Strong's Lexicon
G2748 — Κεδρών
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2748 |
|---|---|
| Word: | Κεδρών |
| Part of Speech: | Name Person |
| Etymology: | of Hebrew origin (H6939) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | Kedron |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ked-rone' |
| Meaning: | 1. Cedron (i.e. Kidron), a brook near Jerusalem |
| KJV Renderings: | Cedron |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κέδρος, κέδρου, ἡ (from Homer down), a cedar, a well-known tree, the wood of which is fragrant: χείμαρρος τῶν κέδρων, Joh 18:1 R Tr text WH (so also 2Sa 15:23; 1Ki 15:13 (cf. 2:37)); τοῦ (sic) κέδρου, ibid. Tdf.; but see the following word.
STRONGS NT 2748: ΚεδρώνΚεδρών, ὁ (Buttmann, 21 (19)), indeclinable (in Josephus, Κεδρών, Κεδρωνος (see below)), Cedron (or Kidron) (Hebrew ÷ÄãÀøåï i. e. dark, turbid), the name of a (winter-) torrent, rising near Jerusalem and flowing down through a valley of the same name (having the Matt. of Olives on the E.) into the Dead Sea: χείμαρρος τοῦ Κεδρών, Joh 18:1 G L Tr marginal reading, according to the more correct reading (but see WH’s Appendix, at the passage); (χείμαρρος Κεδρωνος, Josephus, Antiquities 8, 1, 5; φάραγξ Κεδρωνος, ibid. 9, 7, 3; b. j. 5, 6, 1; φάραγγι, βαθεῖα ... ἡ Κεδρών ὠνομασται, ibid. 5, 2, 3). (B. D., under the word , cf. Cedron, 2; Robinson, Phys. Geogr. of the Holy Land, p. 96f.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Κεδρών (Cedron)
John 18:1
- KJV: When Jesus had spoken these words he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron where was a garden into the which he entered and his disciples
- GK: ταύτα ειπών ο Ιησούς εξήλθε συν τοις μαθηταίς αυτού πέραν του χειμάρρου των Κέδρων όπου ην κήπος εις ον εισήλθεν αυτός και οι μαθηταί αυτού