noun · masculine
krēmnos
Greekκρημνός (krēmnos)
Strong’sG2911
a crag, precipice
stem krēmn-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κρημνός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< κρεμάννυμι), [in LXX: II Ch 25:12 (סֶלַע)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2911 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkrame-nos'
overhanging, i.e. a precipice
Fromfrom G2910;
King Jamessteep place.
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 | krēmnos | krēmnois |
| object accusative | krēmnon | krēmnoin |
| direct address vocative | krēmnor | krēmnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | krēmnou3×κρημνοῦ | krēmnoiu |
| to, for dative | krēmno | krēmnoi |
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
krēmno 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
krēmnou“steep bank”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Matthew 8:32“steep bank”kai legata autoi; Hupagavōr. tois de exercharatois aperchala eis toin choiroin; kai idou hormata pantas tas agelas kata tou krēmnou eis tan thalassan, kai apothnēskala en tei hudōrei.“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.
Mark 5:13“steep bank”kai epitrepata autei. kai exercharateim teim pneumeim teim akatharteim eiserchala eis toin choiroin, kai hormata tas agelas kata tou krēmnou eis tan thalassan, hōs dischilioi, kai pnigile en ta thalassa.He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.
Luke 8:33“steep bank”exercharateim de teim daimoneim apo tou anthrōpou eiserchala eis toin choiroin, kai hormata tas agelas kata tou krēmnou eis tan limnan kai apopnigita.Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.