Aphedron means “draught” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H856 — ethbaal in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G856 ἀφεδρών (aphedron) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aphedron (af-ed-rone') n. 1. a place of sitting apart, i.e. a privy [from a compound of G575 and the base of G1476] It has 2 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include draught. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
aphedron (af-ed-rone') n. 1. a place of sitting apart, i.e. a privy [from a compound of G575 and the base of G1476] KJV: draught Root(s): G575, G1476
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G856. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
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Usage: ἀφεδρών, -ῶνος, ὁ (cf. ἄφεδρος, Lev.12:5) = cl. ἄφοδος (MM, see word), a privy, drain: Mat.15:17, Mrk.7:19 (ὀχετόν, WH, mg.).† **ὀχετός, -οῦ, ὁ (ὀχέω, to carry) [in Sm.: Job.22:24, Psa.65:10 al. ;] __1. a water-pipe, channel. __2. the intestinal canal: Mrk.7:19, WH, mg. (for ἀφεδρών).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render aphedron, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
First 2 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G856.
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G856, grouped by book.
Aphedron (Strong's G856) is a Greek word most simply glossed "draught". aphedron (af-ed-rone') n. 1. a place of sitting apart, i.e. a privy [from a compound of G575 and the base of G1476]
This page currently indexes 2 linked usages for Strong's G856 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G856 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as draught. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.