Strong G876ἀφρός
foam
- Transliteration
- aphros
- Pronunciation
- af-ros'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word; froth that is slaver: - foaming.
Detailed definition
foam , of the sea, (Iliad by Homer): of an angry lion, foam, froth , (Iliad by Homer); ἀπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων ἀφρόν frothy blood , (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
In the Bible
Strong G876 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- foameth1
First verses
- Luke 9:39And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀφρός, ὁ,
foam, of the sea, ῥόος Ὠκεανοῖο ἀφρῷ μορύρων[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.403)], etc.; of a river, [Refs (5.599.)]
2 of persons and animals, foam, slaver, froth, περί τ᾽ ἀ. ὀδόντας γίγνεται[NT+5th c.BC+ (20.168; ἀ. περὶ στόμα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.43, cf. NT.Luke.9.39; μέλαν᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων ἀφρόν)]frothy blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 183, compare “fragment” 372; θρομβώδεις ἀφροί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 702)]; βακχίου παλαιγενοῦς ἀφρῷ, of wine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 237; κύλικα.. ἀφρῷ ζέουσαν Theophilus Comicus 2.)]
II ἀφρὸς νίτρου, ={ἀφρόνιτρον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.75)]; ἀ. alone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Coloribus” 794a20.)]
II.2 ἀ. αἵματος, ={σπέρμα},[Refs 4th c.BC+ (Diog.Apoll.A 24 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
III a kind of ἀφύη, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 569a29, b28, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.325b; Ionic, _accusative_ to 4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 9.2, but compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see {ἀφύων τιμή})]. (ṃbhrós, cf. Sanskrit abhrám 'cloud', Latin imber.)
foam, of the sea, ῥόος Ὠκεανοῖο ἀφρῷ μορύρων[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.403)], etc.; of a river, [Refs (5.599.)]
2 of persons and animals, foam, slaver, froth, περί τ᾽ ἀ. ὀδόντας γίγνεται[NT+5th c.BC+ (20.168; ἀ. περὶ στόμα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.43, cf. NT.Luke.9.39; μέλαν᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων ἀφρόν)]frothy blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 183, compare “fragment” 372; θρομβώδεις ἀφροί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 702)]; βακχίου παλαιγενοῦς ἀφρῷ, of wine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 237; κύλικα.. ἀφρῷ ζέουσαν Theophilus Comicus 2.)]
II ἀφρὸς νίτρου, ={ἀφρόνιτρον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.75)]; ἀ. alone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Coloribus” 794a20.)]
II.2 ἀ. αἵματος, ={σπέρμα},[Refs 4th c.BC+ (Diog.Apoll.A 24 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
III a kind of ἀφύη, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 569a29, b28, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.325b; Ionic, _accusative_ to 4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 9.2, but compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see {ἀφύων τιμή})]. (ṃbhrós, cf. Sanskrit abhrám 'cloud', Latin imber.)