Word Summary
spyris: a (large, flexible) basket (for carrying provisions)
Original Word: σπυρίςTransliteration: spyris
Phonetic Spelling: (spoo-rece')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a (large, flexible) basket (for carrying provisions)
Meaning: a (large, flexible) basket (for carrying provisions)
Strong's Concordance
basket.
From speiro (as woven); a hamper or lunch-receptacle -- basket.
see GREEK speiro
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4711: σπυρίςσπυρίς (
L WH σφυρίς, which see),
σπυριδος,
ἡ (allied to
σπεῖρα, which see; hence, something wound, twisted, or folded together),
a reed basket (i. e.
a plaited basket, a lunch basket, hamper; cf.
B. D., under the word
): Matthew 15:37; Matthew 16:10; Mark 8:8, 20; Acts 9:25. (Herodotus, Theophrastus, Apollod., Alciphron 3, epistle 56; others). See σφυρίς. STRONGS NT 4711: σφυρίςσφυρίς, equivalent to σπυρίς, which see (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 113; Curtius, p. 503; (Stephanus' Thesaurus, see under the words)), Lachmann in Matthew 16:10 and Mark 8:8; WH uniformly (see their Appendix, p. 148).