ΓΝΑΦΕΥΣ, γναφευς
GNAPHEUS, gnapheus
Sounds Like: gnaf-YOOS
Translations: fuller, a fuller
From the root: ΓΝΑΦΕΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a fuller, a person whose occupation is to clean and thicken cloth, especially wool, by trampling or beating it in water. They would often use various substances like fuller's earth or lye to whiten and prepare the fabric. The term describes a specific trade involved in textile production.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1107 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Mark — 9:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Mark — 9:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΝΑΦΕΥΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΝΑΦΕΩΣ — of a fuller, of a launderer, of a cloth-dresser
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