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membrána

parchments

Say it: mem-BRAH-nah (approximate)

μεμβράνα

What it means

Parchment, animal skin prepared for writing (a Latin loanword, membrana). In 4:13, "especially the parchments." It appears only here. Parchment was more costly and durable than papyrus.

Range of meaning

  • ParchmentAnimal skin for writing.
  • VellumFine writing skin.

In 2 Timothy

  • Chapter 4

    "Especially the parchments" (4:13). The word appears only here.

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3200 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources