Strong G4737στεφανόω
to crown
- Transliteration
- stephanoō
- Pronunciation
- stef-an-o'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G4735; to adorn with an honorary wreath (literally or figuratively): - crown.
Detailed definition
στεφανόω, -ῶ
(στέφανος), [in LXX for עָטַר;]
with accusative of person(s),
to crown: of a victor, 2Ti.2:5. Metaphorical, δόξῃ κ. τιμῇ, Heb.2:7, 9" (LXX).†
(AS)
(στέφανος), [in LXX for עָטַר;]
with accusative of person(s),
to crown: of a victor, 2Ti.2:5. Metaphorical, δόξῃ κ. τιμῇ, Heb.2:7, 9" (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4737 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- crown2
- be1
- crownedst1
First verses
- 2 Timothy 2:5And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
- Hebrews 2:7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
- Hebrews 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
στεφᾰν-όω,
middle, Syracusan 2nd pers. singular imperative στεφάνουσο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Scholia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.42)]:—passive, future -ώσομαι[Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.496 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]; -ωθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.20, +others, “PCair.Zen.” 60.7 (3rd c.BC):)]
I used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)] only in passive, to be put round in a circle or as a rim or border, and hence to be put round, ἣν περὶ μὲν πάντῃ Φόβος ἐστεφάνωται round about the aegis is Terror wreathed, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.739; τῇ δ᾽ ἐπὶ μὲν Γοργὼ ἐστεφάνωτο 11.36)]; ἀμφὶ δέ μιν θυόεν νέφος ἐστεφάνωτο all round about him was a cloud, [Refs (15.153)]; νῆσον, τὴν πέρι πόντος ἐστεφάνωται the sea lies round about the island, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.195: rarely with _accusative_, τείρεα, τά τ᾽ οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται)] constellations which heaven has all round it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.485, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 382, “IG” 42(1).129.9 (Epid.))]; of a crowd of spectators surrounding a dancing-floor, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ὅμιλος ἀπείριτος ἐστεφάνωτο [Refs (“hymnus ad Venerem” 120)]; περὶ δ᾽ ὄλβος ἀπείριτος ἐστεφάνωτο around were.. riches in a circle placed, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 204)]: so in later Epic dialect, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1214, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 5.99, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 45, etc.: also in)]active, περίτροχον ἐστεφάνωσαν αἱμασιήν made a fence round, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.90.)]
I.2 to be surrounded, ἐστεφανωμένος τιάραν μυρσίνῃ having his tiara wreathed with myrtle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132)]; πεδία ἐστεφάνωται ὄρεσιν are surrounded by.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 19; ὅπλοισιν πόλις epigram cited in 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.15.6; χθὼν ἅτε νῆσος -ωται 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 4)]: so in active, [Βαβυλῶνα] τείχεσιν ἐστεφάνωσεν [Refs ([prev. author] 1006.)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] in active, crown, wreathe, χαίταν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 14.24)]; Ὀρέστην σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 924; κρᾶτα κισσίνοις βλαστήμασιν [prev. author] “Ba.” 177; στεφάνοις [prev. work] 101 (Lyric poetry))]; with genitive, πίτυος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 2.31; σ. τινὰ ὡς σωτῆρα 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.45; τὸν νικῶντα θαλλῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 946b; νῖκαι σ. τινά 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.21)]; of crowning a corpse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 538; a tomb, “IG” 12.1037, “Sammelb.” 7457.10 (3rd-2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 22, “PLips.” 30.2 (3rd c.AD))]; ships, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.981e)]; of the nuptial crown, [LXX (LXX.Cant.3.11)]; κατηρῶντο τοῖς ἐστεφανωμένοις newly wedded couples, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 33.29)]; στεφανοῦν εὐαγγέλια crown one for good tidings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 647)]; στεφανοῦσα, title of a statue by Praxiteles (see. στέφω [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (111), compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.534d)]:—passive, to be crowned or rewarded with a crown, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.55, 8.59, “PCair.Zen.” [same place], NT.2Tim.2.5; ἐλαίᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.13; ποίᾳ [prev. author] “P.” 8.19; φυτὸν στεφανούμενος 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 1.5; σ. καὶ ἀνακηρύττεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.18)]:—middle, crown oneself, στεφανωσαμένη δρυῒ καὶ.. σπείραισι δρακόντων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 535 (_anapaest meter_); στεφανοῦσθε κισσῷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 106 (Lyric