Strong's Lexicon
G5434
G5434 — φρύγανον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5434 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φρύγανον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | neuter of a presumed derivative of phrugo "to roast or parch" (akin to the base of G5395) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | phruganon |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | froo'-gan-on |
| Meaning: | 1. something thoroughly dried up, i.e. a dry twig |
| KJV Renderings: | stick |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φρύγανον, φρυγανου, τό (from φρύγω or φρύσσω, φρύττω, to dry, parch; cf. Latin frigo, frux, fructus), a dry stick, dry twig; generally in the plural this word comprises all dry sticks, brush-wood, fire-wood, or similar material used as fuel: Act 28:3. (Herodotus 4, 62; Arstph, Thucydides, Xenophon, Philo, others; the Sept. for ÷ÇùÑ, straw, stubble, Isa 40:24; Isa 41:2; Isa 47:14; for çÈøåÌì, bramble, Job 30:7.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φρύγανον (stick)
Acts 28:3
- KJV: And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid on the fire there came a viper out of the heat and fastened on his hand
- GK: συστρέψαντος δε του Παύλου φρυγάνων πλήθος και επιθέντος επί την πυράν έχιδνα εκ της θέρμης διεξελθούσα καθήψε της χειρός αυτού