Quick Definition
κεράτιον, ου, τό n.n. a husk of the carob
Strong's Definition
something horned, i.e. (specially) the pod of the carob-tree
Derivation: neuter of a presumed derivative of G2768 (κέρας);
KJV Usage: husk
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | κέρας
3.46 · Plants · Fruit Parts of Plants
carob pod (a diminutive derivative of κέρας[a] ‘horn,’ 8.17) the pod of the carob tree (which closely resembles a small horn) Carob pods were commonly used for fattening swine and were employed as an article of food by poor people. In translating LUK 15:16 it is not necessary, however, to identify specifically carob pods. In most languages some such expression as ‘edible pods’ is probably more satisfactory, since carob trees are unlikely to be known.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κεράτιον, -ov, τό, (dimin. of κέρας); 1. a litile horn. 2. the name of the fruit of the κερατέα or κερατεία [or -rla], the Ceratonia siliqua (Linn.) or carobtree (called also St. John’s Bread, [from the notion that its pods, which resemble those of the ‘locust’, constituted the food of the Baptist]). This fruit is shaped like a horn and has a sweet taste; it was [and is] used not only in fattening swine, but as an article of food by the lower classes: Lk. xv.16 [A. V. husks]; ef. Win. RWB. s. y. Johannisbrodbaum; [B. D. (esp. Am. ed.) s. v. Husks].* , κερδαίνω
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κεράτιον keration 1x
pr. a little horn; in NT a pod, the pod of the carob tree, or Ceratonia siliqua of Linnaeus, a common tree in the East and the south of Europe, growing to a considerable size, and producing long slender pods, with a pulp of a sweetish taste, and several brown shining seeds like beans, sometimes eaten by the poorer people in Syria and Palestine, and commonly used for fattening swine, Lk. 15:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* κεράτιον, -ου, τό
(dimin. of κέρας),
a little horn (Arist.).
In pl. (the fruit of the κερατέα), carob-pods: Lk 15:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κεράτιον. In P Lond 1317 (a.p. 78) (=I. p. 189) κεράτ(ια) is used of the fruit of the carob, as in Lk 15!6: cf. P Leid X*4- 3 (medical prescription—iii/iv A.D.) (=p. 237) ἀκάνθης κεράτια. From v/a.D. onwards the word is used in Egypt, like the Latin s7/zgua, of a money measure, the ‘‘carat”: see e.g. P Oxy I. 154 verso (vii/A.p.) with the editor’s notes, and Chrest. I. i. p. 1xvil.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κεράτιον (keration) — husk. κερᾱτ-ιον, τό, diminutive of κέρας, small horn, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. of the antennae of the κάραβος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the hermit-crab,[Refs]
3. in plural, curved ends of the womb [Refs]
4. musical instrument, perhaps fife or clarionet, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II. carat, 1/1728 of a pound, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; = Latin siliqua, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
III. ={κερατωνία}, [Refs]
IV. see at {κεράτια}.