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Strong's #2429 - ἱκμάς
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ἰκμ-άς, άδος, ἡ,
moisture, e.g. of oily leather, Il. 17.392; ἰκμάδος ἐστὶ ἐν αὐτῇ [τῇ Λιβύῃ] οὐδέν Hdt. 4.185; ἀνιεὶς ἐκ τοῦ σώματος ἰκμάδα, of a corpse exposed to the sun, Id. 3.125, cf. Hp. Aër. 8; of moisture in the soil, Luke 8:6; also θανόντων ἰσὶν οὐκ ἔνεστ' ἰκμάς no blood, A. Fr. 229 (prob.); of the bodily humours, Hp. Morb. 4.40; of all kinds of animal juices or moist secretions, τὸ περίττωμα τῆς ὑγρᾶς ἰ. ὃν καλοῦμεν ἱδρῶτα Arist. PA 668b4; ἡ τῶν καταμηνίων ἰ. Id. GA 727b11, cf. HA 556b27, al.: com. metaph., τὴν ἰ. τῆς φροντίδος Ar. Nu. 233; ἰ. Βάκχου, i.e. wine, AP 5.133 (Posidipp.); ἰ. δρυός, i.e. gum, ib. 6.109 (Antip.).
ἰκμάς, ἰκμαδος, ἡ, moisture: Luke 8:6. (the Sept. Jeremiah 17:8; Homer, Iliad 17, 392; Josephus, Antiquities 3, 1, 3, and often in other authors.)
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For the medical usage of this word, which in the NT is confined to Luke 8:6, see Hobart p. 57 f., but contrast Cadbury Diction, p. 43, where it is shown that the word occurs in LXX, Joseph., Plut., Luc., and is, therefore, in no way the sole property of medical writers.
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