King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2750
Transliteration: keiria
Phonetic Spelling: (ki-ree'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a bandage, grave-clothes
Meaning: a bandage, grave-clothes
κειρία, κειριας, ἡ, a band, either for a bed-girth (Schol. ad Aristophanes av. 817 κειρία. εἶδος ζώνης ἐκ σχοινίων, παρεοικος ἱμάντι, ἡ δεσμουσι τάς κλίνας, cf. Proverbs 7:16; (Plutarch, Alcib. 16, 1)), or for tying up a corpse after it has been swathed in linen: in the latter sense in John 11:44; (others take it here of the swathings themselves).
Word Summary
keiria: a bandage, grave-clothes
Original Word: κειρίαTransliteration: keiria
Phonetic Spelling: (ki-ree'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a bandage, grave-clothes
Meaning: a bandage, grave-clothes
Strong's Concordance
graveclothes. Of uncertain affinity; a swathe, i.e. Winding-sheet -- graveclothes.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2750: κειρίακειρία, κειριας, ἡ, a band, either for a bed-girth (Schol. ad Aristophanes av. 817 κειρία. εἶδος ζώνης ἐκ σχοινίων, παρεοικος ἱμάντι, ἡ δεσμουσι τάς κλίνας, cf. Proverbs 7:16; (Plutarch, Alcib. 16, 1)), or for tying up a corpse after it has been swathed in linen: in the latter sense in John 11:44; (others take it here of the swathings themselves).