Lexical Definition

‎φάτνη‎ phátnē (fat'-nay) manger ^G:N-F
from (to eat)

manager, stall.

• a crib (for fodder)

Abbott-Smith

φάτνη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for אֵבוּס, etc. ;]
a manger: Lk 2:7, 12, 16 13:15 (v. DB, iii, 234a, DCG, ii, 111a),†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

φάτνη-η, ἡ,

manger, crib, [ἵππους] ἀτίταλλ᾽ ἐπὶ φάτνηῃ [φάτνηῃ ἐφ᾽ ἱππείῃ 10.568; ἐϋξέστῃ ἐπὶ φ. 24.280; ἡ φ. τῶν ἵππων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.70, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 510 (\_plural\_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.27 (\_plural\_), NT.Luke.2.7, +others">NT+8th c.BC+]; φάτνηαι Ζηνὸς, of the manger of Pegasus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also of oxen, ὥς τίς τε κατέκτανε βοῦν ἐπὶ φ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 βοῦς ἐπὶ φ., proverbial of ease and comfort, [φάτνηαις ἀργυραῖς χρῆσθαι 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.2.14 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν τῇ φ. κύων 'the dog in the manger', [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; θεραπεύειν τὴν φ. τινός to court one who feeds you, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] to return to their old haunts, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II ={φάτνηωμα}[Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III socket of tooth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV the Manger, name of the nebula (star-cluster) between the ὄνοι in Cancer, [φάτνηη">Refs 4th c.BC+] in Attic and Delian Inscrr., [Refs]: bhndh, cf. Sanskrit badhnāti 'tie', Celt. benn 'wicker chariot'.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.2.7}