Strong G438ἄνθος

flower

Transliteration
anthos
Pronunciation
anth'-os
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

A primary word; a blossom: - flower.

Detailed definition

ἄνθος, -εος, τό
[in LXX for צִיץ, etc.;]
a flower: Jas.1:10-11. 1Pe.1:24" (LXX).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G438 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • flower3

First verses

  1. James 1:10
    But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
  2. James 1:11
    For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
  3. 1 Peter 1:24
    For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄνθος, ὁ,
a kind of
B bird, perhaps the yellow wagtail, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 592b25, 609b14, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 5.48.)]