noun · feminine
spurias
Greekσπυρίς (spuris)
Strong’sG4711
a plaited basket
stem spuri-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
σπυρίς, v.s. σφυρίς.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4711 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidspoo-rece'
a hamper or lunch-receptacle
Fromfrom G4687 (as woven);
King Jamesbasket.
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 | spurias | spuriais |
| object accusative | spurian | spuriain3×σπυρίδας |
| direct address vocative | spuriar | spuriair |
| of, belonging to genitive | spuriau | spuriaiu1×σπυρίδων |
| to, for dative | spuria1×σπυρίδι | spuriai |
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
spuria 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
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
spuria“basket”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 9:25“basket”lambaratois de tois mathētois autou nuxau dia teu teicheu kathiēkala auton chalaratois en spuria.One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
spuriain“baskets”objectaccusative plural3×
Matthew 15:37“large baskets”kai esthiala pantois kai chortazila, kai tem perisseuarōtem teiu klasmeiu airala hepta spuriain plērain.They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
Matthew 16:10“baskets”oude toin hepta artoin toiu tetrakischilioi kai posain spuriain lambava?Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
Mark 8:8“baskets”kai esthiala kai chortazila, kai airala perisseumeim klasmeiu hepta spuriain.The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
spuriaiu“baskets”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Mark 8:20“baskets”hote kai toin hepta eis toin tetrakischilioi, posaiu spuriaiu plērōmeim klasmeiu airava? kai legalō auto; Hepta.“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.