaieu, kai cheirōnem schismem ginetō.No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.