Foam
ἀφρόςStrong’s G0876aphros
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Aphros is the Greek word usually translated “foaming”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “foaming”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- foaming 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἀφρός aphros · foam
foam , of the sea, (Iliad by Homer): of an angry lion, foam, froth , (Iliad by Homer); ἀπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων ἀφρόν frothy blood , (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “foam” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FOAM, noun
[Latin fumo, to smoke, to foam ]
All definitions and other forms of “foam”
FOAM, verb intransitive
- To froth; to gather foam The billows foam A horse foams at the mouth when violently heated.
- To be in a rage; to be violently agitated.“He foameth and gnasheth with his teeth” Mark 9:18
FOAM, verb transitive
To throw out with rage or violence; with out.
- “FOAMing out their own shame” Jude 1:13
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.