noun · neuter
proskefalaiem
Greekπροσκεφάλαιον (proskefalaion)
Strong’sG4344
a pillow or cushion
stem proskefalai-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
προσ-κεφάλαιον, -ου, τό,
[in LXX: Ez 13:18, 20 (כֶּסֶת), I Es 3:8*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4344 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | proskefalaiem | proskefalaieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | proskefalaieu | proskefalaieiu |
| to, for dative | proskefalaie | proskefalaiei |
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
proskefalaie 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
proskefalaiem1×
Mark 4:38“cushion”kai autos ate en ta prumna epi tem proskefalaiem katheudarōtos; kai egeiralō auton kai legalō auto; Didaskalor, ouk meleiatō si hoti apolluenō?But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”