noun · feminine

soras

Greekσορός (soros)

Strong’sG4673

a bier, an open coffin

stem sor-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

coffin1×

What it means

σορός, -οῦ, ἡ

[in LXX: Ge 50:26 (אָרוֹן), Jb 21:32 A *;]

(a) a cinerary urn (Hom.);

(b) a coffin (Hdt., i, 68, 3, al.): Lk 7:14.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4673 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsor-os'

a funereal receptacle (urn, coffin), i.e. (by analogy) a bier

Fromprobably akin to the base of G4987;

King Jamesbier.

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	soras	sorais
object accusative	soran	sorain
direct address vocative	sorar	sorair
of, belonging to genitive	sorau1×σοροῦ	soraiu
to, for dative	sora	sorai

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

sorstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

sora 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

sorau“coffin”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Luke 7:14“coffin”kai prosercharatos hapteta tau sorau, tois de bastazarōtois histanala, kai legata; Neaniskor, si legamō, egeirisar.Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”