"pr. a road leading round a town or village; the street of a village, Mk. 11:4*"
Definition and meaning
pr. a road leading round a town or village; the street of a village, Mk. 11:4*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἄμφοδον
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of amphodon (G296) across the King James Bible.
And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
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Common questions
Strong's G296 (amphodon) is a Greek word that means: pr. a road leading round a town or village; the street of a village, Mk. 11:4* It appears 1 times in the King James Bible.
The word amphodon (G296) appears 1 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G296 is amphodon, a Greek word defined as: pr. a road leading round a town or village; the street of a village, Mk. 11:4*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
amphodon is a Greek word found in the New Testament.