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G2053 ἔριον (érion)

Greek
Noun, Neuter
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Quick Definition

ἔριον, ου, τό n.n. wool

Strong's Definition

wool

Derivation: of obscure affinity;

KJV Usage: wool

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -ου

8.15 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body

wool the curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep ἔριον in REV 1:14 and HEB 9:19 may also mean unspun wool; hence ἔριον as ‘processed wool’ has been classified as an artifact (6.171).

HEB 9:19 · REV 1:14

6.171 · Artifacts · Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials

wool the processed hair of sheep See also ἔριον[a] in 8.15.

HEB 9:19

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἔριον, ἐρίου, τό (diminutive of τό ἔρος or εἶρος), wool: Heb_9:19; Rev_1:14. (From Homer down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἔριον erion 2x

wool, Heb. 9:19; Rev. 1:14*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἔριον, -ου, τό

[in LXX for צֶמֶר, Le 13:47, Is 1:18, al. ;]

wool: He 9:19, Re 1:14.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἔριον. PSI IV. 36848 (8.6. 250-49) τὰ ἔρια. . ἄστατα, ‘* wool not weighed,” P Par 598 (B.c. 160) (= Witkowski’, p. 76) ἐρείου (ἥμυσυ) (δραχμῶν) o, P Ἀν] 11. 138% (A.D. 34) ἐρίων σταθμία ie, ‘fifteen measures of wool,” similarly 24. 146} (A.D. 39), P Oxy VI. 929% (ii/iii A.D.) λέντιον τριβακόν, kal pia, ‘a worn towel, and some wool” (Edd.). In P Lond 402 verso! (an inventory—ii/B.c.) (ΞΞ 11. p. 11) ἐριᾶ (for ἐρεᾶ) ἐντυλή is apparently = ‘‘a woollen wrapper or rug.” For the diminutive ἐρίδιον see P Meyer 20°%° ( Ist half iii/A.D.) χαλκὸν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔδωκα τοῦ πόκου τῶν ἐρειδ(ω(ν), BGU III. 94819 (iv/y a.p.) θέλησον [ο]Ἱῦν υἱέ μου Θεόδουλε ἀγοράσιν μοι § λι(τρὰς) ἐριδίου μέλαϊνο]ς, and for a possible occurrence of ἐριουργός = ‘‘ wool-worker,” see P Ryl II. 9415 (A.D. 14-37).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἔριον (erion) — wool. ἔριον, τό, Ionic dialect εἴριον [Refs 8th c.BC+]:— wool, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐρίῳ στέψαντες, i.e. with woollen fillets, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴρια ῥυπαρά, ἔρια οἰσυπηρά, greasy wool, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τἄρια, crasis for τὰ ἔ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. πεπταμένα outspread flocks of wool, [Refs 4th c.BC+]cotton, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἔ. [τῆς ἀράχνης] a spider's web, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης ἔ., of the byssus of the pinna, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; Latin vervex perhaps not cognate)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἔριον, -ου, τό [in LXX for צֶמֶר, Lev.13:47, Isa.1:18, al. ;] wool: Heb.9:19, Rev.1:14.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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