Strong G5404φοῖνιξ
palm
- Transliteration
- phoinix
- Pronunciation
- foy'-nix
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; a palm tree: - palm (tree).
Detailed definition
Φοῖνιξ (on the accent, see Bl., § 4, 2; WM, § 6, lc), -ικος, ὁ,
[in LXX for תָּמָר תִּמֹּר;]
the date palm, palm: τὰ βαΐα τῶν φ., Jhn.12:13; of palm branches, φοίνικες (as Arist., 2Ma.10:7, al.), Rev.7:9.†
(AS)
[in LXX for תָּמָר תִּמֹּר;]
the date palm, palm: τὰ βαΐα τῶν φ., Jhn.12:13; of palm branches, φοίνικες (as Arist., 2Ma.10:7, al.), Rev.7:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5404 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- palm1
- tree1
First verses
- John 12:13Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
- Revelation 7:9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
φοῖνιξ, ῑκος, ὁ, ἡ,
Phoenician, Φοῖνιξ ἀνὴρ ἀπατήλια εἰδώς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.288, compare 13.272, 15.415; ὡς Φ. ἀνήρ, Σιδώνιος κάπηλος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 909.)]
2 feminine, γυνή Φοίνισσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.417)]; Φοίνισσαι, name of plays by Euripides, Phrynichus, etc.; also Φ. ἐμπολά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.67)]; χθών, νᾶσος, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 6, 204 (Lyric poetry), etc.; Φ. βοά [prev. work] 301 (Lyric poetry))]; κώπη [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hel.” 1272; Φ. ἄμπεχος “PCair.Zen.” 33.14 (3rd c.BC).)]
II Carthaginian, ἀλαλατός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.72; also _feminine_, Φοίνισσαι νῆες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.116, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.80.)]
B φοῖνιξ, ῑκος, ὁ, purple or crimson, because the discovery and earliest use of this colour was ascribed to the Phoenicians, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.141, 6.219, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.201, etc.:)] —hence,
B.2 as adjective (feminine φοίνισσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus (see. below))]; φοῖνιξ as feminine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 815))], blood-bay, of a horse, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.454)]; of red cattle, φοίνισσα ἀγέλα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.205, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.128)]: of the colour of fire, φοίνισσα φλόξ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.24)]; πυρὸς φ. πνοά E.[same place]; also φ. ἱμάντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 17; πέπλοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 181 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]
B.II date-palm, Phoenix dactylifera, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.163, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 117, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 75 14 (uncertain), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 458 (Lyric poetry), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.53; τόξα ἐκ φοίνικος σπάθης πεποιημένα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.69, etc.)]: the male and female distinguished by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus as [ὁ φ.] ἔρσην and [ἡ φ.] βαλανηφόρος, 1.193 (but the latter is _masculine_, [prev. passage] and in 4.172, 182); φοινίκων.. τῶν καρπίμων οἱ μὲν ἄρρενες αἱ δὲ θήλειαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.6.6, but αἱ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρρένων πρὸς τοὺς θήλεις [βοήθειαι] [prev. work] 2.8.4.)]
B.II.2 palm-frond, as a badge of victory, Arist [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“MM” 1196a36, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.723b, etc.; τὸν φ. τινὶ ἀποδοῦναι 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.175.)]
B.II.3 date, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hellanicus Historicus 56J., 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 18, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 65, 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 24; more correctly, τοῦφοίνικος ὁ καρπός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193; καρπὸς φοίνικος 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 63.22 (hexameters))]; compare φοινικοβάλανος.
B.III ὁ χαμαιρριφής dwarf-palm, Chamaerops humilis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.6.11.)]
B.III.2 a Bactrian tree, Mazri palm, Nannorhops ritchieana, [Refs ([prev. work] 4.4.8.)]
B.III.3 a sea-plant, Callophyllis laciniata, [Refs ([prev. work] 4.6.2, 10.)]
B.III.4 rye-grass, Lolium perenne, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.43.)]
B.IV a musical instrument, like a guitar, invented by the Phoenicians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.192, 4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus 4 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, Phillis 2 (_plural_), Scamon 3)]; but so called because made from the Delian palm, accusative to [Refs (Semus 1.)]
B.V the fabulous bird phoenix, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 171.4, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 175; from Arabia _accusative_ to 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.73)]; but from India, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.49: proverbial, φοίνικος ἔτη βιοῦν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 53.)]
B.VI an ornament, [LXX (LXX.Eze.41.25.)]
B.VII perfume prepared from the fronds of the date-palm, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Odoribus” 28.)]
B.VIII a fish, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 12.24.)]
B.IX a bandage, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 49.11.2.)]
