Strong G5470χάλκεος
bronze
- Transliteration
- chalkeos
- Pronunciation
- khal'-key-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G5475; coppery: - brass.
Detailed definition
χάλκεος, -έα, -εον (-οῦς, -ῆ, -οῦν)
(χαλκός), [in LXX chiefly for נְחֹשֶׁת;]
brazen (i.e. of copper): Rev.9:20.†
(AS)
(χαλκός), [in LXX chiefly for נְחֹשֶׁת;]
brazen (i.e. of copper): Rev.9:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5470 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- brass1
First verses
- Revelation 9:20And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
χάλκεος, έα,
Ionic dialect -έη [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus always -είη (see. χάλκειος)))], εον (also εος, εον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.222 (ὄπα χάλκεον Αἰακίδαο, where 4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus χαλκέην as _disyllable_), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below): rarely in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 686, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 534.3, 7 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1)]; Aeolic dialect, Doric dialect χάλκιος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 79, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15.3, “SIG” 945.6 (Assos, 4th c.BC), “IGRom.” 4.1302.35 (Cyme, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD))], also Boeotian dialect, compare χαλκοῦ; Attic dialect χαλκοῦς, ῆ, οῦν [Refs ((“IG” 12.313.55, etc.)], but χαλκέων δέλτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 371a codices))]; Epic dialect also χάλκειος, see at {χάλκειος}: (χαλκός):—of copper or bronze, brazen, οὐδός, δόμος, τεῖχος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.15, 18.371, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.4)]; ἄξων, κύκλα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.30, 5.723; χ. Ἀράων θάλαμοι 5th-6th c.BC: Antimachus Colophonius Elegiacus et Epicus in “PMilan.” 17.48; χ. καὶ ἀδαμαντίνοις τείχεσι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.84; ὀδός 4th c.BC: Astydamas Tragicus 9, 3rd c.BC: Ister Historicus 30)]; especially of arms and armour, ἔγχος, ξίφος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.317, 335; σάκος 7.220; θώρηξ, χιτών, 13.398, 440)]; ἔντεα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (18.131, etc.; χαλκέοις ὅπλοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1359; also λέβητος χαλκέου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 686, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 392)]; χαλκέοισικάδοις, χαλκέοις δρεπάνοις, S.[same place]; in Trag. mostly contraction, χαλκοῖς βάθροισι [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 1591; χαλκῆς ὑπαὶ σάλπιγγος [prev. author] “El.” 711; χαλκῆς ἐκ δέλτου [prev. author] “Tr.” 683.)]
b of statues, χ. Ζεύς, χ. Ποσειδέων, a bronze statue of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.81; χ. ταῦρος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.95; ἡ χαλκῆ Ἀθηνᾶ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.272; ἱστάναι τινὰ χαλκοῦν [prev. author] 13.21; ἄξιος σταθῆναι χαλκοῦς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1410a33; στήλη ἐφ᾽ ᾗ ὁ στρατηγός ἐστιν ὁ χαλκοῦς 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.38)]; compare χαλκῆ.
c χ. ἀγών a contest for a shield of brass, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.22.)]
2 metaphorically, brazen, i. e. hard, stout, strong, χάλκεος Ἄρης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.704, etc.)] (unless wearing brazen armour, compare χάλκεοι ἄνδρες Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.152))]; Χαλκοῦς, nickname of Aristomedes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator cited in 1st c.BC: Didymus Grammaticus)]in D.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (9.57, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 1.2 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 11; χ. στονόεντ᾽ ὅμαδον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).27; χ. αὐδά [prev. author] “Pae.” 2.100)]; χάλκεον ἦτορ a heart of brass, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.490; ὄπα χ. 18.222; χ. ὕπνος, i. e. the sleep of death, 11.241)]; χαλκέοισι νώτοις, of Atlas, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1.)]
3 χαλκῆ μυῖα, a boy's game, a sort of blind-man's-buff, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 9a, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.123.)]
II as substantive, see at {χαλκοῦς. [χάλκεοι} is disyllable in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 150.])]
Ionic dialect -έη [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus always -είη (see. χάλκειος)))], εον (also εος, εον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.222 (ὄπα χάλκεον Αἰακίδαο, where 4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus χαλκέην as _disyllable_), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below): rarely in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 686, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 534.3, 7 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1)]; Aeolic dialect, Doric dialect χάλκιος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 79, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15.3, “SIG” 945.6 (Assos, 4th c.BC), “IGRom.” 4.1302.35 (Cyme, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD))], also Boeotian dialect, compare χαλκοῦ; Attic dialect χαλκοῦς, ῆ, οῦν [Refs ((“IG” 12.313.55, etc.)], but χαλκέων δέλτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 371a codices))]; Epic dialect also χάλκειος, see at {χάλκειος}: (χαλκός):—of copper or bronze, brazen, οὐδός, δόμος, τεῖχος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.15, 18.371, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.4)]; ἄξων, κύκλα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.30, 5.723; χ. Ἀράων θάλαμοι 5th-6th c.BC: Antimachus Colophonius Elegiacus et Epicus in “PMilan.” 17.48; χ. καὶ ἀδαμαντίνοις τείχεσι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.84; ὀδός 4th c.BC: Astydamas Tragicus 9, 3rd c.BC: Ister Historicus 30)]; especially of arms and armour, ἔγχος, ξίφος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.317, 335; σάκος 7.220; θώρηξ, χιτών, 13.398, 440)]; ἔντεα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (18.131, etc.; χαλκέοις ὅπλοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1359; also λέβητος χαλκέου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 686, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 392)]; χαλκέοισικάδοις, χαλκέοις δρεπάνοις, S.[same place]; in Trag. mostly contraction, χαλκοῖς βάθροισι [Refs ([prev. author] “OC” 1591; χαλκῆς ὑπαὶ σάλπιγγος [prev. author] “El.” 711; χαλκῆς ἐκ δέλτου [prev. author] “Tr.” 683.)]
b of statues, χ. Ζεύς, χ. Ποσειδέων, a bronze statue of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.81; χ. ταῦρος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.95; ἡ χαλκῆ Ἀθηνᾶ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.272; ἱστάναι τινὰ χαλκοῦν [prev. author] 13.21; ἄξιος σταθῆναι χαλκοῦς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1410a33; στήλη ἐφ᾽ ᾗ ὁ στρατηγός ἐστιν ὁ χαλκοῦς 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.38)]; compare χαλκῆ.
c χ. ἀγών a contest for a shield of brass, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.22.)]
2 metaphorically, brazen, i. e. hard, stout, strong, χάλκεος Ἄρης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.704, etc.)] (unless wearing brazen armour, compare χάλκεοι ἄνδρες Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.152))]; Χαλκοῦς, nickname of Aristomedes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator cited in 1st c.BC: Didymus Grammaticus)]in D.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (9.57, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 1.2 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 11; χ. στονόεντ᾽ ὅμαδον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).27; χ. αὐδά [prev. author] “Pae.” 2.100)]; χάλκεον ἦτορ a heart of brass, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.490; ὄπα χ. 18.222; χ. ὕπνος, i. e. the sleep of death, 11.241)]; χαλκέοισι νώτοις, of Atlas, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1.)]
3 χαλκῆ μυῖα, a boy's game, a sort of blind-man's-buff, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 9a, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.123.)]
II as substantive, see at {χαλκοῦς. [χάλκεοι} is disyllable in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 150.])]