UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐπίβλημα

MainId: 001932000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G1915

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 001932001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: ἐπίβλημα
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -τος
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'βάλλω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 001932001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 6.157
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Artifacts
  LEXSubDomains: Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-06-18 08:44:05
    DefinitionShort: a piece of cloth sewed on clothing to repair a hole or tear
    Glosses: patch
    Comments: The statement in {S:04000901600008} that ‘no one puts a patch of new cloth on an old garment’ seems almost preposterous or incredible in some societies, since people habitually repair old clothing by putting on patches of new cloth, sometimes to the point where it is difficult to determine what was the original fabric. In {S:04000901600008} the phrase ῥάκους ἀγνάφου, often translated ‘new cloth,’ is literally ‘unshrunken cloth,’ in other words, cloth which has not been washed one or more times and thus has been shrunken in the process. In biblical times there was no technique for preshrinking cloth.
  LEXReferences: MAT 9:16, MARK 2:21, LUKE 5:36, LUKE 5:36
  LEXLinks: realia:1.5.3.12