noun · feminine
koprias
Greekκοπρία (kopria)
Strong’sG2874
manure
stem kopri-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κοπρία, -ας, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for אַשְׁפֹּת;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2874 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkop-ree'-ah
perhaps akin to G2875); manure
Fromfrom κόπρος (ordure;
King Jamesdung(-hill).
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 | koprias | kopriais |
| object accusative | koprian1×κοπρίαν | kopriain |
| direct address vocative | kopriar | kopriair |
| of, belonging to genitive | kopriau | kopriaiu |
| to, for dative | kopria | kopriai |
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
kopria 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
koprian“manure pile”objectaccusative singular1×
Luke 14:35“manure pile”oute eis gēan oute eis koprian euthetem atō; exō ballalō autem. tos echarōtos oueim akouarō akouatōr.It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”