"a large basket, Mt. 14:20; 16:9; Mk. 6:43; 8:19; Lk. 9:17; Jn. 6:13*"
Definition and meaning
a large basket, Mt. 14:20; 16:9; Mk. 6:43; 8:19; Lk. 9:17; Jn. 6:13*
In the original Greek the word is written: κόφινος
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
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 kophinos (G2894) across the King James Bible.
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
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Common questions
Strong's G2894 (kophinos) is a Greek word that means: a large basket, Mt. 14:20; 16:9; Mk. 6:43; 8:19; Lk. 9:17; Jn. 6:13* It appears 6 times in the King James Bible.
The word kophinos (G2894) appears 6 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2894 is kophinos, a Greek word defined as: a large basket, Mt. 14:20; 16:9; Mk. 6:43; 8:19; Lk. 9:17; Jn. 6:13*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
kophinos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.