Quick Definition
a scale, scaly substance
Strong's Definition
a flake
Derivation: from (to peel);
KJV Usage: scale
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λεπίς, λεπιδος, ἡ (λέπω to strip off the rind or husk, to peel, to scale), a scale: Act_9:18. (the Sept.; Aristotle, others (cf. Herodotus 7, 61).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λεπίς lepis 1x
a scale, shell, rind, crust, incrustation, Act_9:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λεπίς , -ίδος , ἡ
( < λέπω , to peel),
[in LXX chiefly for H7193 ;]
a scale: Act_9:18†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λεπίς [page 374]
This subst., which in the NT is confined to Act_9:18 , occurs in Michel 833 .11 (B.C. 279) θυμιατήριον ὑπόχαλκον , λεπίδα ἀργυρᾶν ἔχον : cf. BGU II. 544 .8 (time of Antoninus). For the verb λέπω , see P Par 12 .15 (B.C. 157) σπασάμενος λέπει με τῇ μαχαίρᾳ εἰς τὸ σκέλος , and for λεπίζω ( Tob_3:17 ; Tob_11:18 , al. ) see P Leid X xiii. 37 (iii/A.D.) λαβὼν ἄνχουσαν ( l. ἄγχουσαν ), λεοντικὴν λέπισον , καὶ λαβὼν τὰ λεπίσματα ( Gen_30:37 ) εἰς θυιαν τρίβε .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
λεπίς λεπίς, ίδος [Etym: λέπω] "a scale, husk", λ. ᾠοῦ an egg- "shell", Ar. ; "the cup" of a filbert, Anth. collectively, "the scales" of fish, Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
λεπίς, -ίδος, ἡ
(λέπω, to peel) [in LXX chiefly for קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת ;]
a scale: Act.9:18†
(AS)