Quick Definition
a drain, latrine
Strong's Definition
a place of sitting apart, i.e. a privy
Derivation: from a compound of G575 (ἀπό) and the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος);
KJV Usage: draught
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀφεδρών, ἀφεδρωνος, ὁ, apparently a word of Macedonian origin, which Suidas calls 'barbarous'; the place into which the alvine discharges are voided; a privy, sink; found only in Mat_15:17; Mar_7:19. It appears to be derived not from ἀφ' ἑδρων,a podicibus, but from ἄφεδρος, the same Macedon. word which in Lev_12:5; Lev_15:19 ff answers to the Hebrew πΔγΘΜδsordes menstruorum. Cf. Fischer's full discussion of the word in his De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 698ff
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀφεδρών aphedrōn 2x
a latrine, Mat_15:17 ; Mar_7:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἀφεδρών , -ῶνος , ὁ
( cf. ἄφεδρος , Lev_12:5 ) = cl . ἄφοδος ( MM , s.v. ),
a privy, drain: Mat_15:17 , Mar_7:19 (ὀχετόν , WH , mg .).†
**ὀχετός , -οῦ , ὁ
( <ὀχέω , to carry),
[in Sm .: Job_22:24 , Psa_65:10 al. ;]
1. a water-pipe, channel.
2. the intestinal canal: Mar_7:19 , WH , mg . (for ἀφεδρών ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀφεδρών [page 95]
This rare word is found in OGIS 483 .220 f. (ii/B.C.) in the same sense as in Mat_15:17 , Mar_7:19 , the only two occurrences of the word in Biblical Greek Cod. D substitutes ὀχετόν in Mk. In LXX Lev_12:2 ἡ ἄφεδρος is used in another connexion.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀφεδρών [Etym: ἑδρα] "a privy", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀφεδρών, -ῶνος, ὁ
(cf. ἄφεδρος, Lev.12:5) = cl. ἄφοδος (MM, see word),
a privy, drain: Mat.15:17, Mrk.7:19 (ὀχετόν, WH, mg.).†
**ὀχετός, -οῦ, ὁ
(ὀχέω, to carry) [in Sm.: Job.22:24, Psa.65:10 al. ;]
__1. a water-pipe, channel.
__2. the intestinal canal: Mrk.7:19, WH, mg. (for ἀφεδρών).†
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