Strong G5147τρίβος

path

Transliteration
tribos
Pronunciation
tree'-bos
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From τρίβω tribō (to rub; akin to τείρω teirō τρύω truō and the base of G5131 G5134); a rut or worn track: - path.

Detailed definition

τρίβος, -ου, -ἡ
(τρίβω), [in LXX for מְסִלָּה, נָתִיב, etc.;]
a beaten track, a path: Mat.3:3, Mrk.1:3, Luk.3:4" (LXX).†
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In the Bible

Strong G5147 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • path3

First verses

  1. Matthew 3:3
    For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  2. Mark 1:3
    The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  3. Luke 3:4
    As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τρίβος [ῐ], ἡ,
but ὁ in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1251, 1258, “El.” 103, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 22)]: (τρίβω):— worn or beaten track, ἐν τρίβῳ μάλιστα οἰκημένοι in the path (of the war), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.140. β᾽ (so ἐν τ. τοῦ πολέμου κείμενος 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.34, 11.54); τ. ἁμαξήρης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1251; λεπτὴν τ. ἐξανύσαντες 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.156)]; ἡ τ. τῆς ἀτραποῦ the track of the path, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.49)]; διασχισθέντες [τῆς ὁδοῦ] τρίβῳ τινί by following a track, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.13.)]
2 metaphorically, path, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (hymnus ad Mercurium 448; ποίην τις βιότοιο τάμοι τρίβο; “Anthologia Graeca” 9.359 (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus); βιότου τ. ὁδεύειν “Anacreontea” 38.2; ποίην τις πρὸς ἔρωτας ἴοι τρίβο; “Anthologia Graeca” 5.301.1 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus); τῆς αἰτίας ἴχνος καὶ τ.)]track, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.68o f: _plural_, τρίβοι ἐρώτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1042 (Lyric poetry).)]
II rubbing, attrition, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 391 (Lyric poetry))]; τ. κρηπῖδος the rubbing of a shoe, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.12.)]
II.2 socket, friction-joint, ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ βραχίονος.. τρίβον ἑωυτῇ πεποιημένη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 7, compare 55; τὸ ἔθος τρίβον ποιεῖ [prev. author] “Mochl.” 41)]; area of friction or pressure of a bandage, [Refs ([prev. author] “Off.” 8.)]
II.3 delay, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 197 (Lyric poetry).)]
III bodily exercise, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 592 (_plural_).)]