noun · feminine
stamnas
Greekστάμνος (stamnos)
Strong’sG4713
a jar or vase
stem stamn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
στάμνος, -ου (ὁ and), ἡ
[in LXX: Ex 16:33 (צִנְצֶנֶת), III Ki 12:24 14:3 (בַּקְבֻּק), Da LXX Bel 32 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4713 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidstam'-nos
a jar or earthen tank
Fromfrom the base of G2476 (as stationary);
King Jamespot.
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 | stamnas1×στάμνος | stamnais |
| object accusative | stamnan | stamnain |
| direct address vocative | stamnar | stamnair |
| of, belonging to genitive | stamnau | stamnaiu |
| to, for dative | stamna | stamnai |
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
stamna 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
stamnas“jar”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 9:4“jar”chrusouem echarōtas thumiatēriem kai tan kibōtan tau diathēkau perikaluptirētan pantothen chrusie, en ha stamnas chrusouas echarōtas tem manna kai tas rabdas Aarōn tas blastanaratas kai tais plaxais tau diathēkau,containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.