Quick Definition
μεμβράνα, ης, ἡ n.f. a parchment leaf
Strong's Definition
of Latin origin ("membrane"); a (written) sheep-skin
KJV Usage: parchment
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης
6.59 · Artifacts · Instruments Used in Marking and Writing
parchment, books made of parchment a sheet of specially prepared animal skin on which one could write with pen and ink; books or scrolls made of such skin In 2TI 4:13 the reference may be to documents written on parchment or to blank sheets of parchment. Sheets of parchment were either sewn together in long scrolls or, in later developments, bound together into book form (see 6.66).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μεμβράνα [ Soph. Lex. -ava; cf. Chandler § 136], -ας [B. 17 (15) ], ἡ, Lat. membrana, i. e. parchment, first made of dressed skins at Pergamum, whence its name: 2 ‘lim. iv. 13 [Act. Barn. 6 fin. Cf. Birt, Antikes Buchwesen, ch. ii.; Gardthausen, Palaeographie, p. 39 sq.].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μεμβράνα membrana 1x
parchment, vellum, 2 Tim. 4:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† μεμβράνα, -ας, ἡ (Lat. membrana), parchment: II Ti 4:13.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μεμβράνα (membrana) — parchment. μεμβράνα, ἡ, = Latin membrāna, parchment, [NT+2nd c.AD+]:—also μέμβρανον, τό, [Refs 6th c.AD+]: hence adjective μεμβράϊνος, [Refs 6th c.AD+], and substantive μεμβραϊνάριος, probably in [Refs 6th c.AD+]
