noun · masculine
kofinos
Greekκόφινος (kofinos)
Strong’sG2894
a large basket
stem kofin-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κόφινος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX: Jg 6:19 (סַל), Ps 80 (81):6 (דּוּד)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2894 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkof'-ee-nos
a (small) basket
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesbasket.
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 | kofinos | kofinois1×κόφινοι |
| object accusative | kofinon | kofinoin4×κοφίνους |
| direct address vocative | kofinor | kofinoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kofinou | kofinoiu1×κοφίνων |
| to, for dative | kofino | kofinoi |
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
kofino 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
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
kofinois“baskets”subjectnominative plural1×
Luke 9:17“baskets”kai esthiala kai chortazila pantois, kai airita tem perisseuaratem autoi klasmeiu kofinois dōdeka.They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
kofinoin“baskets”objectaccusative plural4×
Matthew 14:20“baskets”kai esthiala pantois kai chortazila, kai airala tem perisseuarōtem teiu klasmeiu dōdeka kofinoin plēroin.They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
Matthew 16:9“baskets”oupō noavō, oude mnēmoneuavō toin pente artoin toiu pentakischilioi kai posoin kofinoin lambava?Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
Mark 8:19“baskets”hote toin pente artoin klama eis toin pentakischilioi, posoin kofinoin klasmeiu plēroin airava? legalō auto; Dōdeka.When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.
John 6:13“baskets”sunagala oun, kai gemizala dōdeka kofinoin klasmeiu ek toiu pente artoiu toiu krithinoiu heim perisseuala toi bibrōskarētoi.So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
kofinoiu“baskets”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Mark 6:43“baskets”kai airala klasmeim dōdeka kofinoiu plērōmeim kai apo toiu ichthoiu.and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.