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G3200 μεμβράνα (membrána)
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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).

2TI 4:13

6.66 · Artifacts · Instruments Used in Marking and Writing

books (or scrolls) made of parchment As noted in 6.59, μεμβράνα[a]) or of books written on parchment (μεμβράνα[b]).

2TI 4:13

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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+]

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