γναφεύς
By variation for a derivative from κνάπτω knaptō (to tease cloth)
κνάπτω (v. sub fin.),
1. card or comb wool, dress or full cloth (either with teasel or comb), ἱμάτια Dsc. 4.159; παρ’ ἐμοὶ πόκος οὐ κνάπτεται Xenocr. ap. D.L. 4.10.
2. of torture, ἐπ’ ἀσπαλάθων κνάπτοντες Pl. R. 616a (cf. κνάφος 11): generally, mangle, tear, μάστιγι Cratin. 275: - Pass., δίνᾳ κναπτόμενοι, of bodies mangled against rocks, A. Pers. 576 (lyr.); ἐκνάπτετ’ αἰέν, of Hector’s body, S. Aj. 1031, cf. Philostr. VA 6.40.
3. κ. γλῶσσαν, = συνέχειν ἐντὸς τῶν ὀδόντων, Com.Adesp. 1313 (= Trag.Adesp. 224). (Acc.Sch. Ar. Pl. 166, κνάπτω, κναφεύς, etc., were old Att., γνάπτω, γναφεύς, etc., later Att., confirmed by Inscrr.: forms in γν - are found in Ionic, Papyri, and later Gr., e.g. Dsc. l.c.; κνάμπτ - Pl.l.c. (as v.l.), Philostr.l.c.: cf. Welsh cnaif ’fleece’, Engl. nap (on cloth), Lett. knâbt ’pick’, ’peck’.)
G1102 — γναφεύς
γναφέως, ὁ (also (earlier) κναφεύς, from γνάπτω or κνάπτω to card), a fuller: [Mar 9:3]. (Herodotus, Xenophon, and following; the Sept. [Isa 7:3]; [Isa 36:2]; [2Ki 18:17].)
γναφεύς , - έως , ὁ ,
Ion , and κοινή form of Att.. . κναφεύς
( < κνάπτω , to card wool),
[in LXX for H3526, [2Ki 18:17], [Isa 7:3]; [Isa 36:2] * ;]
a fuller, cloth-dresser: [Mar 9:3]. †