Strong G4744στίλβω
to shine
- Transliteration
- stilbō
- Pronunciation
- stil'-bo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Apparently a primary verb; to gleam that is flash intensely: - shining.
Detailed definition
στίλβω
[in LXX: Nam.3:3 (לַהַב), etc.;]
to shine, glisten: Mrk.9:3.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Nam.3:3 (לַהַב), etc.;]
to shine, glisten: Mrk.9:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4744 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shin1
First verses
- Mark 9:3And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
στίλβ-ω,
chiefly present and imperfect: aorist ἔστιλψα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 2.2, 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.25)]:—glitter, gleam, of polished or bright surfaces, χιτῶνας.. ἦκα στίλβοντας ἐλαίῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.596; κάλλεΐ τε στίλβων καὶ εἵμασιν 3.392; κάλλεϊ καὶ χάρισι στίλβων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.237)]; λαμπραὶ δ᾽ ἀκτῖνες ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ αἰγλῆεν στίλβουσι beam from him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Hymni Homerici” 31.11; ὀμμάτων στίλβειν ἄτο.. φλόγα 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 17.55)]; σ. ὅπλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1146)]; ἰδὼν στίλβοντα τὰ λάβδα, i.e. the λ upon the Spartan shields, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 359; σ. νῶτον πτερύγοιν χρυσαῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 697; σ. ἄνθει.. ἐπωμίδας 5th c.BC: Achaeus Tragicus 4.3; σ. ἐν χρωμάτων ποικιλίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 110d, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 77; ἱμάτια στίλβοντα NT.Mark.9.3: _absolutely_, of gold, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59b)]; of sleek horses, σ. ὥστε κύκνου πτερόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 618)]; of brilliant complexion, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.79, etc.)]; of water in motion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 370a18)]; of the white gleam on the eye, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HA” 561a32, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.610; ὁρᾶν τῷ στίλβοντι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 26)]; of fixed stars, opposed to planets (exc. Mercury, see at {στίλβων}), twinkle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 78a30, “Cael.” 290a18: c._accusative_ _cognate_, σ. ἀστραπάς)] flash lightning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 480: _metaphorically_, σ. ὁμηλικίην ἐρατεινήν 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 1115.)]
2 metaphorically, shine, be bright, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 194 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II transitive,= στιλπνόω, στίλβει πρόσωπον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.84 (variant for{στιλβοῖ}); στίλψασα τὰς παρειὰς ἐντρίμματι 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor [same place])]
chiefly present and imperfect: aorist ἔστιλψα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 2.2, 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.25)]:—glitter, gleam, of polished or bright surfaces, χιτῶνας.. ἦκα στίλβοντας ἐλαίῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.596; κάλλεΐ τε στίλβων καὶ εἵμασιν 3.392; κάλλεϊ καὶ χάρισι στίλβων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.237)]; λαμπραὶ δ᾽ ἀκτῖνες ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ αἰγλῆεν στίλβουσι beam from him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Hymni Homerici” 31.11; ὀμμάτων στίλβειν ἄτο.. φλόγα 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 17.55)]; σ. ὅπλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1146)]; ἰδὼν στίλβοντα τὰ λάβδα, i.e. the λ upon the Spartan shields, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 359; σ. νῶτον πτερύγοιν χρυσαῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 697; σ. ἄνθει.. ἐπωμίδας 5th c.BC: Achaeus Tragicus 4.3; σ. ἐν χρωμάτων ποικιλίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 110d, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 77; ἱμάτια στίλβοντα NT.Mark.9.3: _absolutely_, of gold, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59b)]; of sleek horses, σ. ὥστε κύκνου πτερόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 618)]; of brilliant complexion, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.79, etc.)]; of water in motion, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 370a18)]; of the white gleam on the eye, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HA” 561a32, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.610; ὁρᾶν τῷ στίλβοντι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 26)]; of fixed stars, opposed to planets (exc. Mercury, see at {στίλβων}), twinkle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 78a30, “Cael.” 290a18: c._accusative_ _cognate_, σ. ἀστραπάς)] flash lightning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 480: _metaphorically_, σ. ὁμηλικίην ἐρατεινήν 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 1115.)]
2 metaphorically, shine, be bright, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 194 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II transitive,= στιλπνόω, στίλβει πρόσωπον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.84 (variant for{στιλβοῖ}); στίλψασα τὰς παρειὰς ἐντρίμματι 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor [same place])]