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G5559 χρώς (chrṓs)
Greek
Noun, Masculine
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Quick Definition

the skin

Strong's Definition

the body (properly, its surface or skin)

Derivation: probably akin to the base of G5530 (χράομαι) through the idea of handling;

KJV Usage: body

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

χρώς, genitive χρωτός, ὁ (cf. χροιά, the skin (cf. Curtius, § 201)), from Homer down (who (generally) uses the genitive χρώς etc. (cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer, or Liddell and Scott, under the word)), the surface of the body, the skin: Act_19:12; the Sept. for αΘΜωΘ�ψ, twice for ςεψ, Exo_34:29 f, Alex..

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

χρώς c hrōs 1x the skin; the body surface; Act_19:12

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

χρώς , gen ., χρωτός , ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for H1320 ;] in cl . rare in prose, the surface of the body, skin: Act_19:12 .†

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

χρώς [Etym: χράω1] like χρόα (χροιά), "the surface of the body, the skin", Hom. : also "the flesh", opp. to the bone, id=Hom. :—generally, "the body, frame", Pind. , Trag. ἐν χροΐ, attic ἐν χρῷ, "close to the skin", ἐν χροΐ κείρειν to shave "close", Hdt. ; ἐν χρῷ κεκαρμένος Xen. :—metaph., ξυρεῖ γὰρ ἐν χρῷ τοῦτο it touches one "nearly", comes "home", Soph. ; ἐν χρῷ παραπλέειν to sail past "so as to shave or graze", Lat. radere, Thuc. :—absol., ἐν χρῷ (also written ἐγχρῷ or ἐγχρῶ), "near at hand, hard by", Luc. "the colour of the skin, complexion", Hom. , Eur. generally, "colour", Aesch.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

χρώς, genitive, χρωτός, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for בָּשָׂר ;] in cl. rare in prose, the surface of the body, skin: Act.19:12.† (AS)

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