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GreekG0856Noun (Masculine)

ἀφεδρών

aphedrōn

2Occurrences
G0856Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a place of sitting apart, i.e. a privy

from a compound of G575 (ἀπό) and the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
= cl. ἄφοδος, a privy, drain: (ὀχετόν, WH, mg.).† **ὀχετός, -οῦ, ὁ (ὀχέω, to carry) [in Sm.: ]
1.a water-pipe, channel.
2.the intestinal canal

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

ἀφεδρών appears 2 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

Matthew 15:17BSB

“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?

Mark 7:19BSB

because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.