G5336: φάτνη (phátnē)

G5336 φάτνη (phátnē)

Greek

Quick Definition

φάτνη, ης, ἡ n.f. a manger, feeding-trough

Strong's Definition

from pateomai (to eat); a crib (for fodder)

KJV Usage: manager, stall

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

φάτνη (G5336)

noun, f. | -ης

6.137 · Artifacts · Containers

feed box, manger, crib a box or crib where animals feed (or possibly even an open feeding place under the sky) φάτνη[a] occurs only in LUK 2:7, and it may be important in some languages to distinguish clearly between various alternatives. The term ‘crib’ normally refers to the place where an animal stands when it feeds. The ‘manger’ is a relatively large box or rack containing hay, and a ‘feed box’ is a much smaller container, usually for grain. There is, of course, no way of knowing precisely where the baby Jesus was placed, but it would be very appropriate for the baby to have been placed in the feed box or in the manger. See also 7.64.

LUK 2:7 · LUK 2:12 · LUK 2:16

7.64 · Constructions · Miscellaneous Constructions

stall a stall where animals are fed φάτνη[b] may designate a part of a barn, or it may simply refer to a customary place where an animal is fed outside, often in a semi-enclosure (see 6.137).

LUK 13:15

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

φάτνη, -ης, ἡ, [(πατέομαι to eat; γ᾽ δηΐδοῖ p. 445)], α crib, manger: Lk. ii. 7, 12, 165 xiii. 15. (From Hom. down; Sept. for 0138, Job xxxix. 9; Prov. xiv. 4; Is. i. 3; plur. for 0°99, Hab. iii. 17.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

φάτνη phatnē 4x

a manger, stall, Lk. 2:7, 12, 16; 13:15*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

φάτνη, -ης, ἡ

[in LXX for אֵבוּס, etc. ;]

a manger: Lk 2:7, 12, 16 13:15 (v. DB, iii, 234a, DCG, ii, 111a),†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

φάτνη. That the traditional rendering ‘‘manger,” ‘‘feedingtrough,’”’ in Lk 27-1216, 7315, is correct may be confirmed by P Lille I. 17% (iii/B.c.) (as read in Berichtigungen, p- 202) τὸ στειτ]άριον ἑνὶ φάτ[ν7]ηι, and P Oxy XIV. and χορ]τοθήκης. See, however, Cadbury in 781 xlv. (1926), p. 317 ff., who comes to the conclusion that ‘‘ this much at least is probable, that φάτνη is a place in the open and that the clause which follows emphasizes the absence of shelter.” Thumb (Héé/en. p. 71) conjectures that the form πάθνη, which survives in MGr, is an Ionism taken over by the Κοινή: see Thackeray G7. i. p. τοῦ, and Herwerden Lex. s.v. In P Lips I. 106% (A.D. 98) Πάθνη is apparently a place-name.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

φάτνη (phatnē) — manger. φάτν-η, ἡ, manger, crib, [ἵππους] ἀτίταλλ᾽ ἐπὶ φάτνῃ [NT+8th c.BC+]; φάτναι Ζηνὸς, of the manger of Pegasus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also of oxen, ὥς τίς τε κατέκτανε βοῦν ἐπὶ φ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. βοῦς ἐπὶ φ., proverbial of ease and comfort, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν τῇ φ. κύων 'the dog in the manger', [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; θεραπεύειν τὴν φ. τινός to court one who feeds you, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] to return to their old haunts, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. ={φάτνωμα}[Refs 3rd c.BC+]

III. socket of tooth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

IV. the Manger, name of the nebula (star-cluster) between the ὄνοι in Cancer, [Refs 4th c.BC+] in Attic and Delian Inscrr., [Refs]: bhndh, cf. Sanskrit badhnāti 'tie', Celt. benn 'wicker chariot'.)