Quick Definition
a cock, rooster
Strong's Definition
a cock or male fowl
Derivation: from (to ward off);
KJV Usage: cock
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλέκτωρ, (ορος, ὁ, a cock, (Latingallus gallinaceus): Mat_26:34; Mat_26:74; Mar_14:30; Mar_14:68 (Lachmann brackets), 72; Luk_22:34; Luk_22:60; Joh_13:38; Joh_18:27. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 229; (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 307; Winers Grammar, 23; see also BB. DD. under the word; Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 221f; especially Egli, Zeitschr. f. wiss. Theol., 1879, p. 517ff).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀλέκτωρ alektōr 12x
a cock, rooster, Mat_26:34 ; Mar_14:30 ; Luk_22:34 ; Joh_13:38 cock, rooster.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀλέκτωρ , -ορος , ὁ
(poλt. form of ἀλεκτρυών ; v. MM , VGT , s.v. ),
[in LXX : Pro_30:31 ) ( H2223 ; BDB , Lex ., 267) * ;]
a cock: Mat_26:34 , Mar_14:30 ; Mar_14:68 ; Mar_14:72 Luk_22:34 ; Luk_22:60-61 , Joh_13:38 ; Joh_18:27 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀλέκτωρ [page 21]
See Rutherford NP p. 307 for the history of this word (MGr ἀλόχτερας ) in classical Greek. It is found in P Tebt I. 140 (B.C. 72) τι [μὴ ]ν ἀλέκτορος καὶ ἀρτοπίνακος . Add P Ryl II. 166 .19 (A.D. 26) ἀ . ἕνα (which, as in 167 18 , is promised as a yearly offering, in the proposal to take up a lease), P Fay 119 29 ( c. A.D. 100) ἀλέκτορας δέκα , BGU I. 269 4 (ii/iii A.D.) and IV. 1067 11 f. (A.D. 101 2) ἀλεκτόρων . From a later time (iii/iv A.D., according to Leemans) comes P Leid V ix. 31, .32, x. 1 , where we have (τὸν ) ἀλέκτορα bis , and then ἀλεκτόρου : so Wόnsch AF 3 .16 (imperial) ὁ ἀλέκτωρ . It was clearly the normal Κοινή form; but ἀλεκτρυόνων may still be seen in P Oxy IX. 1207 8 (A.D. 175 6 ?) ἀ . τελείων τεσσάρων , in the same phrase as BGU IV. 1067 l.c. It is noteworthy that ἀλεκτρύων occurs in the well-known Gospel fragment ( Mitteilungen of the Rainer Papyri I. i. 54) ὁ ἀλεκτρύων δὶς κοκ [κύξει ], Cf. Michel 692 .5 (i/A.D.) ἀλεκτρύονα , but in l. 27 of the same inscription ἀλέκτορας .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀλέκτωρ, -ορος, ὁ
(poët. form of ἀλεκτρυών; see MM, VGT, see word), [in LXX: Pro.30:31) (זַרְזִיר; BDB, Lex., 267)* ;]
a cock: Mat.26:34, Mrk.14:30, 68 14:72 Luk.22:34, 60-61, Jhn.13:38 18:27.†
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