κόφινοςkóphinos
a (small) basket
Greek (New Testament) · G2894
Meanings
a basket, probably of wicker-work, such as were carried by Jews for food: Matthew 14:20, Matthew 16:9, Mark 6:43, Mark 8:19, Luke 9:17, Luke 13:8, John 6:13 (cf. σφυρίς).
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 14:20 They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers.
- Matthew 16:9 Don’t you understand even yet? Don’t you remember the 5,000 I fed with five loaves, and the baskets of leftovers you picked up?
- Mark 6:43 and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftover bread and fish.
- Mark 8:19 When I fed the 5,000 with five loaves of bread, how many baskets of leftovers did you pick up afterward?” “Twelve,” they said.
- Luke 9:17 They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers!
- John 6:13 So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.