ὀθόνη
othónē · G3607 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Thing
Meanings
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sheet, linen sheet
A large piece of cloth, probably of linen λίνον
ExamplesActs 10:11 and he saw the sky opened up, and an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground,
Acts 11:5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from the sky; and it came to where I was,
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- μέγαςgreat, large 2
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- καθίημιto let down 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- σινδών sindṓn · G4616 · linen cloth
- Greek term for fine linen or linen cloth, often used for burial shrouds and garments; overlaps with ὀθόνη in referring to linen fabric items
In the other Testament 1 word
- סָדִין çâdîyn · H5466 · tunic
- Hebrew term for a linen sheet or garment (cf. Judges 14:12-13, Proverbs 31:24); close semantic equivalent to ὀθόνη as a linen cloth
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Sheet, linen sheet6.153
- Describing Peter's vision, Acts 10:11 states “he saw the sky opened up, and an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground,” where “sheet” renders this noun for a large expanse of cloth.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὀθονης, ἡ (from Homer down); a. linen (i. e. fine white linen for women's clothing; cf.…
a. linen (i. e. fine white linen for women's clothing; cf. Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word).
b. linen cloth (sheet or sail); so Acts 10:11; Acts 11:5.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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