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σαργάνη
sarganē
G4553
G:N-F Greek

basket

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sargane denotes the basket used in the window escape described in 2 Corinthians 11:33.

The attested use names the basket by which someone is let down through a window during an escape in 2 Corinthians 11:33.

Senses in use

  1. Basket used for being lowered · dominant

    In 2 Corinthians 11:33, the dative singular feminine form occurs in the clause describing being let down through a window and through the wall. The APB renders the scene, “in a basket I was let down through the wall and escaped his hands.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Corinthians 11:33, the APB presents the item as “a basket” in the account of being let down through a window.

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