Quick Definition
σαργάνη, ης, ἡ n.f. a basket
Strong's Definition
a basket (as interwoven or wicker-work
Derivation: apparently of Hebrew origin (H08276);
KJV Usage: basket
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης
6.148 · Artifacts · Containers
large basket a large container made of woven material, usually grass or reeds; used for carrying a variety of things, including food and produce, and for moving soil from one place to another In the one context in which σαργάνη occurs (2CO 11:33), the basket was evidently rather large, since it was used to let Paul down from an opening in the wall of Damascus. It may very well have been made of braided ropes. In 2CO 11:33 the basket is called σαργάνη, while in ACT 9:25 the same basket is referred to as σπυρίς ({D:6.149).
1 Neither from NT contexts nor from extrabiblical usage can one determine precisely the differences in meaning between these three terms for baskets: σαργάνη (6.148), σπυρίς (6.149), and κόφινος (6.150).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σαργάνη [(prop. ‘ braided-work ’, fr. τ. tark; Fick, Pt. iii. p. 598; Vanitek p. 297)], -ys, ἡ; 1. a braided rope, a band, (Aeschyl. suppl. 788). 2. a basket, a basket made of ropes, a hamper (cf. B.D.s. v. Basket]: 2 Co. xi. 33; (Timocl. in Athen. 8 p. 339 6.; 9 p. 407 e.; [al.]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σαργάνη sarganē 1x
twisted or plaited work; a netword of cords like a basket, basket of ropes, etc. 2 Cor. 11:33*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* σαργάνη, -ης, ἡ a plaited rope (Æsch.).
a hamper, a basket made of ropes: II Co 11:33.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σαργάνη (sarganē) — basket. σαργάν-η [γᾰ], ἡ, = ταργάνη, plait, braid, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. basket, [NT+4th c.BC+]