δέρμα, δέρματος, τό (from δέρω or δείρω, as κέρμα from κείρω), a skin, hide, leather: Heb_11:37. (Homer and following.)

δέρμα derma 1x the skin of an animal, Heb_11:37

δέρμα , -τος , τό ( < δέρω ), [in LXX for H5785 ;] the skin, hide of beasts: ἐν αἰγίοις δ ., Heb_11:37 .†

δέρμα [page 141] This NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Heb_11:37 ) may be illustrated from P Lond 1171 .27 (B.C. 8) (= III. p. 178), farm accounts, with προβά (των ) δέρματα as an item. So in the dream of a visitor who had sought guidance and assistance in the Serapeum, P Par 50 .15 (B.C. 160) οἴετο ἄνθρωπον λέγειν μοι· Φέρε τὸ δέρμα τοῦ ποδός σου καὶ ἐγὼ δώσω σοι τὸ δέρμα τοῦ ποδός μου . See also P Fay 107 .2 (A.D. 133) ὑφείλαντο δέρματα αἰγειὰ (corr. from αἰγειὰν ) τέσσαρα , they carried off four goatskins, ib. 121 .12 ( c. A.D. 100) τὸ δ̣[έρ ]μ̣α τοῦ μόσχου οὗ ἐθ̣υ̣[σ ]αμεν , the hide of the calf that we sacrificed, P Grenf II. 51 .15 (A.D. 143) ἀ [πέ ]χειν αὐτοὺς τιμὴν δερμάτων αἰγικῶν τεσσάρων . From the inscrr., e.g. Syll 592 .14 (end of ii/B.C.) λαμβάνειν δὲ καὶ γέρα τῶν θυομένων ἱερείων ἐν τῶι ἱερῶι πάντων , σκέλος δεξὶὸν καὶ τὰ δέρματα κτλ ., and Cagnat IV. 1000 .62 (ii/B.C., end), where at an annual memorial feast in Amorgos it is ordained παρατιθέτωσαν (δὲ ) τἄλλα μὲν θυθέντα , [τ ]ὰ (δὲ ) δέρματα ἀποδόμενοι παραχρῆμα καταναλισκέτωσαν παραχρῆμα καὶ ταῦτα ἐν τόπῳ .

δέρμα [Etym: δέρω] "the skin, hide", of beasts, Lat. pellis, Hom. , etc.; δέρμα κελαινόν, of a shield, Il. :—also of "skins prepared for bags or bottles", Od. ; of "a man's skin stript off", Il. , Hdt. later, one's "skin", Lat. cutis, περὶ τῶι δέρματι δεδοικέναι Ar. : "the shell" of a tortoise, id=Ar.

δέρμα, -τος, τό (δέρω), [in LXX for עוֹר ;] the skin, hide of beasts: ἐν αἰγίοις δ., Heb.11:37.† (AS)