Strong G4725στέμμα
wreath
- Transliteration
- stemma
- Pronunciation
- stem'-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From the base of G4735; a wreath for show: - garland.
Detailed definition
στέμμα, -τος, τό
(στέφω, to put around, enwreath)
a wreath, garland: as used in sacrifices, Act.14:13.†
(AS)
(στέφω, to put around, enwreath)
a wreath, garland: as used in sacrifices, Act.14:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4725 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- garland1
First verses
- Acts 14:13Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
στέμμα, ατος, τό,
(στέφω) mostly in plural (singular in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 948))], wreath, garland, chaplet, especially of the priest's laurel-wreath, wound round a staff, στέμματ᾽ ἔχων ἐν χερσὶ.. χρυσέῳ ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.14, 373)]; σκῆπτρον καὶ σ. θεοῖο[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 28, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 894)]; sometimes worn on the head, σ. ἐπὶ τῶν κεφαλῶν ἐχούσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 617c)]; Φοῖβος ἔλακεν ἐκ τῶν σ. from shrine with chaplcts decked, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 39, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1310, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.133)]; used in sacrificial ceremony, στέμμασι πυκασθείς (of victim) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.197, compare “SIG” 1025.31 (Cos, 4th-3rd c.BC))]; σ. πάλας, as a prize, [Refs (“epigram Gr.” 247 (from Mysia); στέμματ᾽ Ὀλυμπιάδων [prev. work]881 (from Cyzicus), etc.)]; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν στεμμάτων an official connected with the crowns of office of magistrates (compare στεπτικός, στέφανος), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFay.” 87i10 (2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 2130.7 (3rd c.AD),compare “PRyl.” 77.28 (2nd c.AD).)]
2 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 3 says the στέμματα)] were wreaths of wool wound round the olive-branch; hence στέμματα ξήνασ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 12.)]
II in plural, στέμματα pedigrees, family trees, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 1)]; Latin stemmata quid faciunt? [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Juvenalis, D. Junius Poeta Latinus 8.1, compare 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 35.6.)]
II.2 guild, [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3995b (from Iconium);= φυλή, [prev. work]9897 (Smyrna, Jewish); ὑπὲρ φιλοκυνηγῶν τοῦ σ)]. guild of huntsmen, [Refs (“Supp.epigram” 3.499 (from Philippi).)]
(στέφω) mostly in plural (singular in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.28, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 948))], wreath, garland, chaplet, especially of the priest's laurel-wreath, wound round a staff, στέμματ᾽ ἔχων ἐν χερσὶ.. χρυσέῳ ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.14, 373)]; σκῆπτρον καὶ σ. θεοῖο[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 28, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 894)]; sometimes worn on the head, σ. ἐπὶ τῶν κεφαλῶν ἐχούσας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 617c)]; Φοῖβος ἔλακεν ἐκ τῶν σ. from shrine with chaplcts decked, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 39, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1310, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.133)]; used in sacrificial ceremony, στέμμασι πυκασθείς (of victim) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.197, compare “SIG” 1025.31 (Cos, 4th-3rd c.BC))]; σ. πάλας, as a prize, [Refs (“epigram Gr.” 247 (from Mysia); στέμματ᾽ Ὀλυμπιάδων [prev. work]881 (from Cyzicus), etc.)]; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν στεμμάτων an official connected with the crowns of office of magistrates (compare στεπτικός, στέφανος), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFay.” 87i10 (2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 2130.7 (3rd c.AD),compare “PRyl.” 77.28 (2nd c.AD).)]
2 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 3 says the στέμματα)] were wreaths of wool wound round the olive-branch; hence στέμματα ξήνασ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 12.)]
II in plural, στέμματα pedigrees, family trees, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 1)]; Latin stemmata quid faciunt? [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Juvenalis, D. Junius Poeta Latinus 8.1, compare 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 35.6.)]
II.2 guild, [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3995b (from Iconium);= φυλή, [prev. work]9897 (Smyrna, Jewish); ὑπὲρ φιλοκυνηγῶν τοῦ σ)]. guild of huntsmen, [Refs (“Supp.epigram” 3.499 (from Philippi).)]