Edge
κράσπεδονStrong’s G2899kraspedon
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kraspedon is the Greek word usually translated “fringe” and “tassels”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:”
Meaning
Usually translated “fringe” and “tassels”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- fringe 4
- tassels 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 14:36And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
- Matthew 23:5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
- Mark 6:56And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
- Luke 8:44Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
Greek dictionary
κράσπεδον kraspedon · edge
κράσπεδον, -ου, τό [in LXX: Num.15:38-39 (צִיצִת) Deu.22:12, Zec.8:23 (כָּנָף)* ;] 1. in cl., an edge, border. 2. In LXX (see supr.) and NT, a tassel or corner: Mat.9:20 14:36 23:5, Mrk.6:56, Luk.8:44.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “edge” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EDGE, noun
[Latin acies, acus.]
- In a general sense, the extreme border or point of any thing; as the edge of the table; the edge of a book; the edge of cloth.
- Figuratively, that which cuts or penetrates; that which wounds or injures; as the edge of slander.
- A narrow part rising from a broader.
- Sharpness of mind or appetite; keenness; intenseness of desire; fitness for action or operation; as the edge of appetite or hunger.
All definitions and other forms of “edge”
- Keenness; sharpness; acrimony.
EDGE, verb transitive
- To sharpen.
- To furnish with an edge
- To border; to fringe.
- To border; to furnish with an ornamental border; as, to edge a flower-bed with box.
- To sharpen; to exasperate; to embitter.
- To incite; to provoke; to urge on; to instigate; that is, to push on as with a sharp point; to goad.
- To move sideways; to move by little and little; as, edge your chair along.
EDGE, verb intransitive
To move sideways; to move gradually. edge along this way.
- To sail close to the wind.
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.