Definition
κειρία, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX: Proverbs 7:16 (מַרְבַד)* ;]
a vernacular word,
1 1, a bed-cord (Aristoph., AV., 816; Pr, l.with).
2. In pl., swathings (cf. Field, Notes, 96 f.): John 11:44.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as κειρία:
- מַרְבָדmar.vad“covering”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
1 total
- John 11:44κειρίαις · in strips of linenThe man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.