Strong's Concordance
Original word: ἐπίβλημα
Transliteration: epibléma
Definition (short): patch
Definition (full): that which is put on, a patch
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from epiballó
Definition: that which is put on, i.e. a patch
NASB Translation: patch (2), piece (1), piece of cloth (1).
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References
KJV:
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
NASB:
"But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.
KJV:
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
NASB:
"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.
KJV:
And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
NASB:
And He was also telling them a parable: "No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.