ἀφεδρών
aphedrōn · latrine
Greek word · Strong’s number G856 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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aphedrōn (ἀφεδρών) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “latrine”.
Drain.
How to say it
a·phe·drōn
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Where the body's waste goes.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 15:17
Do you not see that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the latrine?
- Mark 7:19
because it does not go into his heart but into the stomach, and goes out into the latrine?” —declaring clean all foods.