noun · neuter
edafem
Greekἔδαφος (edafos)
Strong’sG1475
the base, ground
stem edaf-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἔδαφος, -εος (-ους), τό,
[in LXX for עָפָר, קַרְקע, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1475 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saided'-af-os
a basis (bottom), i.e. the soil
Fromfrom the base of G1476;
King Jamesground.
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 or object direct | edafem | edafeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | edafeu | edafeiu |
| to, for dative | edafe | edafei |
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
edafe 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
edafem1×
Acts 22:7“ground”piptama tē eis tem edafem kai akouama fōnau legarōtau mi; Saoul Saoul, tinem min diōkasō?I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’