Manure
κοπρίαStrong’s G2874kopria
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kopria is the Greek word usually translated “manure”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:”
Meaning
Usually translated “manure”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- manure 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
κοπρία kopria · manure
κοπρία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for אַשְׁפֹּת ;] a dung hill (1Ki.2:8, Psa.113:7 al.): Luk.14:35.† κόπριον, -ου, τό, [in LXX (pl.): Jer.25:33 (דֹּמֶן), Sir.22:2, 1Ma.2:62 * ;] = κόπρος, dung: pl., Luk.13:8 (WH, mg., κόφινον κοπρίων).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “manure” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MANU'RE, verb transitive
[Latin manus, hand, and ouvrer, to work, Latin operor.]
- To cultivate by manual labor; to till.
- To apply to land any fertilizing matter, as dung, compost, ashes, lime, fish, or any vegetable or animal substance.
- To fertilize; to enrich with nutritive substances.
All definitions and other forms of “manure”
MANU'RE, noun
Any matter which fertilizes land, as the contents of stables and barnyards, marl, ashes, fish, salt, and every kind of animal and vegetable substance applied to land, or capable of furnishing nutriment to plants.
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.