noun · neuter
kraspedem
Strong’sG2899
the fringe, edge
stem krasped-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 6 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.
κράσπεδον, -ου, τό,
[in LXX: Nu 15:38, 39 (צִיצִת) De 22:12, Za 8:23 (כָּנָף)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2899 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkras'-ped-on
a margin, i.e. (specially), a fringe or tassel
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesborder, hem.
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
edge, border, skirt, especially of cloth, Refs 3rd c.BC+; of the fringe or tassel worn by Jews, NT+5th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, mostly in plural, skirts or edge of a country, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a mountain, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὸς κρασπέδοισι στρατοπέδου on the skirts of the army, Refs 5th c.BC+: also in singular, Τιμολέοντα ὥσπερ ἐκ κ. τινὸς λεπτοῦ τῆς πολίχνης τῇ Σικελίᾳ προσηρτημένον Refs 1st c.AD+
3 in Medicine texts, affection of the uvula, fimbria, 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 or object direct | kraspedem | kraspedeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | kraspedeu4×κρασπέδου | kraspedeiu |
| to, for dative | kraspede | kraspedei |
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
kraspede 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.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
kraspedeu“fringe”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Matthew 9:20… dōdeka eteim prosercharantas opisthen hapteta teu kraspedeu teu himatieu autou;… up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
Matthew 14:36… parakalale auton hina monem hapteleia teu kraspedeu teu himatieu autou; kai hosois haptela …… just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who …
Mark 6:56… kai parakalale auton hina kan teu kraspedeu teu himatieu autou hapteleia; kai hosois …… just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who …
Luke 8:44prosercharantas opisthen hapteta teu kraspedeu teu himatieu autou, kai parachrēma stēata …… up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her …
kraspedeim1×
Matthew 23:5… teim fulaktērieim autoiu kai megalunalō teim kraspedeim,… broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.