UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: Neither from NT contexts nor from extrabiblical usage can one determine precisely the differences in meaning between these three terms for baskets: σαργάνη (6.148: σαργάνη), σπυρίς (6.149: σπυρίς), and κόφινος (6.150: κόφινος).

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: σαργάνη; -ης

Sense 1: large basket

Semantic entry: 6.148

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Containers

Definition: a large container made of woven material, usually grass or reeds; used for carrying a variety of things, including food and produce, and for moving soil from one place to another{N:001}

Notes: In the one context in which σαργάνη occurs (RV CO2 11:33 · LV CO2 11:33 · Read together CO2 11:33), the basket was evidently rather large, since it was used to let Paul down from an opening in the wall of Damascus. It may very well have been made of braided ropes. In RV CO2 11:33 · LV CO2 11:33 · Read together CO2 11:33 the basket is called σαργάνη, while in RV ACT 9:25 · LV ACT 9:25 · Read together ACT 9:25 the same basket is referred to as σπυρίς ({D:6.149).

Further resources: realia:5.18.2

CO2 11:33: RV CO2 11:33 · LV CO2 11:33 · Read together CO2 11:33

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OET-RV CO2 11:33

33 but I was lowered down from a window in the city wall in a basket and thus able to escape his clutch.

OET-LV CO2 11:33

33 but through a_window in a_basket, I _was _lowered through the wall and I _escaped the hands of _him.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σαργάνη

Form 1

Sense 1: large basket