Strong G1126γραώδης
old wives’ tale
- Transliteration
- graōdēs
- Pronunciation
- grah-o'-dace
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From γραῦς graus (an old woman) and G1491; crone like that is silly: - old wives´ .
Detailed definition
γραώδης, -ες (γραῦς, an old woman, εἶδος),
anile, old-womanish: 1Ti.4:7.†
(AS)
anile, old-womanish: 1Ti.4:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1126 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wife1
First verses
- 1 Timothy 4:7But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
γρᾱώδης, ες,
={γραϊκός},{ἀδολεσχία} [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.255; μυθολογία 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.3; μυθάριον 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 2.1, compare 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 23, 105, NT.1Tim.4.7)]: comparative -έστερος[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.315.)]
={γραϊκός},{ἀδολεσχία} [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.255; μυθολογία 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.3; μυθάριον 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 2.1, compare 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 23, 105, NT.1Tim.4.7)]: comparative -έστερος[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.315.)]