Strong G3013λεπίς
scale
- Transliteration
- lepis
- Pronunciation
- lep-is'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From λέπω lepō (to peel); a flake: - scale.
Detailed definition
λεπίς, -ίδος, ἡ
(λέπω, to peel) [in LXX chiefly for קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת;]
a scale: Act.9:18†
(AS)
(λέπω, to peel) [in LXX chiefly for קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת;]
a scale: Act.9:18†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3013 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- scale1
First verses
- Acts 9:18And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
λεπ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,
(λέπω) epithelial debris, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.81)]; layer of the skull, [Refs (“PMed.” in “Arch.Papyrus” 4.270)]; ᾠοῦ λ. egg-shell, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 198)]; cup of a filbert, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.22 (from Zonas), 102 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; coat of an onion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Scholia 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 26.)]
2 collectively, scales of fish, λεπίδος σιδηρέης ὄψιν ἰχθυοειδέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.61; ὃ ἐν ὄρνιθι πτερόν, τοῦτο ἐν ἰχθύϊ ἐστὶ λ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 486b21; opposed to φολίς, [prev. work] 490b23, 517b5)]; also of serpents, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 154, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 82.)]
3 of other things, λ. χαλκοῦ flakes that fly from copper in hammering, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.78, 79: _absolutely_, λεπίς 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.63.)]
4 plate of metal, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 69.50, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 12.2, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.91, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 18; collectively, λ. σιδηρᾶ “BGU” 544.8 (2nd c.AD))]; of gold and silver, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.27.10; λ. ἀργυρᾶ “PMag.Par.” 1.258.)]
5 λ. πρίονος blade of a saw, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 47.14.5.)]
6 λεπίδες (i.e. χιόνος) snow-flakes, conjecture in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.14.13, “CP” 5.12.11.)]
(λέπω) epithelial debris, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.81)]; layer of the skull, [Refs (“PMed.” in “Arch.Papyrus” 4.270)]; ᾠοῦ λ. egg-shell, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 198)]; cup of a filbert, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.22 (from Zonas), 102 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus))]; coat of an onion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Scholia 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 26.)]
2 collectively, scales of fish, λεπίδος σιδηρέης ὄψιν ἰχθυοειδέος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.61; ὃ ἐν ὄρνιθι πτερόν, τοῦτο ἐν ἰχθύϊ ἐστὶ λ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 486b21; opposed to φολίς, [prev. work] 490b23, 517b5)]; also of serpents, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 154, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 82.)]
3 of other things, λ. χαλκοῦ flakes that fly from copper in hammering, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.78, 79: _absolutely_, λεπίς 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.63.)]
4 plate of metal, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 69.50, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Automatopoetica” 12.2, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.91, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 18; collectively, λ. σιδηρᾶ “BGU” 544.8 (2nd c.AD))]; of gold and silver, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.27.10; λ. ἀργυρᾶ “PMag.Par.” 1.258.)]
5 λ. πρίονος blade of a saw, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 47.14.5.)]
6 λεπίδες (i.e. χιόνος) snow-flakes, conjecture in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.14.13, “CP” 5.12.11.)]