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G4512 ῥυτίς (rhytís)

Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

ῥυτίς, ίδος, ἡ n.f. 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

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ίδος

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

wrinkle lines or creases in the skin In EPH 5:27 ῥυτίς is used symbolically as a type of imperfection, but in some languages wrinkles can be an evidence of age and therefore of seniority and even wisdom

EPH 5:27

1 It would also be possible to classify ῥυτίς wrinkle in Domain 79 Features of Objects.

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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-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ῥυτίς (rhutis) — wrinkle. ῥῠτίς, ίδος, ἡ, Aeolic dialect βρῠτίς (which see), pucker, wrinkle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

a fold or pucker in the face, a wrinkle , Lat. ruga, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)

Bible Occurrences (1)

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