Quick Definition
a fuller, cloth-dresser
Strong's Definition
a cloth-dresser
Derivation: by variation for a derivative from (to tease cloth);
KJV Usage: fuller
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γναφεύς, γναφέως, ὁ (also (earlier) κναφεύς, from γνάπτω or κνάπτω to card), a fuller: Mar_9:3. (Herodotus, Xenophon, and following; the Sept. Isa_7:3; Isa_36:2; 2Ki_18:17.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
γναφεύς gnapheus 1x
a fuller, a bleacher, Mar_9:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
γναφεύς , -έως , ὁ ,
Ion , and κοινή form of Att.. . κναφεύς
( < κνάπτω , to card wool),
[in LXX for H3526 , 2Ki_18:17 , Isa_7:3 ; Isa_36:2 * ;]
a fuller, cloth-dresser: Mar_9:3 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
γναφεύς [page 128]
P Par 59 .10 (B.C. 160) τῷ γναφεῖ , P Oxy IV. 736 .37 ( c. A.D. I) τὸ περι̣δ [ι ]πνο (ν ) Ἀθη ( ) γναφέω (ς ), the funeral feast of Athe . . . the fuller (Edd.), ib. III. 527 .3 (ii/iii A.D.) περὶ Σερήνου τοῦ γναφέως , al. For the verb (MGr γνάφω ) cf. P Oxy X. 1346 (? ii/A.D.) ἐν τῇ (?)] πόλει γέγναπ̣τ̣α̣ι̣ καὶ κακῶς ἐγνάφη . On the fullers tax, see Wilcken Ostr. i. p. 226 f.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
γναφεύς, -έως, ὁ, Ion. and κοινή form of Att. κναφεύς
(κνάπτω, to card wool), [in LXX for כָּבַס, 4Ki.18:17, Isa.7:3 36:2 * ;]
a fuller, cloth-dresser: Mrk.9:3.†
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