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noun · masculine

fragmos

Greekφραγμός (fragmos)

Strong’sG5418

a hedge, fence, partition

stem fragm-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

fencedividinghedges

What it means

φραγμός, -οῦ, ὁ

(< φράσσω), [in LXX chiefly for גָּדֵר, גְּדֵרָה, also for פֶּרֶץ, etc.;]

1. prop., a fencing in (Soph., OT, 1387).
2. = φράγμα, a fence: Mt 21:33, Mk 12:1, Lk 14:23. Metaph., μεσότοιχον (q.v.) τοῦ φ., gen. epexeg., Eph 2:14 (v. Ellic., in l.).†

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

Strong’s G5418 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidfrag-mos'

a fence, or inclosing barrier (literally or figuratively)

Fromfrom G5420;

King Jameshedge (+ round about), partition.

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 caseone singularmore than one plural
subject nominativefragmosfragmois
object accusativefragmonφραγμὸνfragmoinφραγμοὺς
direct address vocativefragmorfragmoir
of, belonging to genitivefragmouφραγμοῦfragmoiu
to, for dativefragmofragmoi

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
fragmstem+ogender+snruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

fragmo 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

fragmon“fence”objectaccusative singular

Matthew 21:33“fence”Allan parabolan akouavar. Anthrōpos ate oikodespotos hotinos futeuata ampelōnon kai fragmon auto peritithata kai orussata en auto lēnan kai oikodomata purgon, kai ekdōeta auton geōrgoi, kai apodēmata.Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

Mark 12:1“fence”Kai archeta autoi en parabolai lalarō; Ampelōnon anthrōpos futeuata, kai peritithata fragmon kai orussata hupolēniem kai oikodomata purgon, kai ekdōeta auton geōrgoi, kai apodēmata.Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

fragmou“dividing”of, belonging togenitive singular

Ephesians 2:14“dividing”autos gar atō tas eirēnas nu, tos poiaratos teim amfotereim henem kai tem mesotoichem tou fragmou luaratos, tan echthran en ta sarxa autou,For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

fragmoin“hedges”objectaccusative plural

Luke 14:23“hedges”kai legata tos kurios pros ton doulon; Exerchasar eis tain hodain kai fragmoin kai anankazasar eiserchara, hina gemiziteia mu tos oikos;So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.