κλάσ-μα G2801
Fragment or broken piece, especially leftover pieces of bread collected after a miraculous feeding.
Refers to a fragment or broken piece, derived from the verb klao ('to break'). In every New Testament occurrence, klasma designates the leftover pieces of bread gathered after Jesus' miraculous feedings of the multitudes. The twelve baskets (Matt 14:20, Mark 6:43, John 6:12-13) and seven baskets (Matt 15:37, Mark 8:8) of fragments became powerful symbols of divine abundance exceeding human need. The German 'Brocken' (morsel, chunk) and Spanish 'pedazos' (pieces) both emphasize the physical, tangible nature of these broken portions.
Senses
1. fragment, broken piece — A fragment or broken piece of bread or food, specifically the leftovers collected after a communal meal. From klao ('to break'), klasma in the NT appears exclusively in the feeding miracle narratives — the feeding of the five thousand (Matt 14:20; Mark 6:43; John 6:12-13) and the four thousand (Matt 15:37; Mark 8:8-19). Jesus' command to gather the fragments 'so that nothing is lost' (John 6:12) elevates these broken pieces into a theological sign of superabundant provision. Every target language renders the term with a word for physical broken pieces: Spanish 'pedazos', French 'morceau', German 'Brocken'. 9×
AR["الكِسَرِ", "كِسَرًا", "كِسَرٍ"]·ben["টুকরা", "টুকরাগুলো", "টুকরার", "টুকরোর"]·DE["Brocken", "κλασμάτων"]·EN["broken-pieces", "fragments", "of-broken-pieces", "of-fragments"]·FR["morceau"]·heb["הַפְּרוּרִים", "פְּתִתִים", "פְּתוֹתִים", "פְּתוּתִים"]·HI["टुकड़े,", "टुकड़ों", "टुकड़ों-की", "टुकड़ों-के", "टुकड़ों-से", "तुकदोन"]·ID["pecahan", "potongan", "potongan-potongan"]·IT["frammento"]·jav["cuwil", "cuwil,", "cuwilan", "cuwilan,", "remukan"]·KO["조각들", "조각들로", "조각들을", "조각들의"]·PT["de-pedaços", "pedaços"]·RU["куски", "кусков"]·ES["de-pedazos", "pedazos"]·SW["vipande", "vya-vipande", "ya-vipande"]·TR["kırıntılardan,", "kırıntıları", "kırıntıların", "parçalarla", "parçaları", "parçaların"]·urd["تاکہ", "ٹکڑوں-سے", "ٹکڑوں-کا", "ٹکڑوں-کی", "ٹکڑوں-کے", "ٹکڑے"]
Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G3956 1. all (collective plural) (616×)H3967 1. cardinal numeral hundred (550×)H1419a 1. great, large (general quality) (486×)H7969 1. cardinal number three (431×)H0505 1. cardinal number thousand (427×)H7651 1. seven (cardinal number) (393×)G1520 1. cardinal number one (339×)H6240 1. ten (cardinal number) (334×)H6242 1. twenty (cardinal number) (315×)H2568 1. cardinal number five (309×)H0702 1. four (cardinal number) (277×)G3956 2. every, each (distributive) (227×)H8337 1. six (cardinal number) (215×)G3956 3. all things, everything (substantive) (211×)G3956 4. (187×)H6235 1. ten (177×)G3173 1. great in size or extent (176×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
κλάσ-μα, ατος, τό, fragment, morsel, LXX+2nd c.BC+ __II lesion, rupture, Refs 2nd c.AD+