Basket
σπυρίςStrong’s G4711spuris
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Spuris is the Greek word usually translated “baskets” and “basket”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.”
Meaning
Usually translated “baskets” and “basket”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- baskets 4
- a basket 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- Acts 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 16:10Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
- Mark 8:8So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
- Mark 8:20And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
- Acts 9:25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
Greek dictionary
σπυρίς spuris · basket
σφυρίς (T, Rec. σπυρίς, see WH, App., 148; 131., § 6, 7), -ίδος, ἡ, a flexible mat-basket for carrying provisions: Mat.15:37 16:10, Mrk.8:8, 20 Act.9:25 (see: κόφινος).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “basket” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
B'ASKET, noun
- A domestic vessel made of twigs, rushes, splinters or other flexible things interwoven.
- The contents of a basket; as much as a basket will contain; as, a basket of medlars is two bushels.
All definitions and other forms of “basket”
B'ASKET, verb transitive
To put in a basket
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.