Strong's Lexicon
G5559
G5559 — χρώς
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5559 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χρώς |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | probably akin to the base of G5530 through the idea of handling |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | chros |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khroce' |
| Meaning: | 1. the body (properly, its surface or skin) |
| KJV Renderings: | body |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χρώς, genitive χρωτός, ὁ (cf. χροιά, the skin (cf. Curtius, § 201)), from Homer down (who (generally) uses the genitive χρώς etc. (cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer, or Liddell and Scott, under the word)), the surface of the body, the skin: Act 19:12; the Sept. for áÈÌùÈÒø, twice for òåø, Exo 34:29 f, Alex..
Englishman's Greek Concordance
χρώς (body)
Acts 19:12
- KJV: So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons and the diseases departed from them and the evil spirits went out of them
- GK: ώστε και επί τους ασθενούντας επιφέρεσθαι από του χρωτός αυτού σουδάρια η σιμικίνθια και απαλλάσσεσθαι απ΄ αυτών τας νόσους τα τε πνεύματα τα πονηρά εξέρχεσθαι απ΄ αυτών