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Wednesday, November 27th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34

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Strong's #2918 - κρίνον

Transliteration

krínon

Phonetics

kree'-non

Origin

perhaps a primitive word

Parts of Speech

neuter noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a flower, the lily

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2261 ‑ חֲבַצֶּלֶת (khab‑ats‑tseh'‑leth); 6525 ‑ פֶּרַח (peh'‑rakh); 7779 ‑ שׁוּף (shoof); 7799 ‑ שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (shoo‑shan' (2,3) sho‑shawn' sho‑shan‑naw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Luke 1

BSB (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

CSB (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

ESV (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

KJV (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

N95 (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

NAS (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

NLT (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

WEB (2)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

YLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

ASV (1)

the lilies 1

BSB (2)

lilies 2

CSB (2)

the wildflowers 2

ESV (2)

lilies 2

KJV (2)

lilies 2

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

lilies 2

N95 (2)

lilies 2

NAS (2)

lilies 2

NLT (2)

lilies 2

WEB (2)

the lilies 2

YLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APN 2

ANT

N-APN 2

BEZ

N-APN 2

BGB

N-APN 2

BMT

N-APN 2

BYZ

N-APN 2

ELZ

N-APN 2

NA26

N-APN 2

SBL

N-APN 2

SCV

N-APN 2

STV

N-APN 2

TIS

N-APN 2

TRG

N-APN 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κρίνον [ ῐ], τό,

heterocl. pl. κρίνεα Hdt. 2.92; dat. κρίνεσιν Cratin. 98, Ar. Nu. 911, etc.: —

1. white lily, Lilium candidum, Thphr. HP 6.6.8, Theoc. 11.56, Nic. Fr. 74.27, Dsc. 3.102; κ. πορφυροῦν Turk's cap lily, L. chalcedonicum, Thphr. HP 6.6.3, cf. Dsc.l.c.: prov., κρίνου γυμνότερος Jul. Or. 6.181c: hence, of a needy man, Poll. 6.197, etc.: symbolic of death, v. cross κολοκύντη.

2. Egyptian bean, Nelumbium speciosum, Hdt. 2.92.

II kind of choral dance, Apolloph. 2.

III kind of loaf, Ath. 3.114f. architectural ornament, IG 11(2).161 A 72 (Delos, iii B. C.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

κρίνον, κρίνου, τό, a lily: Matthew 6:28; Luke 12:27. (From Herodotus down.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κρίνον , -ου , τό

[in LXX chiefly for H7799;]

a lily: Matthew 6:28, Luke 12:27.†

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

κρίνον is used in the plur. of an architectural device in Michel 594.72 (B.C. 279). The adj. κρίνινος, ";made of lilies,"; is applied to myrrh in P Lond 46.212 (iv/ A.D.) (= I. p. 72) μύρον κρίνινον, and to oil in ib. 121.631 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 104) κρίνινον ἔλαιον : in P Leid Wix. 13 (ii/iii A.D.) κρίνινον is one of the seven flowers of the seven stars. A i/A.D. sepulchral epitaph, Kaibel 547, begins—Εἰς ἴα σου. . . [κ ]αὶ [εἰ ]ς κρίνα βλα [σ ]τείσειεν ὀστέα, ";may thy bones bourgeon into violets and lilies."; MGr κρίνο, κρίνος.

List of Word Forms

κρινα κρίνα κρίνοις κρίνον κρίνου krina krína