Strong's Lexicon
G4673
G4673 — σορός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4673 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σορός |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | probably akin to the base of G4987 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | soros |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | sor-os' |
| Meaning: | 1. a funereal receptacle (urn, coffin) 2. (by analogy) a bier |
| KJV Renderings: | bier |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σορός, σοροῦ, ἡ, an urn or receptacle for keeping the bones of the dead (Homer, Iliad 23, 91); a coffin (Gen 50:26; Herodotus 1, 68; 2, 78; Aristophanes, Aeschines, Plutarch, others); the funeral-couch or bier on which the Jews carried their dead forth to burial (see B. D. American edition under the word ; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, i., 555f): Luk 7:14.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σορός (bier)
Luke 7:14
- KJV: And he came and touched the bier and they that bare stood still And he said Young man I say unto thee Arise
- GK: και προσελθών ήψατο της σορού οι δε βαστάζοντες έστησαν και είπεν νεανίσκε σοι λέγω εγέρθητι