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Strong's #3012 - λέντιον

Transliteration
léntion
Phonetics
len'-tee-on
Origin
of Latin origin
Parts of Speech
neuter noun
TDNT
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Definition   
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  1. a linen cloth, towel
    1. of the towel or apron with which servants put on when about to work
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

λέντιον, τὄ,

= Lat. linteum, cloth, napkin, towel, Peripl.M.Rubr. 6 (pl.), Vit.Aesop.Oxy. 2083.48, John 13:4, Inscr.Magn. 116.34, BSA 27.228 (Sparta, ii A.D.): hence λεντι-άριος, ὁ, prob. attendant at the bath, IG 3.1160.72, 14.2323:

Thayer's Expanded Definition

λέντιον, λεντιου, τό (a Latin word,linteum), a linen cloth, towel (Arrian peripl. mar. rubr. 4): of the towel or apron, which servants put on when about to work (Suetonius, Calig. 26), John 13:4f; with which it was supposed the nakedness of persons undergoing crucifixion was covered, Ev. Nicod. c. 10; cf. Thilo, Cod. Apocrypha, p. 582f.


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

λέντιον , -ου , τό

(Lat. linteum),

a linen cloth, towel: John 13:4-5.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

This Graecized form (John 13:4 f.) of the Lat. linteum, which in the second syllable shows the more open form of ι (for ε) before a vowel (cf. Moulton Gr. ii. p. 76), is found in Ostr 1611.1 al. (Rom.) λέν [τ (ια)] β ̄ ";two linen cloths,"; and P Oxy VI. 929.10 (ii/iii A.D.) λίνον καὶ λέντιον τριβακόν, ";a linen cloth and a worn towel."; In Magn 116.34 (time of Hadrian) we have λειτουργοῦ. . ἐκγδόσεως λεντίων ἑκατοστή.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
ελέπισε ελέπισεν λεντιον λέντιον λεντιω λεντίω λεντίῳ λέξεως λέξιν λέξις lentio lentiō lentíoi lentíōi lention léntion
 
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