noun · feminine

hafas

Greekἁφή (hafē)

Strong’sG860

a band, fastening, a ligament

stem haf-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

joints1×ligament1×

What it means

ἁφή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< ἅπτω, to fasten, fit), [in LXX for נֶגַע, freq. in Le;]

a joint (MM, s.v.): Eph 4:16, Col 2:19 (Lft., in l.).†

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

Strong’s G860 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhaf-ay'

probably a ligament (as fastening)

Fromfrom G680;

King Jamesjoint.

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	hafas	hafais
object accusative	hafan	hafain
direct address vocative	hafar	hafair
of, belonging to genitive	hafau1×ἁφῆς	hafaiu1×ἁφῶν
to, for dative	hafa	hafai

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

hafstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hafa 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

hafau“ligament”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Ephesians 4:16“ligament”ek hou pantem tem sōmem sunarmologirōtem kai sumbibazirōtem dia pantau hafau tau epichorēgiau kata energeian en metre heneu hekasteu mereu tan auxēsian teu sōmeu poietō eis oikodoman heauteu en agapa.From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

hafaiu“joints”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Colossians 2:19“joints”kai ouk kratarōtos tan kefalan, ek hou pantem tem sōmem dia taiu hafaiu kai sundesmoiu epichorēgirōtem kai sumbibazirōtem auxatō tan auxēsian tou theou.He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.