poetry); στεφανωσάμενος καλάμῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1006)]; στεφανωσάμενος αὐτόν (i.e. τὸν στέφανον) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 40; στεφανοῦνται τῶν ἀνθέων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 12a. 2; τῆς πίτυος 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 9.10)]: also absolutely, of one going to sacrifice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.80; τῷ θεῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.21)]; at a festival, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1145, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 518.15, etc.)]; win a crown, of the victor at the games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.15, 81, 12.17, “N.” 6.19)]:—passive, with double accusative, ἐστεφανώθη Ἐλεύθερος.. Ἁδριάνεια πάλην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“IG” 22.2087.64 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.2 crown as an honour or reward [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare (στέφανος 11.2b), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.193, 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 239, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 84, “IG” 22.212.30 (4th c.BC), etc.)]; reward by a gift of money, etc. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare (στέφανος 11.5), Καλλισθένην ἑκατὸν μναῖς 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator “fragment” 19, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.53, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 16; σ. τινὰ πεντακοσίοις ἀργυρίου ταλάντοις, χιλίοις δὲ λιβανωτοῦ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 13.9.5: also ἐστεφανωκότος.. τὰς δυνάμεις χρυσῶν μυριάδων τριάκοντα)] Gauthier et Sottas Décret trilingue en l' honneur de Ptolémée IV [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (p.67 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.3 metaphorically, confer glory upon, decorate, honour, τινὰ μολπᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.100; τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ἤθεσι χρηστοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 959)]; ἀπὸ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων τὴν πόλιν (by a victory in the games) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.26; Ἑλλάδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1030, compare 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 4 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; ἔργοις γένος “TAM” 1.44 (from Xanthus))]; [τὸ ῥόδον] ἐγκωμίῳ [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 51; ἀριστείοις 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.32; πανοπλίᾳ [prev. author] 20.84)]:—passive, σοφίας ἀριστεῖα ἐστεφανοῦτο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 10.4.)]
II.4 crown or honour with libations, σ. τύμβον αἵματι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 126 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.5 crown with the badge of office, especially of persons sacrificing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.8)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.40)]; of magistrates in office, ὁ ἐστεφανωμένος ἄρχων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.17; βούλεται -ωθῆναι ἐξηγητείαν “PRyl.” 77.37 (2nd c.AD).)]
middle, Syracusan 2nd pers. singular imperative στεφάνουσο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Scholia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.42)]:—passive, future -ώσομαι[Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.496 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]; -ωθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.20, +others, “PCair.Zen.” 60.7 (3rd c.BC):)]
I used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)] only in passive, to be put round in a circle or as a rim or border, and hence to be put round, ἣν περὶ μὲν πάντῃ Φόβος ἐστεφάνωται round about the aegis is Terror wreathed, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.739; τῇ δ᾽ ἐπὶ μὲν Γοργὼ ἐστεφάνωτο 11.36)]; ἀμφὶ δέ μιν θυόεν νέφος ἐστεφάνωτο all round about him was a cloud, [Refs (15.153)]; νῆσον, τὴν πέρι πόντος ἐστεφάνωται the sea lies round about the island, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.195: rarely with _accusative_, τείρεα, τά τ᾽ οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται)] constellations which heaven has all round it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.485, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 382, “IG” 42(1).129.9 (Epid.))]; of a crowd of spectators surrounding a dancing-floor, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ὅμιλος ἀπείριτος ἐστεφάνωτο [Refs (“hymnus ad Venerem” 120)]; περὶ δ᾽ ὄλβος ἀπείριτος ἐστεφάνωτο around were.. riches in a circle placed, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 204)]: so in later Epic dialect, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1214, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 5.99, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 45, etc.: also in)]active, περίτροχον ἐστεφάνωσαν αἱμασιήν made a fence round, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.90.)]
