G4344: προσκεφάλαιον (proskephálaion)

G4344 προσκεφάλαιον (proskephálaion)

Greek

Quick Definition

προσκεφάλαιον, ου, τό n.n. a pillow or cushion

Strong's Definition

neuter of a presumed compound of 4314 and 2776; something for the head, i.e. a cushion

KJV Usage: pillow

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

προσκεφάλαιον (G4344)

noun, n. | -ου | κεφαλιόω

6.110 · Artifacts · Furniture

cushion, pillow an object, usually soft, on which one may lay one’s head In rendering MRK 4:38 it is important to avoid a translation which would suggest that Jesus was so small or coiled up as to be able to sleep on a single pillow.

MRK 4:38

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

προσ-κεφάλαιον, -ov, τό, (fr. πρός [q. ν. IV. 3] and the adj. κεφάλαιος [cf. κεφάλαιον), a pillow, a cushion: Mk. iv. 38. (Ezek. xiii. 18, 20; Arstph., Plat., Plut., al.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

προσκεφάλαιον proskephalaion 1x

pr. a cushion for the head, pillow; also, a boat cushion, Mk. 4:38*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

προσ-κεφάλαιον, -ου, τό,

[in LXX: Ez 13:18, 20 (כֶּסֶת), I Es 3:8*;]

a pillow, cushion: Mk 4:38.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

προσκεφάλαιον, ‘pillow,’ ‘‘cushion” (Mk 4838: cf. P Eleph 5° (B.c. 284-3) στρῶμα a, προσκεφάλαια B, P Oxy X. 127779 (A.D. 255) πέπρακα τὸ τρίκλινον kal τὰ προσκεφάλαια, “1 have sold the couch and the cushions.” In the Κολακεία of Theophrastus p. 40%f (ed. Jebb), the flatterer is represented as τοῦ παιδὸς ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ ἀφελόμενος τὰ προσκεφάλαια αὐτὸς ὑποστρῶσαι, “taking the cushions from the slave in the theatre, and spreading them on the seat with his own hands.” TpookAnpow

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

προσκεφάλαιον (proskephalaion) — cushion. προσκεφᾰλ-αιον, τό, cushion for the head, pillow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, any cushion, [NT+5th c.BC+]: Doric dialect ποτικεφάλαιον [Refs 1st c.BC+]; also ποικεφ-, [Refs]; προσκεφᾰλ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,, [Refs]

II. name for a treasure-chamber of the Persian kings, [Refs 4th c.BC+]