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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1102 - γναφεύς

Transliteration

gnapheús

Phonetics

gnaf-yuce'

Root Word (Etymology)

by variation for a derivative from knapto (to tease cloth)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a fuller

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3526 ‑ כָּבַס (kaw‑bas');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Mark 1

NAS (1)

Mark 1

HCS (1)

Mark 1

BSB (1)

Mark 1

ESV (1)

Mark 1

WEB (1)

Mark 1

KJV (1)

fuller 1

NAS (1)

launderer 1

HCS (1)

launderer 1

BSB (1)

launderer 1

ESV (1)

one 1

WEB (1)

launderer 1

RAH

N-GSM 3

ANT

N-NSM 1

BEZ

N-NSM 1

BGB

N-NMS 1

BMT

N-NSM 1

BYZ

N-NSM 1

ELZ

N-NSM 1

NA26

N-NSM 1

SBL

N-NSM 1

SCV

N-NSM 1

STV

N-NSM 1

TIS

N-NSM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

γναφεύς

By variation for a derivative from κνάπτω knaptō (to tease cloth)

κνάπτω (v. sub fin.),

1. card or comb wool, dress or full cloth (either with teasel or comb), ἱμάτια Dsc. 4.159; παρ' ἐμοὶ πόκος οὐ κνάπτεται Xenocr. ap. D.L. 4.10.

2. of torture, ἐπ' ἀσπαλάθων κνάπτοντες Pl. R. 616a (cf. κνάφος 11): generally, mangle, tear, μάστιγι Cratin. 275: — Pass., δίνᾳ κναπτόμενοι, of bodies mangled against rocks, A. Pers. 576 (lyr.); ἐκνάπτετ' αἰέν, of Hector's body, S. Aj. 1031, cf. Philostr. VA 6.40.

3. κ. γλῶσσαν, = συνέχειν ἐντὸς τῶν ὀδόντων, Com.Adesp. 1313 (= Trag.Adesp. 224). (Acc.Sch. Ar. Pl. 166, κνάπτω, κναφεύς, etc., were old Att., γνάπτω, γναφεύς, etc., later Att., confirmed by Inscrr.: forms in γν - are found in Ionic, Papyri, and later Gr., e.g. Dsc. l.c.; κνάμπτ - Pl.l.c. (as v.l.), Philostr.l.c.: cf. Welsh cnaif 'fleece', Engl. nap (on cloth), Lett. knâbt 'pick', 'peck'.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

γναφεύς, γναφέως, ὁ (also (earlier) κναφεύς, from γνάπτω or κνάπτω to card), a fuller: Mark 9:3. (Herodotus, Xenophon, and following; the Sept. Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 36:2; 2 Kings 18:17.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

γναφεύς , -έως , ὁ ,

Ion, and κοινή form of Att... κναφεύς

(< κνάπτω , to card wool),

[in LXX for H3526, 2 Kings 18:17, Isaiah 7:3; Isaiah 36:2 *;]

a fuller, cloth-dresser: Mark 9:3.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Par 59.10 (B.C. 160) τῷ γναφεῖ , P Oxy IV. 736.37 (c. A.D. I) τὸ περι ̣δ [ι ]πνο (ν ) Ἀθη ( ) γναφέω (ς ), ";the funeral feast of Athe . . . the fuller"; (Edd.), ib. III. 527.3 (ii/iii A.D.) περὶ Σερήνου τοῦ γναφέως , al. For the verb (MGr γνάφω ) cf. P Oxy X. 1346 (? ii/A.D.) ἐν τῇ (?)] πόλει γέγναπ ̣τ ̣α ̣ι ̣ καὶ κακῶς ἐγνάφη . On the fullers’ tax, see Wilcken Ostr. i. p. 226 f.

List of Word Forms

γναφευς γναφεύς γναφεὺς γναφέως κναφέως gnapheus gnapheùs