Biblical Greek

greek #2750 - κειρία, ας, ἡ keiria (a bandage)

Original Word:	κειρία, ας, ἡ
Transliteration:	keiria
Definition:	a bandage, grave-clothes
Part of Speech:	Noun, Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(ki-ree'-ah)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

graveclothes.

Of uncertain affinity; a swathe, i.e. Winding-sheet -- graveclothes.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 2750: κειρία

κειρία, κειριας, ἡ, a band, either for a bed-girth (Schol. ad Aristophanes av. 817 κειρία. εἶδοςζώνηςἐκσχοινίων, παρεοικοςἱμάντι, ἡδεσμουσιτάςκλίνας, cf. Proverbs 7:16; (Plutarch, Alcib. 16, 1)), or for tying up a corpse after it has been swathed in linen: in the latter sense in John 11:44; (others take it here of the swathings themselves).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 2750. κειρία (keiria) — 1 Occurrence
John 11:44 - N-DFP
GRK:τὰς χεῖρας κειρίαις καὶ ἡ
NAS: and foot with wrappings, and his face
KJV: and foot with graveclothes: and his
INT: the hands with linen strips and the

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