4711. spuris
Strong's Lexicon
spuris: Basket

Original Word: σπυρίς
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: spuris
Pronunciation: spoo-REES
Phonetic Spelling: (spoo-rece')
Definition: Basket
Meaning: a plaited basket.

Word Origin: Of uncertain derivation

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "spuris" in the Old Testament, as the specific type of basket is unique to the Greek context of the New Testament. However, general terms for baskets in Hebrew include "תֶּבֶן" (teven) and "סַל" (sal).

Usage: The Greek word "spuris" refers to a type of basket. In the New Testament, it is specifically used to describe a large basket, often made of woven materials, used for carrying provisions or other items. It is distinct from other types of baskets mentioned in the Bible, such as "kophinos," which is a smaller basket.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman world, baskets were common household items used for a variety of purposes, including the storage and transport of food and goods. The "spuris" was likely a larger, more robust basket, possibly used for carrying larger quantities or heavier items. Such baskets would have been essential for daily life, especially in agrarian societies where transporting produce was necessary.

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4711 spyrís – literally, a tightly wound (plaited) basket; a "hamper, reed basket" (J. Thayer).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
a (large, flexible) basket (for carrying provisions)
NASB Translation
large basket (1), large baskets (4).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4711: σπυρίς

σπυρίς (L WH σφυρίς, which see), σπυριδος, (allied to σπεῖρα, which see; hence, something wound, twisted, or folded together), a reed basket (i. e. a plaited basket, a lunch basket, hamper; cf. B. D., under the word ): Matthew 15:37; Matthew 16:10; Mark 8:8, 20; Acts 9:25. (Herodotus, Theophrastus, Apollod., Alciphron 3, epistle 56; others). See σφυρίς.

STRONGS NT 4711: σφυρίςσφυρίς, equivalent to σπυρίς, which see (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 113; Curtius, p. 503; (Stephanus' Thesaurus, see under the words)), Lachmann in Matthew 16:10 and Mark 8:8; WH uniformly (see their Appendix, p. 148).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
basket.

From speiro (as woven); a hamper or lunch-receptacle -- basket.

see GREEK speiro

Forms and Transliterations
σπυρίδας σπυρίδι σπυρίδων σταγόνες σταγόνος σταγόσιν σταγών σφυριδας σφυρίδας σφυριδι σφυρίδι σφυριδων σφυρίδων spuridas spuridi spuridon spuridōn spyridas spyrídas spyridi spyrídi spyridon spyridōn spyrídon spyrídōn
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 15:37 N-AFP
GRK: ἦραν ἑπτὰ σπυρίδας πλήρεις
NAS: seven large baskets full.
KJV: seven baskets full.
INT: they took up seven baskets full

Matthew 16:10 N-AFP
GRK: καὶ πόσας σπυρίδας ἐλάβετε
NAS: and how many large baskets [full] you picked
KJV: and how many baskets ye took up?
INT: and how many baskets you took [up]

Mark 8:8 N-AFP
GRK: κλασμάτων ἑπτὰ σπυρίδας
NAS: up seven large baskets full of what was left over
KJV: [meat] that was left seven baskets.
INT: of fragments seven baskets

Mark 8:20 N-GFP
GRK: τετρακισχιλίους πόσων σπυρίδων πληρώματα κλασμάτων
NAS: how many large baskets full
KJV: how many baskets full
INT: four thousand of how many baskets [the] fillings of fragments

Acts 9:25 N-DFS
GRK: χαλάσαντες ἐν σπυρίδι
NAS: lowering him in a large basket.
KJV: the wall in a basket.
INT: having lowered [him] in a basket

Strong's Greek 4711
5 Occurrences


σπυρίδας — 3 Occ.
σπυρίδι — 1 Occ.
σπυρίδων — 1 Occ.















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