Strong G2907κρέας
meat
- Transliteration
- kreas
- Pronunciation
- kreh'-as
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Perhaps a primary word; (butcher´ s) meat: - flesh.
Detailed definition
κρέας, -έως, pl., κρέα
[in LXX for בָּשָׂר (freq.);]
flesh, meat: Rom.14:21, 1Co.8:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX for בָּשָׂר (freq.);]
flesh, meat: Rom.14:21, 1Co.8:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2907 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- flesh2
First verses
- Romans 14:21It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
- 1 Corinthians 8:13Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
κρέας, τό,
Doric dialect κρῆς (which see), Epic dialect κρεῖας uncertain conjecture in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Ananius Lyricus 5.3; _Attic dialect_ _genitive_ κρέως 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 728)]; Cretan dialect [Refs (κρίως “GDI” 5128 (from Vaxos): _plural_ κρέα “IG” 12.84.26)], etc.; genitive [Refs 8th c.BC+ (κρεῶν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.98, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.73, “IG” 12.10.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ra.” 191, etc.; _Epic dialect_ κρειῶν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.551)], +others, κρεάων [ᾰ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Hymnus ad Mamercus Elegiacus” 130; _dative_ κρέασι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.311)], κρέεσσι Oracle texts cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.47, κρεάεσσι Epic.in “Arch.Papyrus” 7.4. [κρέᾰ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyc.” 126, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “V.” 363, +others, κρέ) elided 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.65, 470, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Th.” 558, κρέᾱ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 20)] (assuming variant).]:—flesh, meat, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.477, etc.; ἄρνειον κ.)] piece of lamb, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 45, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pl.” 1137; ἐρίφειον 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 222.6; τρία κρέα [ἢ] καὶ πλείω Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.2; τέτταρα.. κρέα μικρά 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 172.3)] (anapaest meter): plural, mostly in collective sense, dressed meat, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.65, etc.; κ. ἑφθά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.23)]; κ. ἀνάβραστα, ὠπτημένα, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ra.” 553, “Pl.” 894; κ. ὀρνίθεια [prev\. author] “Nu.” 339; βοῶν [prev\. author] “Pax” 1280; βόεια Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 338c; δαῖτα παιδείων κρεῶν Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 1242, 1593)]; κ. Ἀθηναίοις μερίζειν, νέμειν τῷ δήμῳ, [Refs (“IG” 22.334.15, 24.)]
2 carcass: hence, body, person, τοῦδε τοῦ κρέως (i.e. ἐμοῦ) S. [prev. cited] (satyric): in Comedy texts addresses, like{κάρα}, ὦ δεξιώτατον κρέας [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” 421, compare 457: proverbial, ὁ λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν [δρόμον] τρέχει 'to save one's bacon', 2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 4.85, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1087b; so νεναυμάχηκε τὴν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Ranae” 191)], see Scholia (κρεϝας, cf. Sanskrit krauís 'raw meat', Latin cruor.)
Doric dialect κρῆς (which see), Epic dialect κρεῖας uncertain conjecture in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Ananius Lyricus 5.3; _Attic dialect_ _genitive_ κρέως 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 728)]; Cretan dialect [Refs (κρίως “GDI” 5128 (from Vaxos): _plural_ κρέα “IG” 12.84.26)], etc.; genitive [Refs 8th c.BC+ (κρεῶν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.98, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.73, “IG” 12.10.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ra.” 191, etc.; _Epic dialect_ κρειῶν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.551)], +others, κρεάων [ᾰ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Hymnus ad Mamercus Elegiacus” 130; _dative_ κρέασι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.311)], κρέεσσι Oracle texts cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.47, κρεάεσσι Epic.in “Arch.Papyrus” 7.4. [κρέᾰ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyc.” 126, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “V.” 363, +others, κρέ) elided 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.65, 470, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Th.” 558, κρέᾱ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 20)] (assuming variant).]:—flesh, meat, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.477, etc.; ἄρνειον κ.)] piece of lamb, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 45, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pl.” 1137; ἐρίφειον 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 222.6; τρία κρέα [ἢ] καὶ πλείω Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.2; τέτταρα.. κρέα μικρά 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 172.3)] (anapaest meter): plural, mostly in collective sense, dressed meat, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.65, etc.; κ. ἑφθά 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.23)]; κ. ἀνάβραστα, ὠπτημένα, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ra.” 553, “Pl.” 894; κ. ὀρνίθεια [prev\. author] “Nu.” 339; βοῶν [prev\. author] “Pax” 1280; βόεια Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 338c; δαῖτα παιδείων κρεῶν Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 1242, 1593)]; κ. Ἀθηναίοις μερίζειν, νέμειν τῷ δήμῳ, [Refs (“IG” 22.334.15, 24.)]
2 carcass: hence, body, person, τοῦδε τοῦ κρέως (i.e. ἐμοῦ) S. [prev. cited] (satyric): in Comedy texts addresses, like{κάρα}, ὦ δεξιώτατον κρέας [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” 421, compare 457: proverbial, ὁ λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν [δρόμον] τρέχει 'to save one's bacon', 2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 4.85, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1087b; so νεναυμάχηκε τὴν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Ranae” 191)], see Scholia (κρεϝας, cf. Sanskrit krauís 'raw meat', Latin cruor.)