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GreekG1915Noun (Neuter)

ἐπίβλημα

epiblēma

3Occurrences
G1915Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a patch

from G1911 (ἐπιβάλλω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.that which is thrown over, a cover.
2.a tapestry, hanging (Is, l.with).
3.that which is put on
(a)embroidery
(b)a patch
LXX: *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

ἐπίβλημα appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
1
Matthew
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

Luke 5:36BSB

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

Matthew 9:16BSB

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.

Mark 2:21BSB

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

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