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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2915 - κριθή

Transliteration

krithḗ

Phonetics

kree-thay'

Root Word (Etymology)

f uncertain derivation

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

barley

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 8184 ‑ שְׂעוֹר ((1,2) seh‑o‑raw', (3,4) seh‑ore');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Revelation 1

NAS (1)

Revelation 1

HCS (1)

Revelation 1

BSB (1)

Revelation 1

ESV (1)

Revelation 1

WEB (1)

Revelation 1

KJV (1)

barley 1

NAS (1)

barley 1

HCS (1)

of barley 1

BSB (1)

of barley 1

ESV (1)

barley 1

WEB (1)

of barley 1

RAH

N-APF 3

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 17

N-GSF 6

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 2

ANT

N-GSF 1

BEZ

N-GSF 1

BGB

N-GFP 1

BMT

N-GSF 1

BYZ

N-GSF 1

ELZ

N-GSF 1

NA26

N-NPF 1

SBL

N-GPF 1

SCV

N-GSF 1

STV

N-GSF 1

TIS

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 1

N-GPF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κρῑθ-ή, ἡ,

mostly in pl.,

I barleycorns, barley (cf. κρῖ), the meal being ἄλφιτα: πυρῶν ἢ κριθῶν Il. 11.69, cf. Od. 9.110, 19.112, Ar. Eq. 1101; κριθᾶν μέδιμμνον IG 42(1).40.7 (Epid.); τὰς οὐλοχύτας φέρε δεῦρο — τοῦτο δ' ἐστὶ τί; — κριθαί Strato Com. 1.35; οἶνος ἐκ κριθέων πεποιημένος a kind of beer, Hdt. 2.77; ἐκ κριθῶν μέθυ A. Supp. 953, cf. Arist. Fr. 106; κριθαὶ πεφρυγμέναι, = κάχρυς, Th. 6.22, cf. Moer. p.213 P.: pl., also of species of barley, Thphr. HP 8.1.1: sg., PGrenf. 2.29.9 (ii B. C.); κ. Ἰνδική millet, Sorghum halepense, Thphr. HP 8.4.2.

II pustule on the eyelid, stye, Hp. Epid. 2.2.5, Gal. 12.742.

III barley-corn, the smallest weight, Thphr. Lap. 46. in sg., = πόσθη, Ar. Pax 965. (The connexion with Lat. hordeum, OHG. gersta is doubtful.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

κριθή, κριθῆς, ἡ (in Greek writings (from Homer down) only in plural αἱ κριθαί), the Sept. for שְׂעֹרָה, barley: Revelation 6:6 κριθῆς R G, κριθῶν L T Tr WH.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κριθή , -ῆς , ἡ ,

[in LXX for H8184;]

barley: pl. (as usually in cl.), Revelation 6:6.†

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

For this common word, which in the NT is found only once and in the plur. (Revelation 6:6), it is sufficient to cite P Hib I. 47.22 (B.C. 256) καὶ ὄλυραν δὲ κ [αὶ κρ ]ιθὴν ἑτοίμαζε, ";prepare both olyra and barley,"; P Petr II. 23(I).2 (Ptol.) ἡ ζεὴ (= ζειὰ) ἡ δὲ κριθὴ ἐπλήγη, ";the rye and the barley had been smitten"; with hail (?) (Ed.), P Giss I. 69.7 (A.D. 118–9) νῦν δὲ πρὸς παράλημψιν κρειθῆς ἔπεμψα αὐτόν, P Oxy I. 69.6 (A.D. 190) κριθῆς ἀρτάβας δέκα.

List of Word Forms

κριθαί κριθάς κριθή κριθήν κριθής κριθων κριθών κριθῶν krithon krithôn krithōn krithō̂n