Quick Definition
a wrinkle, spiritual defect
Strong's Definition
a fold (as drawing together), i.e. a wrinkle (especially on the face)
Derivation: from G4506 (ῥύομαι);
KJV Usage: wrinkle
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῤυτίς, ῥυτιδος, ἡ ( Ρ᾽ΥΩ, to draw together, contract), a wrinkle: Eph_5:27. (Aristophanes, Plato, Diodorus 4, 51; Plutarch, Lucian, Anthol., others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥυτίς rhytis 1x
a wrinkle; met. a disfiguring wrinkle, flaw, blemish, Eph_5:27
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ῥυτίς , -ίδος , ἡ ,
a wrinkle: Eph_5:27 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ῥυτίς [page 565]
a wrinkle of age, which in Biblical Greek is confined to Eph_5:27 , may be illustrated from Plut. Mor . p. 789 D οἷς ἡ γελωμένη πολιὰ καὶ ῥυτὶς ἐμπειρίας μάρτυς ἐπιφαίνεται : see Armitage Robinson ad Eph l.c.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ῥυτίς ῥυ^τίς, ίδος, ἡ, [Etym: ῥύω, ἐρύω] "a fold or pucker" in the face, "a wrinkle", Lat. ruga, Ar. , Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
a fold or pucker in the face, a wrinkle , Lat. ruga, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
