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κόφινος

kophinos · basket

Greek word · Strong’s number G2894 · appears 6 times in the Bible

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What it means

kophinos (κόφινος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “basket”.

A large wicker basket.

How to say it

ko·phi·nos

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

  1. Large wicker containers for carrying food.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Where it appears

  • Matthew 14:20

    And all ate and were satisfied; and they picked up what was left over of the pieces, twelve baskets full.

  • Matthew 16:9

    Do you not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up?

  • Mark 6:43

    And they picked up broken pieces, twelve baskets full, and of the fish.

  • Mark 8:19

    when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They say to him, “Twelve.”

  • Luke 9:17

    And they ate and were all satisfied, and what was left over by them was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.

  • John 6:13

    So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.