noun · masculine
fragmos
Strong’sG5418
a hedge, fence, partition
stem fragm-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
φραγμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< φράσσω), [in LXX chiefly for גָּדֵר, גְּדֵרָה, also for פֶּרֶץ, etc.;]
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
fencing in, blocking up, τῆς ἀκουούσης πηγῆς Refs 5th c.BC+
2 intestinal obstruction, Refs 5th c.AD+
II fence, paling, NT+5th c.BC+; hedge, Refs 5th c.BC+; railing of the bridge over the Hellespont, Refs 5th c.BC+: fortification, Refs; of the diaphragm, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the shard of beetles, Refs; of the teeth, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2 metaphorically, partition, NT
II.2.b nickname of a man with a bristly beard, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | fragmos | fragmois |
| object accusative | fragmon2×φραγμὸν | fragmoin1×φραγμοὺς |
| direct address vocative | fragmor | fragmoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | fragmou1×φραγμοῦ | fragmoiu |
| to, for dative | fragmo | fragmoi |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
fragmon“fence”objectaccusative singular2×
Matthew 21:33“fence”… ate oikodespotos hotinos futeuata ampelōnon kai fragmon auto peritithata kai orussata en auto …… 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 …
Mark 12:1“fence”… lalarō; Ampelōnon anthrōpos futeuata, kai peritithata fragmon kai orussata hupolēniem kai oikodomata purgon, …… 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 …
fragmou“dividing”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Ephesians 2:14… amfotereim henem kai tem mesotoichem tou fragmou luarantos, tan echthran en ta sarka …… one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
fragmoin“hedges”objectaccusative plural1×
Luke 14:23… doulon; Exerchasar eis tain hodain kai fragmoin kai anankazasar eiserchara, hina gemiziteia mu …… Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in …