Strong's Lexicon
G2948 — κυλλός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2948 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κυλλός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from the base of G2949 (through the idea of circularity) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | kullos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kool-los' |
| Meaning: | 1. rocking about, i.e. crippled (maimed, in feet or hands) |
| KJV Renderings: | maimed |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κυλλός, κυλλή, κυλλόν (akin to κύκλος, κυλίω, Latincircus, curvus, etc.; Curtius, § 81);
1. crooked; of the members of the body (Hippocrates, Aristophanes av. 1379): as distinguished from χωλός, it seems to be injured or disabled in the hands (but doubted by many), Mat 15:30-31 (but here Tr marginal reading brackets κυλλούς and WH read it in marginal reading only).
2. maimed, mutilated (οὕς, Hippocrates, p. 805 (iii., p. 186, Kühn edition)): Mat 18:8; Mar 9:43.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κυλλός (maimed)
Matthew 15:30
- KJV: And great multitudes came unto him having with them lame blind dumb maimed and many others and cast them down at Jesus’ feet and he healed them
- GK: και προσήλθον αυτώ όχλοι πολλοί έχοντες μεθ΄ εαυτών χωλούς τυφλούς κωφούς κυλλούς και ετέρους πολλούς και έρριψαν αυτούς παρά τους πόδας του Ιησού και εθεράπευσεν αυτούς
Matthew 15:31
- KJV: Insomuch that the multitude wondered when they saw the dumb to speak the maimed to be whole the lame to walk and the blind to see and they glorified the God of Israel
- GK: ώστε τους όχλους θαυμάσαι βλέποντας κωφούς λαλούντας κυλλούς υγιείς χωλούς περιπατούντας και τυφλούς βλέποντας και εδόξασαν τον θεόν Ισραήλ
Matthew 18:8
- KJV: Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee cut them off and cast from thee it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire
- GK: ει δε η χειρ σου η ο πους σου σκανδαλίζει σε έκκοψον αυτά και βάλε από σου καλόν σοι εστίν εισελθείν εις την ζωήν χωλόν η κυλλόν η δύο χείρας η δύο πόδας έχοντα βληθήναι εις το πυρ το αιώνιον
Mark 9:43
- KJV:
- GK: και εάν σκανδαλίζη σε η χειρ σου απόκοψον αυτήν καλόν σοι εστί κυλλόν εις την ζωην εισελθείν η τας δύο χείρας έχοντα απελθείν εις την Γέενναν εις το πυρ το άσβεστον