Strong’s G1915 · Greek
ἐπίβλημα
epíblēma · ep-ib'-lay-mah
Origin from ἐπιβάλλω (G1911);
Meaning a patch
In the King James Version piece.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 9:16No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
- Mark 2:21No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
- Luke 5:36And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.