Strong G1385δοκός
plank
- Transliteration
- dokos
- Pronunciation
- dok-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1209 (through the idea of holding up); a stick of timber: - beam.
Detailed definition
δοκός, -οῦ, ἡ
(δέχομαι) [in LXX for קוֹרָה, etc.;]
a beam of timber: Mat.7:3-5, Luk.6:41-42 (DCG, i, 176).†
(AS)
(δέχομαι) [in LXX for קוֹרָה, etc.;]
a beam of timber: Mat.7:3-5, Luk.6:41-42 (DCG, i, 176).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1385 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- beam5
First verses
- Matthew 7:3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
- Matthew 7:4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
- Matthew 7:5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
- Luke 6:41And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
- Luke 6:42Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δοκός, ἡ,
later also ὁ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 2.1)]: (δέχομαι):— bearing-beam, main beam, especially in the roof or floor of a house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.176, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1496)]; any balk or beam, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.744, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.112)]; bar of a gate or door, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 201)]: also, in plural, firewood, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (PFlor. 127.5 (3rd c.AD): proverbial, ὁ τὴν δοκὸν φέρων)]one who has 'swallowed a poker', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1413b28)]; ἐν δοκοῖσι is probably falsa lectio for{ἐνδόκοισι} in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 66.3, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {ἔνδοκος}.)]
II a kind of meteor, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 2.96, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Ostentis” 10b, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; compare δοκεύς, δοκίας, δοκίς 11.)]
later also ὁ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 2.1)]: (δέχομαι):— bearing-beam, main beam, especially in the roof or floor of a house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.176, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1496)]; any balk or beam, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.744, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.112)]; bar of a gate or door, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 201)]: also, in plural, firewood, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (PFlor. 127.5 (3rd c.AD): proverbial, ὁ τὴν δοκὸν φέρων)]one who has 'swallowed a poker', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1413b28)]; ἐν δοκοῖσι is probably falsa lectio for{ἐνδόκοισι} in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 66.3, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {ἔνδοκος}.)]
II a kind of meteor, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 2.96, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Ostentis” 10b, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; compare δοκεύς, δοκίας, δοκίς 11.)]