UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: γναφεύς; -έως

Sense 1: bleacher, fuller

Semantic entry: 48.7

Semantic domains: Activities Involving Cloth

Definition: one who cards, cleans, and/or bleaches cloth

Notes: In OET MRK 9:3 the reference is obviously to the process of bleaching, but a γναφεύς also was engaged in the cleaning of cloth as well as carding it, a process by which the nap of cloth was somewhat raised and made soft by being combed with bristles.

Show passage in OET: MRK 9:3

OET-RV MRK 9:3

3 and his clothes turned incredibly shining white—whiter than any bleach could make them.

OET-LV MRK 9:3

3 and the clothes of _him became shining exceedingly white, such _as a_launderer on the earth is_ not _able to _whiten thus.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

γναφεύς

Form 1

Sense 1: bleacher, fuller