I.2 to be surrounded, ἐστεφανωμένος τιάραν μυρσίνῃ having his tiara wreathed with myrtle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132)]; πεδία ἐστεφάνωται ὄρεσιν are surrounded by.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 19; ὅπλοισιν πόλις epigram cited in 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.15.6; χθὼν ἅτε νῆσος -ωται 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 4)]: so in active, [Βαβυλῶνα] τείχεσιν ἐστεφάνωσεν [Refs ([prev. author] 1006.)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] in active, crown, wreathe, χαίταν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 14.24)]; Ὀρέστην σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 924; κρᾶτα κισσίνοις βλαστήμασιν [prev. author] “Ba.” 177; στεφάνοις [prev. work] 101 (Lyric poetry))]; with genitive, πίτυος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 2.31; σ. τινὰ ὡς σωτῆρα 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.45; τὸν νικῶντα θαλλῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 946b; νῖκαι σ. τινά 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.21)]; of crowning a corpse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 538; a tomb, “IG” 12.1037, “Sammelb.” 7457.10 (3rd-2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 22, “PLips.” 30.2 (3rd c.AD))]; ships, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.981e)]; of the nuptial crown, [LXX (LXX.Cant.3.11)]; κατηρῶντο τοῖς ἐστεφανωμένοις newly wedded couples, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 33.29)]; στεφανοῦν εὐαγγέλια crown one for good tidings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 647)]; στεφανοῦσα, title of a statue by Praxiteles (see. στέφω [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (111), compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.534d)]:—passive, to be crowned or rewarded with a crown, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.55, 8.59, “PCair.Zen.” [same place], NT.2Tim.2.5; ἐλαίᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.13; ποίᾳ [prev. author] “P.” 8.19; φυτὸν στεφανούμενος 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 1.5; σ. καὶ ἀνακηρύττεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.18)]:—middle, crown oneself, στεφανωσαμένη δρυῒ καὶ.. σπείραισι δρακόντων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 535 (_anapaest meter_); στεφανοῦσθε κισσῷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 106 (Lyric poetry); στεφανωσάμενος καλάμῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1006)]; στεφανωσάμενος αὐτόν (i.e. τὸν στέφανον) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 40; στεφανοῦνται τῶν ἀνθέων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 12a. 2; τῆς πίτυος 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 9.10)]: also absolutely, of one going to sacrifice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.80; τῷ θεῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.21)]; at a festival, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1145, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 518.15, etc.)]; win a crown, of the victor at the games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.15, 81, 12.17, “N.” 6.19)]:—passive, with double accusative, ἐστεφανώθη Ἐλεύθερος.. Ἁδριάνεια πάλην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“IG” 22.2087.64 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.2 crown as an honour or reward [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare (στέφανος 11.2b), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.193, 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 239, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 84, “IG” 22.212.30 (4th c.BC), etc.)]; reward by a gift of money, etc. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare (στέφανος 11.5), Καλλισθένην ἑκατὸν μναῖς 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator “fragment” 19, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.53, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 16; σ. τινὰ πεντακοσίοις ἀργυρίου ταλάντοις, χιλίοις δὲ λιβανωτοῦ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 13.9.5: also ἐστεφανωκότος.. τὰς δυνάμεις χρυσῶν μυριάδων τριάκοντα)] Gauthier et Sottas Décret trilingue en l' honneur de Ptolémée IV [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (p.67 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.3 metaphorically, confer glory upon, decorate, honour, τινὰ μολπᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.100; τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ἤθεσι χρηστοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 959)]; ἀπὸ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων τὴν πόλιν (by a victory in the games) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.26; Ἑλλάδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1030, compare 5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 4 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; ἔργοις γένος “TAM” 1.44 (from Xanthus))]; [τὸ ῥόδον] ἐγκωμίῳ [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 51; ἀριστείοις 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.32; πανοπλίᾳ [prev. author] 20.84)]:—passive, σοφίας ἀριστεῖα ἐστεφανοῦτο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 10.4.)]
II.4 crown or honour with libations, σ. τύμβον αἵματι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 126 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.5 crown with the badge of office, especially of persons sacrificing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.8)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.40)]; of magistrates in office, ὁ ἐστεφανωμένος ἄρχων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.17; βούλεται -ωθῆναι ἐξηγητείαν “PRyl.” 77.37 (2nd c.AD).)]