Strong G850αὐχμηρός
dingy
- Transliteration
- auchmēros
- Pronunciation
- owkh-may-ros'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From αὐχμός auchmos (probably from a base akin to that of G109; dust as dried by wind); properly dirty that is (by implication) obscure: - dark.
Detailed definition
αὐχμηρός, -ά, -όν
(αὐχμός, drought);
1. dry
2. squalid, dismal: 2Pe.1:19 (MM, see word).†
(AS)
(αὐχμός, drought);
1. dry
2. squalid, dismal: 2Pe.1:19 (MM, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G850 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dark1
First verses
- 2 Peter 1:19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
αὐχμηρός, ά, όν,
dry, without rain, χειμών[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 3.11, compare “Aër.” 10; ἔτη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 605b19; ἔαρ [prev. author] “Pr.” 860a13)]; of places, dry, parched, τόποι[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 761b (_superlative_),cf. NT.2Pet.1.19; χωρία 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.11.10, etc.; καρποί 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.53.)]
b parching, νόσοι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 121.3.)]
2 dry, rough, squalid, οὖδας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 947; σκληρὸς καὶ αὐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203d)]; especially of hair (compare {αὐχμηροκόμης}), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 475, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 387, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.225; βίος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 1)]. adverb -ρῶς, ἔχειν τοῦ προσώπου[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.10.)]
3 miserable, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.169: with _genitive_, βιότοιο [prev. work] 454: irregular _superlative_ αὐχμότατος)] uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 169.)]
dry, without rain, χειμών[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 3.11, compare “Aër.” 10; ἔτη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 605b19; ἔαρ [prev. author] “Pr.” 860a13)]; of places, dry, parched, τόποι[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 761b (_superlative_),cf. NT.2Pet.1.19; χωρία 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.11.10, etc.; καρποί 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.53.)]
b parching, νόσοι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 121.3.)]
2 dry, rough, squalid, οὖδας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 947; σκληρὸς καὶ αὐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203d)]; especially of hair (compare {αὐχμηροκόμης}), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 475, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 387, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.225; βίος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 1)]. adverb -ρῶς, ἔχειν τοῦ προσώπου[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.10.)]
3 miserable, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.169: with _genitive_, βιότοιο [prev. work] 454: irregular _superlative_ αὐχμότατος)] uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 169.)]