Word Study · Strong's G2894 · Greek
κόφινος
kophinos
kof'-ee-nos
Strong's 1890 spelling: kóphinos
“a (small) basket”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a (small) basket
Rendered in the KJV as
basket.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- κοφίνους4
- κόφινοι1
- κοφίνων1
How it is rendered · 1
- hand-baskets6
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural4
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-APM · 4
- N-GPM · 1
- N-NPM · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Matthew carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 14:20κοφίνουςkophinousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralThey all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.here: hand-baskets
- Matthew 16:9κοφίνουςkophinousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralDo you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?here: hand-baskets
Mark2 occurrences
- Mark 6:43κοφίνωνkophinōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraland the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.here: hand-baskets
- Mark 8:19κοφίνουςkophinousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralWhen I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.here: hand-baskets