"a margin, border, edge, in NT a fringe, tuft, tassel, Mt. 9:20; 14:36; 23:5; Mk. 6:56; Lk. 8:44*"
Definition and meaning
a margin, border, edge, in NT a fringe, tuft, tassel, Mt. 9:20; 14:36; 23:5; Mk. 6:56; Lk. 8:44*
In the original Greek the word is written: κράσπεδον
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 kraspedon (G2899) across the King James Bible.
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
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Common questions
Strong's G2899 (kraspedon) is a Greek word that means: a margin, border, edge, in NT a fringe, tuft, tassel, Mt. 9:20; 14:36; 23:5; Mk. 6:56; Lk. 8:44* It appears 5 times in the King James Bible.
The word kraspedon (G2899) appears 5 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2899 is kraspedon, a Greek word defined as: a margin, border, edge, in NT a fringe, tuft, tassel, Mt. 9:20; 14:36; 23:5; Mk. 6:56; Lk. 8:44*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
kraspedon is a Greek word found in the New Testament.