Strong's G4673: σορός (sorós) Meaning

Quick Definition

σορός, οῦ, ἡ n.f. a bier, an open coffin

Strong's Definition

a funereal receptacle (urn, coffin), i.e. (by analogy) a bier

Derivation: probably akin to the base of G4987 (σωρεύω);

KJV Usage: bier

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σορός (G4673)

noun, f. | -οῦ

6.109 · Artifacts · Furniture

bier a stretcher or plank used for carrying a corpse to a place of burial

LUK 7:14

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

σορός, -οὔ, ἡ, an urn or receptacle for keeping the bones of the dead (Hom. II. 23,91); @ coffin (Gen. 1. 26; Hdt. 1, 68; 2,78; Arstph., Aeschin., Plut., al.) ; the funeralcouch or bier on which the Jews carried their dead forth to burial [see B. D. Am. ed. s. v. Coffin; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, i. 555 sq.]: Lk. vii. 14.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

σορός soros 1x

a coffer; an urn for receiving the ashes of the dead; a coffin; in NT a bier, Lk. 7:14*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

σορός, -οῦ, ἡ

[in LXX: Ge 50:26 (אָרוֹן), Jb 21:32 A * ;]

a cinerary urn (Hom.);

a coffin (Hdt., i, 68, 3, al.): Lk 7:14.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

σορός [page 581] a bier ( Luk_7:14 ) : cf. P Lond 122 .97 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 119) ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς ζυρνίνῃ ( l . ζμυρνίνῃ ) σορῷ κατακείμενος , and ib. 121 .236 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 92) ὁ ἐπὶ σωρῷ κατακείμενος . From the inscrr. we may cite the sepulchral Kaibel 336 .2 εἰμὶ δ᾽ Ἀλεξανδρεύς , τῶν δὲ [σ ]ορ [ῶν ] ὁ μέσος , and C. and B. ii. p. 717, No. 651 (mid. iii/A.D.), where two Christian soldiers erect for themselves τὸν βωμὸν καὶ τὴν κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ σορόν , a symbolic bier carved on the altar, and in the usual manner warn off intruders from the family vault : no one is to place there ξενὸν νεκρὸν ἢ σορόν , i.e. a strange body or a bier that has carried it. See also the inscr. on the tomb of a iv/A.D. Lycaonian Bishop, as published by W. M. Calder in Exp VII. vi. p. 387 .18 ἐποίησα ἐμαυτῷ πέ [λτα τ ]ε καὶ σορὸν ἐν ᾗ τὰ προ [γεγραμένα ] ταῦτα ἐποίησα ἐπιγρ (ά )φιν ἐμὸν τῆς τε ἐκ [δοχῆς ] τοῦ γένους μου , I made myself a monument and sarcophagus on which I had the above engraved, on (this my tomb) and the tomb of the successors of my race, and Cagnat IV. 245 .2 ἔθη ]κα τὴν σορὸν ἐμαυτῷ [καὶ τῇ συμβίῳ μου . In P Hib I. 67 .14 (B.C. 228) (= Chrest. I. p. 366 ) σορώϊον is cloth used for burials.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

σορός (soros) — bier. σορός, ἡ, vessel for holding human remains, cinerary urn, ὣς δὲ καὶ ὀστέα νῶϊν ὁμὴ σ. ἀμφικαλύπτοι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; coffin, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of stone, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; bier, [NT+3rd c.AD+]

II. as nickname of an old man or woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. αἱ δημόσιαι σ. uncertain meaning in [Refs 4th c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

σορός, -οῦ, ἡ [in LXX: Gen.50:26 (אָרוֹן), Job.21:32 A * ;] __(a) a cinerary urn (Hom.); __(b) a coffin (Hdt., i, 68, 3, a1.): Luk.7:14.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

7:14

G4673 σορός (sorós)