Strong G4673σορός
bier
- Transliteration
- soros
- Pronunciation
- sor-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably akin to the base of G4987; a funereal receptacle (urn coffin) that is (by analogy) a bier: - bier.
Detailed definition
σορός, -οῦ, ἡ
[in LXX: Gen.50:26 (אָרוֹן), Job.21:32 A *;]
__(a) a cinerary urn (Hom.);
__(b) a coffin (Hdt., i, 68, 3, a1.): Luk.7:14.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Gen.50:26 (אָרוֹן), Job.21:32 A *;]
__(a) a cinerary urn (Hom.);
__(b) a coffin (Hdt., i, 68, 3, a1.): Luk.7:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4673 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bier1
First verses
- Luke 7:14And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σορός, ἡ,
vessel for holding human remains, cinerary urn, ὣς δὲ καὶ ὀστέα νῶϊν ὁμὴ σ. ἀμφικαλύπτοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.91)]; coffin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68, 2.78, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 691, “Lys.” 600, etc.)]; of stone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Igne” 46, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.124: proverbial, τὸν ἕτερον πόδα ἐν τῇ σ. ἔχειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 78)]; bier, [NT+3rd c.AD+ (NT.Luke.7.14, “PLond.” 1.121.236 (3rd c.AD).)]
II as nickname of an old man or woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1365, 3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.580c.)]
III αἱ δημόσιαι σ. uncertain meaning in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PLips.” 86.11 (4th c.AD).)]
vessel for holding human remains, cinerary urn, ὣς δὲ καὶ ὀστέα νῶϊν ὁμὴ σ. ἀμφικαλύπτοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.91)]; coffin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68, 2.78, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 691, “Lys.” 600, etc.)]; of stone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Igne” 46, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.124: proverbial, τὸν ἕτερον πόδα ἐν τῇ σ. ἔχειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 78)]; bier, [NT+3rd c.AD+ (NT.Luke.7.14, “PLond.” 1.121.236 (3rd c.AD).)]
II as nickname of an old man or woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1365, 3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.580c.)]
III αἱ δημόσιαι σ. uncertain meaning in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PLips.” 86.11 (4th c.AD).)]