Strong G2429ἰκμάς
moisture
- Transliteration
- hikmas
- Pronunciation
- hik-mas'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; dampness: - moisture.
Detailed definition
ἰκμάς, -άδος, ἡ
[in LXX. Jer.17:8 (יוּבַל), Job.26:14 (שֶׁמֶץ)*;]
moisture: Luk.8:6.†
(AS)
[in LXX. Jer.17:8 (יוּבַל), Job.26:14 (שֶׁמֶץ)*;]
moisture: Luk.8:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2429 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- moisture1
First verses
- Luke 8:6And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἰκμ-άς, άδος, ἡ,
moisture, e.g. of oily leather, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.392; ἰκμάδος ἐστὶ ἐν αὐτῇ [τῇ Λιβύῃ] οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.185)]; ἀνιεὶς ἐκ τοῦ σώματος ἰκμάδα, of a corpse exposed to the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.125, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 8;)] of moisture in the soil, [NT (NT.Luke.8.6)]; also θανόντων ἰσὶν οὐκ ἔνεστ᾽ ἰκμάς no blood, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 229 (probably))]; of the bodily humours, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.40)]; of all kinds of animal juices or moist secretions, τὸ περίττωμα τῆς ὑγρᾶς ἰ. ὃν καλοῦμεν ἱδρῶτα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 668b4)]; ἡ τῶν καταμηνίων ἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “GA” 727b11, compare “HA” 556b27, +others: com. _metaphorically_, τὴν ἰ. τῆς φροντίδος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 233)]; ἰ. Βάκχου, i.e. wine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.133 (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus); ἰ. δρυός, i.e. gum, [prev. work] 6.109 (Antip.).)]
moisture, e.g. of oily leather, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.392; ἰκμάδος ἐστὶ ἐν αὐτῇ [τῇ Λιβύῃ] οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.185)]; ἀνιεὶς ἐκ τοῦ σώματος ἰκμάδα, of a corpse exposed to the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.125, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 8;)] of moisture in the soil, [NT (NT.Luke.8.6)]; also θανόντων ἰσὶν οὐκ ἔνεστ᾽ ἰκμάς no blood, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 229 (probably))]; of the bodily humours, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.40)]; of all kinds of animal juices or moist secretions, τὸ περίττωμα τῆς ὑγρᾶς ἰ. ὃν καλοῦμεν ἱδρῶτα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 668b4)]; ἡ τῶν καταμηνίων ἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “GA” 727b11, compare “HA” 556b27, +others: com. _metaphorically_, τὴν ἰ. τῆς φροντίδος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 233)]; ἰ. Βάκχου, i.e. wine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.133 (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus); ἰ. δρυός, i.e. gum, [prev. work] 6.109 (Antip.).)]