στάμνος
stámnos · G4713 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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jar
A jar regularly used for wine, but in the NT it refers to the jar in which manna was kept permanently
ExamplesHebrews 9:4 having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, Aaron’s staff which budded, and the tablets of the covenant;
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
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
- χρύσεοςgolden 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὅςwho, which, that 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 3 words
- ὑδρία hydría · G5201 · pitcher, water jar
- A Greek term for a large jar or water pot, typically used for holding water. While more specifically associated with water vessels, it overlaps semantically with στάμνος as a type of earthenware container.
- κεράμιον kerámion · G2765 · jar, vessel
- A Greek term for an earthenware vessel or jar, semantically very close to στάμνος as both refer to ceramic containers, though κεράμιον may have a broader range of application.
- ἀγγεῖον angeîon · G30 · container, vessel
- A general Greek term for a vessel or container, which can include jars like στάμνος but has a broader semantic range covering various types of receptacles.
In the other Testament 2 words
- כַּד kad · H3537 · jar, pitcher
- The standard Hebrew term for a jar or pitcher used for water or other liquids, a direct translation equivalent for στάμνος as an earthenware container.
- צִנְצֶנֶת tsintseneth · H6803 · jar
- A Hebrew term for a jar or flask, used in Exodus 16:33 for the container holding the manna, which is the specific context where στάμνος appears in Hebrews 9:4.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Jar6.125
- The noun names a storage vessel for dry goods. The writer to the Hebrews describes the tabernacle furnishings, including “the golden jar holding the manna” (Hebrews 9:4).
Word family 58 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σταμνου (ὁ) ἡ (from ἵστημι (cf. Curtius, § 216)), among the Greeks an earthen jar, into…
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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