Strong G2053ἔριον
wool
- Transliteration
- erion
- Pronunciation
- er'-ee-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Of obscure affinity; wool: - wool.
Detailed definition
ἔριον, -ου, τό
[in LXX for צֶמֶר, Lev.13:47, Isa.1:18, al.;]
wool: Heb.9:19, Rev.1:14.†
(AS)
[in LXX for צֶמֶר, Lev.13:47, Isa.1:18, al.;]
wool: Heb.9:19, Rev.1:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2053 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wool2
First verses
- Hebrews 9:19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
- Revelation 1:14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔριον, τό,
Ionic dialect εἴριον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“GDI” iv (Chios, 4th c.BC, also written ἔρια [prev. passage]), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, and always in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (indicating ἐρϝ-) except _genitive_ ἐρίοιο in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.124)]:— wool, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.434, Od.[same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 175d)]; ἐρίῳ στέψαντες, i.e. with woollen fillets, [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 398a, etc.: frequently in _plural_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.388, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.316)]; εἴρια ῥυπαρά, ἔρια οἰσυπηρά, greasy wool, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 21, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.74; ἔρια καθαρά “PCair.Zen.” 12.62 (3rd c.BC))]; τἄρια, crasis for τὰ ἔ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1387; οὖλα ἔρια [prev. work] 1067)]; ἔ. πεπταμένα outspread flocks of wool, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 343; ἐρίων τάλαντον [prev. author] “V.” 1147; τὰ Μιλήσια ἔ. 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 90.3, compare 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 27.1; εἴρια ἀπὸ ξύλου)]cotton, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3. 47, compare 106)]; τὸ ἔ. [τῆς ἀράχνης] a spider's web, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.28)]; τὰ ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης ἔ., of the byssus of the pinna, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.2. (ἔρια “Schwyzer” 180 (from Crete) without initial ϝ-)]; Latin vervex perhaps not cognate)
Ionic dialect εἴριον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“GDI” iv (Chios, 4th c.BC, also written ἔρια [prev. passage]), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, and always in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (indicating ἐρϝ-) except _genitive_ ἐρίοιο in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.124)]:— wool, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.434, Od.[same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 175d)]; ἐρίῳ στέψαντες, i.e. with woollen fillets, [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 398a, etc.: frequently in _plural_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.388, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.316)]; εἴρια ῥυπαρά, ἔρια οἰσυπηρά, greasy wool, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 21, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.74; ἔρια καθαρά “PCair.Zen.” 12.62 (3rd c.BC))]; τἄρια, crasis for τὰ ἔ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1387; οὖλα ἔρια [prev. work] 1067)]; ἔ. πεπταμένα outspread flocks of wool, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 343; ἐρίων τάλαντον [prev. author] “V.” 1147; τὰ Μιλήσια ἔ. 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 90.3, compare 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 27.1; εἴρια ἀπὸ ξύλου)]cotton, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3. 47, compare 106)]; τὸ ἔ. [τῆς ἀράχνης] a spider's web, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.28)]; τὰ ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης ἔ., of the byssus of the pinna, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.2. (ἔρια “Schwyzer” 180 (from Crete) without initial ϝ-)]; Latin vervex perhaps not cognate)