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Joint

ἁφήStrong’s G0860

haphē

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Haphē is the Greek word usually translated “ligament” and “joints”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.”
Ephesians 4:16 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “ligament” and “joints”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • ligament 1
  • joints 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ephesians 1
  • Colossians 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἁφή haphē · joint

ἁφή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἅπτω, to fasten, fit), [in LXX for נֶגַע, frequently in Le ;] a joint (MM, see word): Eph.4:16, Col.2:19 (Lft., in l).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “joint” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

JOINT, noun

[Latin junctura. See Join.]

  1. The joining of two or more things.
  2. In anatomy, the joining of two or more bones; an articulation; as the elbow, the knee, or the knuckle.
  3. A knot; the union of two parts of a plant; or the space between two joints; an internode; as the joint of a cane, or of a stalk of maiz.
  4. A hinge; a juncture of parts which admits of motion.
All definitions and other forms of “joint”
  1. The place where two pieces of timber are united.
  2. In joinery, straight lines are called a joint when two pieces of wood are planed.
  3. One of the limbs of an animal cut up by the butcher.

JOINT, adjective

Shared by two or more; as joint property.

  1. United in the same profession; having an interest in the same thing; as a joint-heir or heiress.
  2. United; combined; acting in concert; as a joint force; joint efforts; joint vigor.

JOINT, verb transitive

To form with joints or articulations; used mostly in the participle; as the fingers are jointed; a cane has a jointed stalk.

  1. To form many parts into one; as jointed wood.
  2. To cut or divide into joints or quarters.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.