Word Summary
phatnē: a manger
Original Word: φάτνηTransliteration: phatnē
Phonetic Spelling: (fat'-nay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a manger
Meaning: a manger
Strong's Concordance
manager, stall.
From pateomai (to eat); a crib (for fodder) -- manager, stall.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5336: φάτνηφάτνη,
φάτνης,
ἡ ((
πατέομαι to eat;
Vanicek, p. 445)),
a crib, manger:
Luke 2:7, 12, 16;
Luke 13:15. (From
Homer down; the
Sept. for
אֵבוּס,
Job 39:9;
Proverbs 14:4;
Isaiah 1:3; plural for
רְפָתִים,
Habakkuk 3:17.)