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Strong's #5518 - χοῖνιξ

Transliteration
choînix
Phonetics
khoy'-nix
Origin
of uncertain derivation
Parts of Speech
feminine noun
TDNT
None
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. a choenix, a dry measure, containing four cotylae or two setarii (less than our quart, one litre) (or as much as would support a man of moderate appetite for a day)
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1324 ‑ בַּת (bath);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (2)
Revelation 2
BSB (2)
Revelation 2
CSB (2)
Revelation 2
ESV (2)
Revelation 2
KJV (2)
Revelation 2
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (2)
Revelation 2
N95 (2)
Revelation 2
NAS (2)
Revelation 2
NLT (2)
Revelation 3
WEB (2)
Revelation 2
YLT (2)
Revelation 2
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

χοῖνιξ, ῐκος, ἡ, choenix, a dry measure, esp. for corn, Hdt. 1.192, etc.; the choenix of corn was one man's daily allowance, Id. 7.187; ἡ γὰρ χ. ἡμερησία τροφή D.L. 8.18; given to slaves, Th. 4.16; hence, ὅς κεν ἐμῆς γε χοίνικος ἅπτηται, i. e. whoever eats of my bread, Od. 19.28: prov., ἐπὶ χοίνικος καθέζεσθαι, i. e. sit idle, live in idleness, Pythag. ap. Arist. Fr. 197, cf. Plu. 2.703f, Ath. 10.452e, Ael. VH 1.26; οὐδὲ τὴν χ. ἔτι λήψει (of gold) Luc. Nav. 27; χ. Ἀττική (1 / 48 of the μέδιμνος = 4 κοτύλαι) X. An. 1.5.6; in Pap. usu. abbreviated χ, as in PCair.Zen. 645.11 (iii B. C.), POxy. 1044.3 (ii A. D.), etc.

II from the like ness of shape, a kind of stocks for fastening the legs, Ar. Pl. 276, D. 18.129.

III = cross χοινικίς VI, PCair.Zen. 782 a. 7 (iii B. C.), prob. in Supp.Epigr. 4.447.48 (Didyma, ii B. C.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

χοῖνιξ, χοινικος, , from Homer, Odyssey 19, 28 down, a choenix, a dry measure, containing four cotylae or two sextarii (i. e. less than our 'quart'; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word) (or as much as would support a man of moderate appetite for a day; hence, called in Athen. 3 § 20, p. 98 e. ἡμεροτροφις (cf. χοῖνιξ ἡμερήσιος τροφή, (Diogenes Laërtius 8, 18)): Revelation 6:6 (where A. V. measure (see Amos appendix ad loc.)).


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

χοῖνιξ , -ικος , ,

[in LXX: Ezekiel 45:10-11 (H1324) *;]

a chænix, a dry measure of rather less than a quart: Revelation 6:6 (EV, measure).†


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

With ὡσπερεί, ";as it were,"; in 1 Corinthians 15:8, cf. ὡσπεροῦν in PSI I. 76.3 (A.D. 574–578) ἡ πίστις τῶν συναλλαγμάτων. ., ὡσπεροῦν καὶ τἀναντία καταπατουμένη, σαφῶς ἀπεργάζεται.

 


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
χοινικες χοίνικες Χοινιξ χοίνιξ Χοῖνιξ χοιρογρύλλιοι χοιρογρυλλίοις χοιρογρύλλιον choinikes choínikes Choinix Choînix
 
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