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Strong's #2359 - θρίξ
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θρίξ, ἡ,
gen. τρῐχός, dat. pl. θριξί (τρίχεσιν J. AJ 16.7.3 is f.l. for τρύχ-): -
I hair, Hom. only in pl., ὀρθαὶ τρίχες ἔσταν ἐνὶ.. μέλεσσι Il. 24.359; mostly, hair of the head, 22.77, Od. 13.431; αἱ ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ τρίχες Th. 1.6; sheep's wool, Il. 3.273, Hes. Op. 517; pig's bristles, Il. 19.254, Od. 10.239; τρίχες ἄκραι οὐραῖαι, of a horse's tail, Il. 23.519; ἀνάστασις τῶν τριχῶν, of a lark's crest, Gal. 12.361.
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1. later in sg. collectively, A. Th. 535, Ag. 562, S. El. 451; τριχὸς πλόκαμος, βόστρυχος, A. Th. 564 (lyr.), Ch. 229; γενείον θρίξ Id. Pers. 1056; κόμη θρίξ LXX Numbers 6:6; Ἐπαφρόδιτον.. τὴν παιδικὴν τρίχα Ὑγίᾳ (sc. ἀνέθηκεν) IG 12(5).173 (Paros, i A.D.); of a horse's mane, S. Fr. 475; of dogs, X. Cyn. 4.8 (sg. and pl.).
2. a single hair, οὐδὲ τρίχ[α ] Alc. Supp. 14.10: prov., θρὶξ ἀνὰ μέσσον only a hair's breadth wanting, Theoc. 14.9, cf. X. Smp. 6.2; ἄξιον τριχός, i.e. good for nothing, Ar. Ra. 614; οὐδ' ἂν τριχὸς πριαίμην Eup. 7.18D.; ἐκ τριχὸς κρέμασθαι to hang by a hair, Aristaenet. 2.1, Zen. 3.47; ἀπὸ τ. ἠερτῆσθαι AP 5.229 (Paul. Sil.); ἐπὶ τριχὸς ἦν ἡ σωτηρία Procop. Aed. 6.6; εἰς ἱερὴν τρίχα ἐλθεῖν, i.e. to come to life's end, v.l. in AP 7.164 (Antip. Sid.), but cf. Epigr.Gr. 248.13; μόνον οὐχὶ τῶν τ., φασί, λαμβάνεται 'saute aux yeux', S.E. M. 7.257.
III Medic., vein on the right lobe of the liver, Hp. Mul. 1.43 (v.l. ἡ σῦριγξ), Gal. 19.104.
θρίξ, τριχός, dative plural θριξί, ἡ (from Homer down), the hair;
a. "the hair of the head: Matthew 5:36; Luke 7:44; Luke 21:18; John 11:2; John 12:3; Acts 27:34; 1 Peter 3:3 (Lachmann omits); Revelation 1:14; with τῆς κεφαλῆς added (Homer, Odyssey 13, 399. 431), Matthew 10:30; Luke 7:38; Luke 12:7.
b. the hair of animals: Revelation 9:8; ἐνδεδυμένος τρίχας καμήλου, with a garment made of camel's hair, Mark 1:6, cf. Matthew 3:4; ἐν ... τριχῶν καμηλειων πλέγμασιν περιεπάτησαν, Clement of Alexandria, strom. 4, p. 221, Sylb. edition.
STRONGS NT 2359: τριχός τριχός, see θρίξ.
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θρίξ , τριχός , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H8181;]
hair;
(a) of the head: Matthew 3:4; Matthew 5:36; Matthew 10:30,, Luke 7:38; Luke 7:44; Luke 12:7; Luke 21:18, John 11:2; John 12:3, Acts 27:34, 1 Peter 3:3, Revelation 1:14;
(b) of animals: Mark 1:6, Revelation 9:8.†
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With Mark 1:8 we may compare the reference to τρίχ ̣ες εἰς τοὺς σάκκους in P Petr II. 33(a)(1).9 (as completed ib. III. P. 333). The word is naturally common in the personal descriptions of parties to a will or deed, e.g. P Petr III. 2.6 (B.C. 236) οὐλὴ μετώπωι ὑπὸ τρίχα : cf. ib. 12.14 and 14.18 (both B.C. 234), P Lond 882.11 (B.C. 101) (= III. p. 13), ib. 142.6 (A.D. 95) (= II. p. 203). In P Fay 58.7 (A.D. 155–6) we have the receipt for a tax κοπ (ῆς) καὶ τριχ (ὸς) κ ̣α ̣ι ̣̣ χιροναξίου, ";on cutting and hair and trade."; The same tax is referred to in P Grenf II. 6O.4 (A.D. 193–4) and BGU II. 617.2 (A.D. 215), and as in both these cases the payers of the tax were weavers, Wilcken thinks that the words κοπή and θρίξ had to do with the terminology of their trade (see the editors’ introd. to P Fay 58). Michel 117O.4 (i/A.D.) Ἐπαφρόδιτο [ς ] Ἐπαφροδίτου ὑπὲρ τοῦ παιδίου Ἐπαφροδίτου τὴν παιδικὴν τρίχα Ὑγίᾳ καὶ Ἀσκληπιῷ : cf. the similar dedication of a girl’s ringlets to Isis, Anth. Pal. vi. 60.
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