Greek word · G876

ἀφρός

aphros

foam

Appears once in the Greek New Testament.

What it means

foam , of the sea, (Iliad by Homer): of an angry lion, foam, froth , (Iliad by Homer); ἀπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων ἀφρόν frothy blood , (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Luke · 1

  1. Luke 9:39 ἀφροῦ foaming

    A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.

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