Strong G4603σιδήρεος
iron
- Transliteration
- sidēreos
- Pronunciation
- sid-ay'-reh-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G4604; made of iron: - (of) iron.
Detailed definition
σιδήρεος, -α, -ον (-οῦς, -ᾶ -οῦν)
(σίδηρος), [in LXX chiefly for בַּרְזֶל;]
of iron: Act.12:10, Rev.2:27 9:9 12:5 19:15.†
(AS)
(σίδηρος), [in LXX chiefly for בַּרְזֶל;]
of iron: Act.12:10, Rev.2:27 9:9 12:5 19:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4603 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- iron5
First verses
- Acts 12:10When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
- Revelation 2:27And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
- Revelation 9:9And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
- Revelation 12:5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
- Revelation 19:15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σῐδήρ-εος, α,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect η, ον, Attic dialect contraction σιδηροῦς, ᾶ, οῦν [Refs (“SIG” 144.14, etc.)]; Epic dialect also σιδήρειος, η, ον, see below; also late, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Stud.Pal.” 20.217.9 (6th c.AD))] (feminine -ειος[Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Theognostus Grammaticus “Can.” 56))]; Doric dialect σιδάρεος [ᾱ] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).103.114 (Epid., 4th c.BC))], and see below 11, also σιδάριος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 246 ii 67 (Delph., 4th c.BC))]; Aeolic dialect σιδάριος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.24)]:—made of iron or steel, ἄξων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.723; σιδηρείη κορύνη 7.141; πύλαι 8.15; ὑποκρητηρίδιον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.25; σκύταλον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.31)]; χεὶρ σ. grappling-iron, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25, 7.62: also σ. ὀρυμαγδός)], i.e. the clang of arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.424)]; σ. οὐρανός the iron sky, the firmament, which the ancients held to be of metal, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.329 (compare χάλκεος))]; σ. γένος, of the [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Iron” age, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 176.)]
2 metaphorically, ἦ γὰρ σοί γε σ. ἐν φρεσὶ θυμός a soul of iron, i.e. hard, stubborn as iron, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.357, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.172; οὐδέ μοι.. θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι σ., ἀλλ᾽ ἐλεήμων 5.191; οὐδ᾽ εἴ οἱ κραδίη γε σ. ἔνδοθεν ἦεν 4.293; σιδήρειόν νύ τοι ἦτορ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.205, 521)]; ἦ ῥά νυ σοί γε σ. πάντα τέτυκται thou art iron all! [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.280)]; πυρὸς μένος.. σ. the iron force of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.177)]; of Heracles, the ironsided, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 8)]; of men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 491; σὰρξ σ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.47)]; ὦ σιδήρεοι O ye ironhearted! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.166; εἰ μὴ σιδηροῦς ἐστιν, οἴομαι ἔννουν γεγονέναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.20; σ. λόγοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 509a.)]
II σιδάρεοι, οἱ, Byzantine iron coins, always used in Doric dialect form, even at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 249, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 96, 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 36.)]
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect η, ον, Attic dialect contraction σιδηροῦς, ᾶ, οῦν [Refs (“SIG” 144.14, etc.)]; Epic dialect also σιδήρειος, η, ον, see below; also late, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Stud.Pal.” 20.217.9 (6th c.AD))] (feminine -ειος[Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Theognostus Grammaticus “Can.” 56))]; Doric dialect σιδάρεος [ᾱ] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).103.114 (Epid., 4th c.BC))], and see below 11, also σιδάριος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 246 ii 67 (Delph., 4th c.BC))]; Aeolic dialect σιδάριος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.24)]:—made of iron or steel, ἄξων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.723; σιδηρείη κορύνη 7.141; πύλαι 8.15; ὑποκρητηρίδιον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.25; σκύταλον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.31)]; χεὶρ σ. grappling-iron, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25, 7.62: also σ. ὀρυμαγδός)], i.e. the clang of arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.424)]; σ. οὐρανός the iron sky, the firmament, which the ancients held to be of metal, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.329 (compare χάλκεος))]; σ. γένος, of the [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Iron” age, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 176.)]
2 metaphorically, ἦ γὰρ σοί γε σ. ἐν φρεσὶ θυμός a soul of iron, i.e. hard, stubborn as iron, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.357, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.172; οὐδέ μοι.. θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι σ., ἀλλ᾽ ἐλεήμων 5.191; οὐδ᾽ εἴ οἱ κραδίη γε σ. ἔνδοθεν ἦεν 4.293; σιδήρειόν νύ τοι ἦτορ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.205, 521)]; ἦ ῥά νυ σοί γε σ. πάντα τέτυκται thou art iron all! [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.280)]; πυρὸς μένος.. σ. the iron force of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.177)]; of Heracles, the ironsided, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 8)]; of men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 491; σὰρξ σ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.47)]; ὦ σιδήρεοι O ye ironhearted! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.166; εἰ μὴ σιδηροῦς ἐστιν, οἴομαι ἔννουν γεγονέναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.20; σ. λόγοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 509a.)]
II σιδάρεοι, οἱ, Byzantine iron coins, always used in Doric dialect form, even at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 249, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 96, 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 36.)]