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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #440 - ἄνθραξ
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ἄνθραξ, ᾰκος, ὁ,
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1.charcoal, Sotad.Com. 1.12: mostly in pl. ἄνθρακες Ar. Ach. 34, 332, Nu. 97; ἄ. Παρνήθιοι Id. Ach. 348; ὀπτωμέναις κόγχαισιν ἐπί τῶν ἀ. Id. Fr. 68; ἄνθρακας ἡμμένους Th. 4.100, etc.; their vapour produced stupor, Arist. Sens. 444b31: prov., ἄνθρακας κατεσθίειν, of a glutton, Euphro 10.14, cf. Ion Trag. 29.
2. coal, οἷς καὶ οἱ χαλκεῖς χρῶνται Thphr. Lap. 16, PHolm. 2.33; ἐπὶ ἀνθράκων μαλακῶν on a slow fire, Xenocr. 16.
II
1. a precious stone of dark-red colour, including the carbuncle, ruby, and garnet (Adams), Arist. Mete. 387b18, LXX Exodus 28:18, Phylarch. 41, etc.
2. hence, carbuncle, malignant pustule (acc. to some, small-pox), Hp. Epid. 3.7, Gal. 7.719, al.
III = ἰσάτις, woad, PHolm. 18.34, al.
ἄνθραξ , -ακος , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1513;]
coal, charcoal: . ἄ . πυρός , a burning coal, Romans 12:20.†
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P Petr III. 107(d).28, P Lond 1159.59 (A.D. 145–7) (= III. p. 113) ἐπὶ ξυλ καὶ ἀνθράκων καὶ φαν ω καὶ λαμπά δ, P Fay 348 (ii/iii A.D.) ἄνθρακο (ς). The word also occurs ter in Michel 594 (B.C. 279), a long inscription from Delos containing the receipts and expenses of the ἱεροποιοί. It is MGr ἄνθρακας.
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