Strong G5164τροχός
course/wheel
- Transliteration
- trochos
- Pronunciation
- trokh-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G5143; a wheel (as a runner) that is (figuratively) a circuit of physical effects: - course.
Detailed definition
τροχός, -οῦ, τό
(τρέχω), [in LXX chiefly for אוֹפָן;]
a wheel: Jas.3:6 (see Mayor, Hort, in l).†
(AS)
(τρέχω), [in LXX chiefly for אוֹפָן;]
a wheel: Jas.3:6 (see Mayor, Hort, in l).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5164 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- course1
First verses
- James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
τροχός, ὁ,
(τρέχω) wheel, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.42, 23.394, etc.; γῆ ἐπημαξευμένη τροχοῖσιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 252)]; ἐν πτερόεντι τ... κυλινδόμενον, of Ixion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.22)]; τροχοὺς μιμεῖσθαι to imitate wheels, of one who bends back so as to form a wheel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.22, 7.3: _metaphorically_ of fortune, πότμος ἐν.. θεοῦ τροχῷ κυκλεῖται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 871; also μανίας τροχῷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Pirith.Oxy.” 2078 “fragment” 1.14.)]
2 potter's wheel, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.600)]; τροχῷ ἐλαθεὶς [λύχνος] (compare τροχήλατος) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 4; τροχοῦ ῥύμαισι τευκτὸν.. κύτος 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 52.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 420e.)]
3 wheel of a stage-machine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 188)]; also of a water-wheel, ὁ τ. τῆς μηχανῆς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1292.13 (1st c.AD))]; τ. καὶ μηχανή [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PSI” 9.1072.9 (3rd c.AD).)]
4 wheel of torture, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 21.9; ἐπὶ τοῦ τ. στρεβλοῦσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 875, “Lys.” 846, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.40; ἕλκεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 452; ἐπὶ τὸν τ. ἀναβῆναι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.40; ἀναβιβάζειν τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸν τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.43; ἐν τῷ τ. ἐνδεδεμένον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.509c)]; τῷ τ. προσηλοῦν ['Ιξίονα] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work]19e,compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 6.5.)]
5 rotating wheels used in sieges as a defence against projectiles, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.45.)]
II child's hoop, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.26.5, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.106.)]
III round cake, κηροῖο, στέατος τ., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.173, 21.178)]; τ. ἡλίου the sun's disk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 17 (see. infr. B))]; coil of a serpent, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 136.)]
III.2 large pill [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (compare (τροχίσκος 2), 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.65, “POxy.” 2144.25 (3rd c.AD).)]
IV θαλάττης γῆς τε τ. circles or zones of land and sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 113d, compare 115c, 116a, 117c.f, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 39.)]
V circuit of a wall or fortification, Κυκλώπιος τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 227, cf. Scholia A 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 681a (see. facsim. fol. 175v).)]
VI ring playing on the bit of a bridle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 10.6, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.184.)]
VI.2 ring for passing a rope through, on board ship, [Refs ([prev. work] 94.)]
VII whirlwind, [LXX (LXX.Psa.76(77).18.)]
VIII washpot (?), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).671.)]
IX a fish or sea-monster (Latin rota, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 9.8), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 13.20.)]
X metaphorically, ὁ τ. τῆς γενέσεως [NT+6th c.AD+ (NT.Jam.3.6; ὁ τῆς εἱμαρμένης τε καὶ γενέσεως τ. 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 377.14.)]
B τρόχος, ὁ, circular race, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.63, 3.68, “Insomn.” 89)]; μὴ πολλοὺς τ. ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου not many racing courses of the sun, i.e. not many days (codices τροχούς wheels), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1065; παῖδες ἐκ τρόχων πεπαυμένοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 46.)]
B.2 place for running, race-course, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 1133 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.II an animal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Herodorus Historicus 58J. (1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.131 V. distinguished the two senses as above.))]
(τρέχω) wheel, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.42, 23.394, etc.; γῆ ἐπημαξευμένη τροχοῖσιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 252)]; ἐν πτερόεντι τ... κυλινδόμενον, of Ixion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.22)]; τροχοὺς μιμεῖσθαι to imitate wheels, of one who bends back so as to form a wheel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.22, 7.3: _metaphorically_ of fortune, πότμος ἐν.. θεοῦ τροχῷ κυκλεῖται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 871; also μανίας τροχῷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Pirith.Oxy.” 2078 “fragment” 1.14.)]
2 potter's wheel, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.600)]; τροχῷ ἐλαθεὶς [λύχνος] (compare τροχήλατος) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 4; τροχοῦ ῥύμαισι τευκτὸν.. κύτος 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 52.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 420e.)]
3 wheel of a stage-machine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 188)]; also of a water-wheel, ὁ τ. τῆς μηχανῆς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1292.13 (1st c.AD))]; τ. καὶ μηχανή [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PSI” 9.1072.9 (3rd c.AD).)]
4 wheel of torture, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 21.9; ἐπὶ τοῦ τ. στρεβλοῦσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 875, “Lys.” 846, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.40; ἕλκεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 452; ἐπὶ τὸν τ. ἀναβῆναι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.40; ἀναβιβάζειν τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸν τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.43; ἐν τῷ τ. ἐνδεδεμένον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.509c)]; τῷ τ. προσηλοῦν ['Ιξίονα] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work]19e,compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 6.5.)]
5 rotating wheels used in sieges as a defence against projectiles, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.45.)]
II child's hoop, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.26.5, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.106.)]
III round cake, κηροῖο, στέατος τ., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.173, 21.178)]; τ. ἡλίου the sun's disk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 17 (see. infr. B))]; coil of a serpent, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 136.)]
III.2 large pill [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (compare (τροχίσκος 2), 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.65, “POxy.” 2144.25 (3rd c.AD).)]
IV θαλάττης γῆς τε τ. circles or zones of land and sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 113d, compare 115c, 116a, 117c.f, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 39.)]
V circuit of a wall or fortification, Κυκλώπιος τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 227, cf. Scholia A 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 681a (see. facsim. fol. 175v).)]
VI ring playing on the bit of a bridle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 10.6, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.184.)]
VI.2 ring for passing a rope through, on board ship, [Refs ([prev. work] 94.)]
VII whirlwind, [LXX (LXX.Psa.76(77).18.)]
VIII washpot (?), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).671.)]
IX a fish or sea-monster (Latin rota, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 9.8), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 13.20.)]
X metaphorically, ὁ τ. τῆς γενέσεως [NT+6th c.AD+ (NT.Jam.3.6; ὁ τῆς εἱμαρμένης τε καὶ γενέσεως τ. 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 377.14.)]
B τρόχος, ὁ, circular race, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.63, 3.68, “Insomn.” 89)]; μὴ πολλοὺς τ. ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου not many racing courses of the sun, i.e. not many days (codices τροχούς wheels), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1065; παῖδες ἐκ τρόχων πεπαυμένοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 46.)]
B.2 place for running, race-course, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 1133 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.II an animal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Herodorus Historicus 58J. (1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.131 V. distinguished the two senses as above.))]