noun · feminine
prasias
Greekπρασιά (prasia)
Strong’sG4237
a company formed into divisions
stem prasi-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** πρασιά, -ᾶς, ἡ,
[in LXX: Si 24:31*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4237 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpras-ee-ah'
a garden plot, i.e. (by implication, of regular beds) a row (repeated in plural by Hebraism, to indicate an arrangement)
Fromperhaps from πράσον (a leek, and so an onion-patch);
King Jamesin ranks.
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 | prasias | prasiais2×πρασιαὶ |
| object accusative | prasian | prasiain |
| direct address vocative | prasiar | prasiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | prasiau | prasiaiu |
| to, for dative | prasia | prasiai |
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
prasia 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
prasiais“* group …”subjectnominative plural2×
Mark 6:40“* group …”kai anapiptala prasiais prasiais kata hekaton kai kata pentēkonta.So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
Mark 6:40“* by group”kai anapiptala prasiais prasiais kata hekaton kai kata pentēkonta.So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.