Strong G4719στάχυς
head of grain
- Transliteration
- stachus
- Pronunciation
- stakh'-oos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From the base of G2476; a head of grain (as standing out from the stalk): - ear (of corn).
Detailed definition
στάχυς, -υος, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for שִׁבֹּל;]
an ear of corn: Mat.12:1, Mrk.2:23 4:28, Luk.6:1.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שִׁבֹּל;]
an ear of corn: Mat.12:1, Mrk.2:23 4:28, Luk.6:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4719 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- corn3
- ear1
First verses
- Matthew 12:1At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
- Mark 2:23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
- Mark 4:28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
- Luke 6:1And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
στάχυς [στᾰχῡς
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 5, but στᾰχῠν 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 130, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.688])], υος, ὁ: plural στάχυες [Refs (“IG” 12.280.78,22)].1424a333, etc.; Epic dialect dative σταχύεσσιν [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.598; _accusative_ στάχῡς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 393, “OGI” 56.68 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC), but στάχυας LXX.Gen.41.7, etc:)]—ear of corn, in plural, Il.[same place], [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 473, NT.Matt.12.1, etc.)]; τοὺς ὑπερέχοντας τῶν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284a30: in _sing._, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 761, “fragment” 304.7, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 395, and freq in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, “Hec.” 593, +others: _metaphorically_, σ. ἄτης 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 821)]; ἐκ καλάμης.. στάχυες, of Bacchylides' poems, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 4.1.34 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus):—of the Theban Σπαρτοί, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 939, “HF” 5, “Ba.” 264)]; of the crop reaped by Cleon in capturing the Spartans at Sphacteria, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 393)]; βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 757.6.)]
2 generally, scion, progeny, σ. ἄρσην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 360.22, compare 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 214)]; δισσὸν Βορέον σ. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 218; τέκνων 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 6.304; Ἰνδῶν 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 18.267)]; Ἑλλάδος ἀμώων ἄγαμον σ. [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.362.25.)]
3 name of the chief star in the constellation Virgo, Spica Virginis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 97, 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 7.5: in _plural_, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.134.)]
II lower part of the abdomen, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 50.26 at Title Page, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.168, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 194.4, 410.17.)]
III base horehound, Stachys germanica, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.106, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 24.136.)]
IV νάρδου στάχυς,= ναρδόσταχυς, [Refs (“Geoponica” 7.13.1)]; ὁ τῆς νάρδου σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.267.)]
V surgical bandage, 'spica' bandage, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.46 at Title Page, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).814.)]
VI παρὰ τοῖς ναυπηγοῖς τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς φάλαγγος μεριζόμενον, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
VII = Heb. shibboleth, [LXX (LXX.Judg.12.6.)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 5, but στᾰχῠν 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 130, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.688])], υος, ὁ: plural στάχυες [Refs (“IG” 12.280.78,22)].1424a333, etc.; Epic dialect dative σταχύεσσιν [LXX+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.598; _accusative_ στάχῡς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 393, “OGI” 56.68 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC), but στάχυας LXX.Gen.41.7, etc:)]—ear of corn, in plural, Il.[same place], [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 473, NT.Matt.12.1, etc.)]; τοὺς ὑπερέχοντας τῶν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284a30: in _sing._, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 761, “fragment” 304.7, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 395, and freq in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, “Hec.” 593, +others: _metaphorically_, σ. ἄτης 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 821)]; ἐκ καλάμης.. στάχυες, of Bacchylides' poems, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 4.1.34 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus):—of the Theban Σπαρτοί, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 939, “HF” 5, “Ba.” 264)]; of the crop reaped by Cleon in capturing the Spartans at Sphacteria, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 393)]; βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 757.6.)]
2 generally, scion, progeny, σ. ἄρσην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 360.22, compare 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 214)]; δισσὸν Βορέον σ. [Refs 4th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 218; τέκνων 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 6.304; Ἰνδῶν 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 18.267)]; Ἑλλάδος ἀμώων ἄγαμον σ. [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.362.25.)]
3 name of the chief star in the constellation Virgo, Spica Virginis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 97, 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 7.5: in _plural_, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.134.)]
II lower part of the abdomen, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 50.26 at Title Page, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.168, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 194.4, 410.17.)]
III base horehound, Stachys germanica, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.106, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 24.136.)]
IV νάρδου στάχυς,= ναρδόσταχυς, [Refs (“Geoponica” 7.13.1)]; ὁ τῆς νάρδου σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.267.)]
V surgical bandage, 'spica' bandage, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.46 at Title Page, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).814.)]
VI παρὰ τοῖς ναυπηγοῖς τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς φάλαγγος μεριζόμενον, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
VII = Heb. shibboleth, [LXX (LXX.Judg.12.6.)]