Oven
κλίβανοςStrong’s G2823klibanos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Klibanos is the Greek word usually translated “furnace”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?”
Meaning
Usually translated “furnace”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- furnace 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
κλίβανος klibanos · oven
κλίβανος, -ον, ό (Att.., κρίβ-, but κλ- in Ion., Hdt., ii, 92), [in LXX for תַּנּוּר, Gen.15:17, Hos.7:4, 6 al. ;] 1. in cl., a clibanus, cribanus, an earthen vessel for baking bread. 2. In LXX and NT, a furnace (cf. MM, Exp., xv), an oven: Mat.6:30, Luk.12:28.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “oven” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OVEN, noun
uv'n.
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.