Strong G527ἁπαλός
tender
- Transliteration
- apalos
- Pronunciation
- ap-al-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; soft: - tender.
Detailed definition
ἀπαλός, -ή, -όν
[in LXX for רַךְ;]
tender: Mat.24:32, Mrk.13:28.†
(AS)
[in LXX for רַךְ;]
tender: Mat.24:32, Mrk.13:28.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G527 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tender2
First verses
- Matthew 24:32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
- Mark 13:28Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἁπᾰλός, ή, όν,
soft to the touch, tender: in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] mostly of the human body, ἁπαλὴν ὑπὸ δειρήν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.371; παρειάων ἁπαλάων 18.123; ἁπαλοῖο δι᾽ αὐχένος ἦλθεν ἀκωκή 17.49; ἁ. πόδες 19.92)]; ἁ. τέ σφ᾽ ἦτορ ἀπηύρα, i. e. the life of young animals,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (11.115; ἵεσαν αὐδὴν ἐξ ἁπαλῶν στομάτων 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 279; δέρα 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.16)]; of persons, delicate, παῖδες[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 14.5; εὐμορφοτέρα.. τᾶς ἀπάλας Γυρίννως 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 76)]; of flowers, ἄνθρυσκα [Refs (Ead. “Supp.” 25.13)]; rare in Trag., and only in Lyric poetry, παρειά[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 70; βρέφος ἁ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1285; βλέφαρον τέγγουσ᾽ ἁ. “El.” 1339; more frequently in Comedy texts, σισύμβριον 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 239; κρέα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1063; δάκτυλοι 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 48; θερμολουσίαις ἁπαλοί “Comica Adespota” 56)]; so in Prose, ἁ. ψυχή[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 245a)]; of raw fruit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.92, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.18)]; of tender meat, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 1.5.2)]; soft-boiled, of eggs, [Refs 5th c.AD+ ({5th c.AD}: Caelius Aurelianus Medicus “Anthologia Graeca” 2.18)]; of a gentle fire, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 79.8, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.25.)]
II metaphorically, soft, gentle, ἁπαλὸν γελάσαι laugh gently, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.465)]; ἁ. δίαιτα soft, delicate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 239c; τῶ αὐτῷ.. χρησώμεθα τεκμηρίῳ περὶ Ἔρωτα ὅτι ἁπαλός [prev. author] “Smp.” 195e (also in _superlative_))]; ἁ. εἴσπλους λιμένος, opposed to τραχύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 357.)]adverb ἁπαλῶς, ὀπτᾶν to roast moderately, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus Comedy texts 1.16)]: comparative ἁπαλωτέρως, ἅπτεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 37.)]
II.2 in bad sense, soft, weak, ὡς ἁ. καὶ λευκὸς [οἶνος] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 183; λευκός, ἐξυρημένος, γυναικόφωνος, ἁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 192)]. [ᾰπᾰλο; for καλάμῳ.. ὑπᾱπάλῳ, in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 28.4, is corrupt.])]
soft to the touch, tender: in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] mostly of the human body, ἁπαλὴν ὑπὸ δειρήν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.371; παρειάων ἁπαλάων 18.123; ἁπαλοῖο δι᾽ αὐχένος ἦλθεν ἀκωκή 17.49; ἁ. πόδες 19.92)]; ἁ. τέ σφ᾽ ἦτορ ἀπηύρα, i. e. the life of young animals,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (11.115; ἵεσαν αὐδὴν ἐξ ἁπαλῶν στομάτων 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 279; δέρα 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.16)]; of persons, delicate, παῖδες[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 14.5; εὐμορφοτέρα.. τᾶς ἀπάλας Γυρίννως 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 76)]; of flowers, ἄνθρυσκα [Refs (Ead. “Supp.” 25.13)]; rare in Trag., and only in Lyric poetry, παρειά[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 70; βρέφος ἁ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1285; βλέφαρον τέγγουσ᾽ ἁ. “El.” 1339; more frequently in Comedy texts, σισύμβριον 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 239; κρέα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1063; δάκτυλοι 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 48; θερμολουσίαις ἁπαλοί “Comica Adespota” 56)]; so in Prose, ἁ. ψυχή[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 245a)]; of raw fruit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.92, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 19.18)]; of tender meat, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 1.5.2)]; soft-boiled, of eggs, [Refs 5th c.AD+ ({5th c.AD}: Caelius Aurelianus Medicus “Anthologia Graeca” 2.18)]; of a gentle fire, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 79.8, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.25.)]
II metaphorically, soft, gentle, ἁπαλὸν γελάσαι laugh gently, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.465)]; ἁ. δίαιτα soft, delicate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 239c; τῶ αὐτῷ.. χρησώμεθα τεκμηρίῳ περὶ Ἔρωτα ὅτι ἁπαλός [prev. author] “Smp.” 195e (also in _superlative_))]; ἁ. εἴσπλους λιμένος, opposed to τραχύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 357.)]adverb ἁπαλῶς, ὀπτᾶν to roast moderately, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus Comedy texts 1.16)]: comparative ἁπαλωτέρως, ἅπτεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 37.)]
II.2 in bad sense, soft, weak, ὡς ἁ. καὶ λευκὸς [οἶνος] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 183; λευκός, ἐξυρημένος, γυναικόφωνος, ἁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 192)]. [ᾰπᾰλο; for καλάμῳ.. ὑπᾱπάλῳ, in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 28.4, is corrupt.])]