Strong G2911κρημνός
cliff
- Transliteration
- krēmnos
- Pronunciation
- krame-nos'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G2910; overhanging that is a precipice: - steep place.
Detailed definition
κρημνός, -οῦ, ὁ
(κρεμάννυμι), [in LXX: 2Ch.25:12 (סֶלַע)*;]
a steep bank: Mat.8:32, Mrk.5:13, Luk.8:33.†
(AS)
(κρεμάννυμι), [in LXX: 2Ch.25:12 (סֶלַע)*;]
a steep bank: Mat.8:32, Mrk.5:13, Luk.8:33.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2911 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- place3
First verses
- Matthew 8:32And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
- Mark 5:13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
- Luke 8:33Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κρημνός, ὁ,
irregular
Aplural κρημνά, τά, variant for{κρημνούς} in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus)] Mynd.63:—overhanging bank, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”))] of the bank of a river, edge of a trench, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (12.54, 21.175, 234, 244, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.22; κ. θαλάσσας [prev\. author] “fragment” 201; κ. μαλακοί 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 615b31)]; later, beetling cliff, crag, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἀπὸ τοῦ κ. ὠθέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.103)]; ἀναθεῖναι ἐπὶ κρημνόν τιν᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pl.” 69; κατὰ τῶν κ. ἅλλεσθαι)] down from the cliffs of Epipolae, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.45; κατὰ κ. ῥιφέντες Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 944a)]; οἱ K., the [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Screes”, on the Sea of Azof, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.20, 110.)]
A.2 in plural, edges of an ulcer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Loc.Hom.” 29.)]
A.3 labia pudendi, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 47, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.174, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “Onom.” 112.)]
irregular
Aplural κρημνά, τά, variant for{κρημνούς} in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus)] Mynd.63:—overhanging bank, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”))] of the bank of a river, edge of a trench, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (12.54, 21.175, 234, 244, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.22; κ. θαλάσσας [prev\. author] “fragment” 201; κ. μαλακοί 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 615b31)]; later, beetling cliff, crag, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἀπὸ τοῦ κ. ὠθέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.103)]; ἀναθεῖναι ἐπὶ κρημνόν τιν᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pl.” 69; κατὰ τῶν κ. ἅλλεσθαι)] down from the cliffs of Epipolae, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.45; κατὰ κ. ῥιφέντες Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 944a)]; οἱ K., the [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Screes”, on the Sea of Azof, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.20, 110.)]
A.2 in plural, edges of an ulcer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Loc.Hom.” 29.)]
A.3 labia pudendi, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 47, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.174, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “Onom.” 112.)]