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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #206 - ἄκρον

Transliteration

ákron

Phonetics

ak'-ron

Origin

neuter of an adj. probably akin to the base of (G188)

Parts of Speech

adjective

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

the farthest bounds, uttermost parts, end, highest, extreme
1. of the earth
2. of heaven

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 657 ‑ אֶפֶס (eh'‑fes); 931 ‑ בֹּהֶן (bo'‑hen); 3411 ‑ יְרֵכָה (yer‑ay‑kaw'); 3671 ‑ כָּנָף (kaw‑nawf'); 5490 ‑ סוֹף (sofe); 7079 ‑ קְנָת (ken‑awth'); 7218 ‑ רֹאשׁ (roshe);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

BSB (6)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

CSB (6)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

ESV (5)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

KJV (6)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (8)

Matthew 2

Mark 4

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

N95 (8)

Matthew 2

Mark 4

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

NAS (6)

Matthew 2

Mark 4

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

NLT (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

WEB (5)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

YLT (6)

Matthew 2

Mark 2

Luke 1

Hebrews 1

ASV (5)

one end 1

the tip 1

the top 1

the uttermost part 2

BSB (6)

one end 1

other 1

the ends 2

tip 1

top 1

CSB (6)

end 1

the end 2

the other 1

the tip 1

the top 1

ESV (5)

end 1

ends 2

head 1

one end 1

KJV (6)

* 1

end 1

part 2

tip 1

top 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (8)

end 3

farthest 2

other 1

tip 1

top 1

N95 (8)

end 3

farthest 2

other 1

tip 1

top 1

NAS (6)

end 3

other 1

tip 1

top 1

NLT (2)

ends 2

WEB (5)

one end 1

the ends 2

the tip 1

the top 1

YLT (6)

ends thereof 1

the end 2

the ends 1

tip 1

top 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASN 2

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

ANT

N-ASN 2

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

BEZ

N-ASN 2

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

BGB

N-ASN 2

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

BMT

N-ASN 2

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

BYZ

N-ASN 2

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

ELZ

N-ASN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

NA26

N-ASN 2

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

SBL

N-ASN 2

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

SCV

N-ASN 2

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

STV

N-ASN 2

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

TIS

N-ASN 2

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

N-ASN 2

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

TRG

N-ASN 1

N-GPN 2

N-GSN 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἄκρον, ον, τό,

(neut. of ἄκρος) like cross ἄκρα, highest or farthest point:

1 mountain top, peak, Γάργαρον ἄκρον Ἴδης Il. 14.292; ἄκρον ὑπερβαλέειν Od. 11.597; τὰ ἄκρα heights, Hdt. 6.100, Pl. Criti. 110e, etc. ἄκρα νάων ships' tops, Alc. Supp. 12.9.

2. headland, cape, Σούνιον ἄκρον Ἀθηνέων Od. 3.278.

3. end, extremity, τὰ ἄ. τῆς θαλάσσης, [τοῦἀέρος ], Pl. Phd. 109d, 109e; ἄκρα χειρῶν hands, Luc. Im. 6; ἐξ ἄκρων at the end, Ar. Fr. 29; ἐξ ἄκρου Com.Adesp. 398; ἐπ' ἄκροις Pl. Sph. 220d: — border, frontier, Plb. 1.42.2.

II metaph.,

1. highest pitch, height, πανδοξίας ἄκρον Pi. N. 1.11; εἰς ἄκρον ἀνδρείας ἱκέσθαι to highest pitch, Simon. 58; εἰς ἄκρον ἁδύς exceedingly, Theoc. 14.61; ἐπ' ἄκρον ἀφικέσθαι, ἐλθεῖν, Pl. Plt. 268e, Ti. 20a; πρὸς ἄκρῳ γενέσθαι Id. Phdr. 247b; ἄκρον ἔχων σοφίης Epigr.Gr. 442 (Nabataea); ἄκρον ἐρώτων εἰδότος, ἄκρα μάχας AP 7.448 (Leon.): — ἄκρα, τά, heights, highest point, οὔτοι ποθ' ἥξει (sic) τῶν ἄκρων ἄνευ πόνου S. Fr. 397; ἄκρα φέρεσθαι win prize, Theoc. 12.31; ἄκρα φέρουσ' ἀρετῆς ὑμῖν Epigr.Gr. 224.2 (Samos).

2. of persons, Ἄργεος ἄκρα Πελασγοί pride of Argos, Theoc. 15.142.

III δρυὸς ἄκρα, = cross ἀκρόδρυα, ib. 112. in Logic of Arist. τὰ ἄκρα are major and minor terms of syllogism, opp. to μέσον or middle, APr. 25b36, al. extremes in a proportion, Id. EN 1133b2.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἄκρος, , (ἀκή point (see ἀκμή)) (from Homer down), highest, extreme; τό ἄκρον the topmost point, the extremity (cf. Buttmann, 94 (82)): Luke 16:24; Hebrews 11:21 (see προσκυνέω, a. at the end); ἄκρα, ἄκρον γῆς, οὐρανοῦ, the farthest bounds, uttermost parts, end, of the earth, of heaven: Matthew 24:31; Mark 13:27; cf. Deuteronomy 4:32; Deuteronomy 28:64; Isaiah 13:5; Jeremiah 12:12.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἄκρος , -α , -ον ,

[in LXX for H7100, H931, etc.;]

highest, extreme; as subst., τὸ ἄ ., the top, extremity: Mark 13:27, Luke 16:24, Hebrews 11:21; pl. (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.), Matthew 24:31.†

ἄκρον , -ου , τό , see ἄκρος .

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

P Tebt II. 380.17 (i/A.D.) οὐλὴ ὀφρύει δεξίᾳ ἄκρᾳ, ";a scar at the tip of the right eyebrow,"; P Oxy I. 43 (verso) i..17 (iii/A.D.) ἐπ᾽ ἄκρῳ ῥύμης Σεύθου. In P Oxy I. 108i. 3 (A.D. 183 or 215), the meat bill of a cook, ἄκρα β ̄are translated by the editors ";two trotters."; Cf. Preisigke 358.4 (iii/B.C.) τὸ ἄκρον τῆς σκιᾶς , of the shadows on a sundial, and Syll 804.9 (? ii/A.D.) κιτρίου προλαμβάνειν ( = ";eat,"; see s.v.) τὰ ἄκρα : ib. 425.7, .9 (iii/B.C.) κατὰ τῶν ἄκρων , ";down the heights"; (as often).

List of Word Forms

άκρα ακρον άκρον ἄκρον ακροτόμοις ακρότομον ακροτόμου ακροτόμω ακρου άκρου ἄκρου άκρω ακρων άκρων ἄκρων άρκον akron akrōn ákron ákrōn akrou ákrou