Strong G3452μυελός
marrow
- Transliteration
- muelos
- Pronunciation
- moo-el-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Perhaps a primary word; the marrow: - marrow.
Detailed definition
μυελός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX: Gen.45:18 (חֶלֶב), Job.21:24 (מֹחַ) Job.33:24 *;]
marrow: Heb.4:12.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Gen.45:18 (חֶלֶב), Job.21:24 (מֹחַ) Job.33:24 *;]
marrow: Heb.4:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3452 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- marrow1
First verses
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
μυελός, ὁ,
marrow, μυελὸς αὖτε σφονδυλίων ἔκπαλθ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.482, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 73bf, 91b, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.2.6, etc.: _plural_, 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 100b)]; brain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 781, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 8.4)]; μ. ῥαχίτης spinal cord, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 499; μ. νωτιαῖος Diocl.fragment 141.)]
2 fat, χηνὸς μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 109, +others)]
3 marrow as good food, ἐπὶ γούνασι πατρὸς μυελὸν οἶον ἔδεσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.501 (but ἄλφιτα μ. ἀνδρῶν)], as becoming or making marrow, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.290, compare 20.108): _metaphorically_, φάγεσθε τὸν μ. τῆς γῆς LXX.Gen.45.18.)]
4 metaphorically, νεαρὸς μ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 76 (_anapaest meter_))]; πρὸς ἄκρον μ. ψυχῆς marrow, inmost part, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 255 (_anapaest meter_))]; Τρινακρίας μ., of Syracuse, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 28.18.)]
5 generally, soft, marrow-like meat, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 186.10. [ῡ always in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]: ῠ always in Attic dialect; so also in the derivation words.]
marrow, μυελὸς αὖτε σφονδυλίων ἔκπαλθ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.482, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 73bf, 91b, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.2.6, etc.: _plural_, 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 100b)]; brain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 781, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 8.4)]; μ. ῥαχίτης spinal cord, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 499; μ. νωτιαῖος Diocl.fragment 141.)]
2 fat, χηνὸς μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 109, +others)]
3 marrow as good food, ἐπὶ γούνασι πατρὸς μυελὸν οἶον ἔδεσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.501 (but ἄλφιτα μ. ἀνδρῶν)], as becoming or making marrow, [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.290, compare 20.108): _metaphorically_, φάγεσθε τὸν μ. τῆς γῆς LXX.Gen.45.18.)]
4 metaphorically, νεαρὸς μ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 76 (_anapaest meter_))]; πρὸς ἄκρον μ. ψυχῆς marrow, inmost part, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 255 (_anapaest meter_))]; Τρινακρίας μ., of Syracuse, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 28.18.)]
5 generally, soft, marrow-like meat, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 186.10. [ῡ always in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)]: ῠ always in Attic dialect; so also in the derivation words.]