noun · masculine

gnafevos

Greekγναφεύς (gnafeus)

Strong’sG1102

a fuller, cloth-dresser

stem gnafev-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

launderer1×

What it means

γναφεύς, -έως, ὁ, Ion. and κοινή form of Att. κναφεύς

(< κνάπτω, to card wool), [in LXX for כָּבַס, IV Ki 18:17, Is 7:3 36:2*;]

a fuller, cloth-dresser: Mk 9:3.†

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

Strong’s G1102 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidgnaf-yuce'

a cloth-dresser

Fromby variation for a derivative from κνάπτω (to tease cloth);

King Jamesfuller.

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 nominative	gnafevos1×γναφεὺς	gnafevois
object accusative	gnafevon	gnafevoin
direct address vocative	gnafevor	gnafevoir
of, belonging to genitive	gnafevou	gnafevoiu
to, for dative	gnafevo	gnafevoi

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

gnafevstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

gnafevo 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

gnafevos“launderer”subjectnominative singular1×

Mark 9:3“launderer”kai teim himatieim autou gineta stilbarōteim leukeim liōs hoieim gnafevos epi tau gēau ouk dunetō houtōs leukainara.His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them.