noun · feminine
membranas
Greekμεμβράνα (membrana)
Strong’sG3200
a parchment leaf
stem membran-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† μεμβράνα, -ας, ἡ (Lat. membrana),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3200 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmem-bran'-ah
a (written) sheep-skin
Fromof Latin origin ("membrane");
King Jamesparchment.
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 | membranas | membranais |
| object accusative | membranan | membranain1×μεμβράνας |
| direct address vocative | membranar | membranair |
| of, belonging to genitive | membranau | membranaiu |
| to, for dative | membrana | membranai |
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
membrana 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
membranain“parchments”objectaccusative plural1×
2 Timothy 4:13“parchments”ton failonon, hon apoleipama en Trōada para Karpo, ercherōtos ferasōr, kai teim biblieim, malista tain membranain.When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.