Strong G4604σίδηρος

iron

Transliteration
sidēros
Pronunciation
sid'-ay-ros
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

Of uncertain derivation; iron: - iron.

Detailed definition

σίδηρος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for בַּרְזֶל;]
iron: Rev.18:12.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4604 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • iron1

First verses

  1. Revelation 18:12
    The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σίδηρος [ῐ],
Doric dialect σίδᾱρος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).102.61 (Epid., 4th c.BC))], etc.: ; also ἡ, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 923)]: neuter σίδηρον, τό, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Scholia D 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.151, variant in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.65 and 3rd c.BC: Daimachus Historicus 4J.)] (but probably falsa lectio for{σιδήριον} in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.72, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {Ἀκίς}): _plural_ σίδηρα 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.12, “Etymologicum Magnum” 26.36, 12th c.AD: Tzetzes, Joannes Grammaticus (see. below))]: —iron, σ. πολιός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.366, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.168; ἰόεις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.850; μέλας 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 151; αἴθων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.485, +others; πολύκμητος 6.48, +others, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.393)]; as an article of traffic, οἰνίζοντο.. Ἀχαιοί, ἄλλοι μὲν χαλκῷ, ἄλλοι δ᾽ αἴθωνι σ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.473; πλέων.. μετὰ χαλκόν· ἄγω δ᾽ αἴθωνα σίδηρον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.184)]; χαλκός τε χρυσός τε πολύκμητός τε σ., of treasures, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.133, +others)]; as a prize, [Refs (23.261, 850)]; Σκύθης σ., because brought from the Euxine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 818; ὁ πόντιος ξεῖνος.. θηκτὸς σ. [prev. work] 942 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 frequently as a symbol of hardness [Refs (compare (σιδήρεος 1.2))], or of stubborn force, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.372, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.494)]; ὀφθαλμοὶ ὡσεὶ κέρα ἕστασαν ἠὲ σ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (. [prev. work] 211; οὔ σφι λίθος χρὼς οὐδὲ σ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.510; ἐκ σ. κεχάλκευται.. καρδίαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 123.4, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 658; ἦσθα πέτρος ἢ σ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1279 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 666c)]; also of firmness, steadfastness, πέτρης ὅ γ᾽ ἔχων νόον ἠὲ σ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 4.44, compare 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 5.22.)]
II anything made of iron, iron tool or implement, for husbandry, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.485, compare 23.834)]: also of weapons, arrow-head, [Refs (4.123)]; sword or knife, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (18.34, 23.30; αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐφέλκεται ἄνδρα σ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.294, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 966 (Lyric poetry))]; axe-head, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.587)]: generally, arms, οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι σ. κατέθεντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6; ὅπλοις τε καὶ σιδήρῳ διώξειν “OGI” 532.25 (Galatia, 1st c.BC))]: also, knife, sickle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 387)]: plural, fishing-hooks, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.49)]; irons, fetters, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.12, 12th c.AD: Tzetzes, Joannes Grammaticus “Historiarum variarum chiliades” 13.302)]; compare σιδήριον.
III place for selling iron, smithy or cutler's shop, ἀγαγόντα εἰς τὸν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.7.)]