noun · neuter

epiblēmem

Greekἐπίβλημα (epiblēma)

Strong’sG1915

a patch on a garment

stem epiblēm-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

patch3×piece1×

What it means

ἐπί-βλημα, -τος, τό

[in LXX: Is 3:22 *;]

1. that which is thrown over, a cover.

2. a tapestry, hanging (Is, l.c.).

3. that which is put on;

(a) embroidery;

(b) a patch: Mt 9:16, Mk 2:21, Lk 5:36.†

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

Strong’s G1915 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ib'-lay-mah

a patch

Fromfrom G1911;

King Jamespiece.

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	epiblēmem1×ἐπίβλημα	epiblēmeim
of, belonging to genitive	epiblēmeu	epiblēmeiu
to, for dative	epiblēme	epiblēmei

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

epiblēmstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

epiblēme 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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

epiblēmem“piece”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Luke 5:36“piece”legate de kai parabolan pros autoin hoti Oudenos epiblēmem apo himatieu kaineu schizaratos epiballatō epi himatiem palaiem; ei de mēge, kai tem kainem schizati kai te palaie ouk sumfōnati tem epiblēmem tem apo teu kaineu.He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

epiblēmem3×

Matthew 9:16“patch”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“patch”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.

Luke 5:36“patch”legate de kai parabolan pros autoin hoti Oudenos epiblēmem apo himatieu kaineu schizaratos epiballatō epi himatiem palaiem; ei de mēge, kai tem kainem schizati kai te palaie ouk sumfōnati tem epiblēmem tem apo teu kaineu.He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.