B.X ={εὐρύνοτος}, [Refs (Agathemerus Geographus 2.7.)]
B.XI φ. ἐν ὁπλῇ, a disease of the hoof, [Refs (“Hippiatrica” 10.)]
B.XII an eye-salve, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 7.116. [In all senses of the word ῑ in _genitive_, but _nominative_ φοῖνιξ, not φοίνιξ, Hdn.Gr. cited in 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “in Thd.” 1.292.])]
Phoenician, Φοῖνιξ ἀνὴρ ἀπατήλια εἰδώς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.288, compare 13.272, 15.415; ὡς Φ. ἀνήρ, Σιδώνιος κάπηλος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 909.)]
2 feminine, γυνή Φοίνισσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.417)]; Φοίνισσαι, name of plays by Euripides, Phrynichus, etc.; also Φ. ἐμπολά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.67)]; χθών, νᾶσος, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 6, 204 (Lyric poetry), etc.; Φ. βοά [prev. work] 301 (Lyric poetry))]; κώπη [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hel.” 1272; Φ. ἄμπεχος “PCair.Zen.” 33.14 (3rd c.BC).)]
II Carthaginian, ἀλαλατός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.72; also _feminine_, Φοίνισσαι νῆες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.116, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.80.)]
B φοῖνιξ, ῑκος, ὁ, purple or crimson, because the discovery and earliest use of this colour was ascribed to the Phoenicians, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.141, 6.219, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.201, etc.:)] —hence,
B.2 as adjective (feminine φοίνισσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus (see. below))]; φοῖνιξ as feminine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 815))], blood-bay, of a horse, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.454)]; of red cattle, φοίνισσα ἀγέλα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.205, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.128)]: of the colour of fire, φοίνισσα φλόξ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.24)]; πυρὸς φ. πνοά E.[same place]; also φ. ἱμάντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 17; πέπλοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 181 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]
B.II date-palm, Phoenix dactylifera, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.163, “hymnus ad Apollinem” 117, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 75 14 (uncertain), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 458 (Lyric poetry), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.53; τόξα ἐκ φοίνικος σπάθης πεποιημένα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.69, etc.)]: the male and female distinguished by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus as [ὁ φ.] ἔρσην and [ἡ φ.] βαλανηφόρος, 1.193 (but the latter is _masculine_, [prev. passage] and in 4.172, 182); φοινίκων.. τῶν καρπίμων οἱ μὲν ἄρρενες αἱ δὲ θήλειαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.6.6, but αἱ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρρένων πρὸς τοὺς θήλεις [βοήθειαι] [prev. work] 2.8.4.)]
B.II.2 palm-frond, as a badge of victory, Arist [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“MM” 1196a36, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.723b, etc.; τὸν φ. τινὶ ἀποδοῦναι 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.175.)]
B.II.3 date, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hellanicus Historicus 56J., 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 18, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 65, 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 24; more correctly, τοῦφοίνικος ὁ καρπός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193; καρπὸς φοίνικος 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 63.22 (hexameters))]; compare φοινικοβάλανος.
B.III ὁ χαμαιρριφής dwarf-palm, Chamaerops humilis, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.6.11.)]
B.III.2 a Bactrian tree, Mazri palm, Nannorhops ritchieana, [Refs ([prev. work] 4.4.8.)]
B.III.3 a sea-plant, Callophyllis laciniata, [Refs ([prev. work] 4.6.2, 10.)]
B.III.4 rye-grass, Lolium perenne, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.43.)]
B.IV a musical instrument, like a guitar, invented by the Phoenicians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.192, 4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus 4 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, Phillis 2 (_plural_), Scamon 3)]; but so called because made from the Delian palm, accusative to [Refs (Semus 1.)]
B.V the fabulous bird phoenix, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 171.4, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 175; from Arabia _accusative_ to 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.73)]; but from India, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.49: proverbial, φοίνικος ἔτη βιοῦν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 53.)]
B.VI an ornament, [LXX (LXX.Eze.41.25.)]
B.VII perfume prepared from the fronds of the date-palm, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Odoribus” 28.)]
B.VIII a fish, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 12.24.)]
B.IX a bandage, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 49.11.2.)]
B.X ={εὐρύνοτος}, [Refs (Agathemerus Geographus 2.7.)]
B.XI φ. ἐν ὁπλῇ, a disease of the hoof, [Refs (“Hippiatrica” 10.)]
B.XII an eye-salve, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 7.116. [In all senses of the word ῑ in _genitive_, but _nominative_ φοῖνιξ, not φοίνιξ, Hdn.Gr. cited in 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “in Thd.” 1.292.])]