Quick Definition
κράβαττος, ου, ὁ n.m. a bed, mattress, mat
Strong's Definition
probably of foreign origin; a mattress
KJV Usage: bed
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου
6.107 · Artifacts · Furniture
cot, pallet, stretcher a relatively small and often temporary type of object on which a person may lie or recline; made of reeds or cloth; thin and light for carrying In a number of contexts the terms κλινίδιον, κλινάριον, and κράβαττος refer to cots or stretchers on which sick or convalescent persons might be resting or on which they could be transported. There is no NT context in which these terms refer to couches on which people reclined while eating.
MRK 2:4 · MRK 2:9 · MRK 2:11 · MRK 2:12 · MRK 6:55 · JHN 5:8 · JHN 5:9 · JHN 5:10 · JHN 5:11 · ACT 5:15 · ACT 9:33
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κράββατος (LT Tr WH xpaSarros; cod. Sin. κράβακτος [exe. in Acts v. 15; ef. KC. Noy. Test. ad Πα. cod. Vat. praef. p. lxxxi.sq.; Tdf Proleg. p. 807), -ov, 6, (Lat. grabatus), a pallet, camp bed, (a rather mean bed, holding only one person, called by the Greeks σκίμπους, σκιμπόδιον) : Mk. ii. 4, 9, 11 sq.; vi. 55; Jn. v. 8-12 [in 12 T WH om. Tr br. the el.]; Acts v.15; ix. 33. Cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. ete. p. 175 sq.; Lob. ad Phryn. p- 62; Volkmar, Marcus τι. d. Synopse u.s.w. p. 131; [McClellan, New Testament ete. p. 106; W. 25].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κράβαττος krabattos 11x
also spelled κράββατος, mattress, pallet, bed, Mk. 2:4, 9, 11f.; 6:55; Jn. 5:8-11; Acts 5:15; 9:33*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† κράβαττος (Rec. κράββατος), ου, ὁ
(a Macedonian word, = Lat. grabatus, cl. σκίμπους), [in Aq.: Am 3:12*;]
a camp bed, pallet: Mk 2:4, 9, 11, 12 6:55, Jo 5:8-11, Ac 5:15 9:33 (v. Swete, Mk., 2:4, and cf. κλίνη).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κράββατος (krabbatos) — bed. κράββᾰτος, ὁ, also κράβᾰτος, [NT], κράβακτος, variant in [NT+2nd c.AD+] (whence diminutive κραβάκτιον, τό, [Refs 5th c.AD+], and adjective κραβακτήριος, α, ον, [Refs 6th c.AD+]:—also κράβακτον, τό, [same place] [Refs 6th c.AD+]κράβαττος, [NT+2nd c.AD+], compare grabattus, [Refs]:—couch, mattress, pallet, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but condemned as un-Attic by [NT+2nd c.AD+]