noun · feminine
othonas
Greekὀθόνη (othonē)
Strong’sG3607
a linen cloth, sheet
stem othon-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* ὀθόνη, -ης, ἡ
(of Semitic origin, cf. Heb. אֵטוּן, yarn);
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3607 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoth-on'-ay
a linen cloth, i.e. (especially) a sail
Fromof uncertain affinity;
King Jamessheet.
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 | othonas | othonais |
| object accusative | othonan2×ὀθόνην | othonain |
| direct address vocative | othonar | othonair |
| of, belonging to genitive | othonau | othonaiu |
| to, for dative | othona | othonai |
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
othona 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
othonan“sheet”objectaccusative singular2×
Acts 10:11“sheet”kai theōratō ton ouranon anoigirēton kai katabainarōtem skeuem tinem hōs othonan megan tessares archai kathiēkirōtem epi tau gēau,He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
Acts 11:5“sheet”Mis eme en polita Ioppa proseucherōtos kai horama en ekstasia horamem, katabainarōtem skeuem tinem hōs othonan megan tessares archai kathiēkirōtan ek tou ouranou, kai erchata achri mu;“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.