Word Study · Strong's G4766 · Greek
G4766
G4766
“to "strew," i.e. spread (as a carpet or couch)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to "strew," i.e. spread (as a carpet or couch)
Rendered in the KJV as
make bed, furnish, spread, strew.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- ἔστρωσαν2
- ἐστρωμένον1
- ἐστρωμένον·1
- ἐστρώννυον1
- στρῶσον1
How it is rendered · 5
- spread2
- do make the bed1
- furnished1
- furnished;1
- were spreading [them]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural2
- verb · perfect (done, and it stands) passive, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · neuter singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person singular1
- verb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAI-3P · 2
- V-RPP-ASN · 2
- V-AAM-2S · 1
- V-IAI-3P · 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 21:8ἔστρωσανestrōsanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralA massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.here: spread
- Matthew 21:8ἐστρώννυονestrōnnuonverb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person pluralA massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.here: were spreading [them]
Mark2 occurrences
- Mark 11:8ἔστρωσανestrōsanverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person pluralMany in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.here: spread
- Mark 14:15ἐστρωμένονestrōmenonverb · perfect (done, and it stands) passive, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · neuter singularAnd he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”here: furnished