Quick Definition
ἁδρότης, τητος, ἡ n.f. lavishness
Strong's Definition
from hadros (stout); plumpness, i.e. (figuratively) liberality
KJV Usage: abundance
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ητος | ἁδρός (ripeness, abundance)
59.60 · Quantity · Abundance, Excess, Sparing
abundance, generous gift an abundant amount, with the implication of generosity
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἁδρότης [Rect adp.], -nros, 7, or better (cf. Bitm. Ausf. Spr. ii. 417) ἁδροτής, -jros, [on the accent cf. Ebeling, Lex. Hom. 5. v.; Chandler §§ 634, 635], (fr. ddpos thick, stout, full-grown, strong, rich [2 K. x. 6, 11, ete.]), in Grk. writ. it follows the signif. of the adj. ἁδρός ; once in the N. T.: 2 Co. viii. 20, bountiful collection, great liberality, [R. V. bounty]. (ἁδροσύνη, of an abundant harvest, Hes. épy. 471.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἁδρότης hadrotēs 1x
abundance, 2 Cor. 8:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἁδρότης, -τος, ἡ
(< ἁδρός, thick, well-grown),
thickness, vigour.
abundance, bounty: II Co 8:20.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἁδρότης. illustrated by Swete on Rev 2}. uf τι = β y In Wilcken Os¢y. ii. 1600 (ii/A.D.) ἅδροκ appears twice, Se representing presumably something from ἁδρός. The adἀδίκημα. jective occurs in BGU IIT. γδινῖ: 5 (i/a.p.) πατέλλον ἁδρόν. The concrete noun from ἀδικεῖν, defined in Aristotle (a/. Thayer) as τὸ ἄδικον ὅταν πραχθῇ, occurs frequently. So | |. ἢ BGU IV. τορδ33 (18.6.}, a marriage contract, of a ‘‘wrong” ἀδυνατέω. done to the wife (εἰς αὐτὴν ἀδίκημα), P Lille I. 291 (iii/B.c.) Applied to persons this verb retains its classic sense, ἐὰν δέ τις περὶ ἀδικήματος [ré]po[v] οἰκέτηι ὄντι δίκην ‘to be incapable,” in late Greek: cf. P Par 35°°(B.c. 163), γραψάμενος ὡς ἐλευθέρωι καταδικάσηται, P Amh 11. 3318 διὰ τὸ ἐμὲ ἐν κατοχεῖ Evra ἀδυνατεῖν, 20. 63!’ 1: (B.C. 165) (.- B.C 157) ἐνφανισμῶν περί τινων ἀδικημάτω[ν] καὶ ὅπως μήτεν τῶν ἀδυνατούντων γεωργεῖν περισπᾶται μηθείς, παραλογειῶν σίτου τε καὶ χαλκοῦ ‘‘ misdeeds and pecula- | and“?! τοὺς ἀδυνατοῦντας ἀναγκάζειν ἐπιδέχεσθαι τὰ τῆς tions,” A/ichel 472191., 88.4581., 100987, etc. | γεωργίας. The neuter sense, ‘‘to be impossible,” when applied to things, appears in the LXX, which seems to tell in favour of the AV rendering in Lk 1°7, as against the RV: see Hatch Essays p. 4, Ficld Notes p. 46 f., where the true reading παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ (RV) is rendered ‘‘ for from God no word (or, nothing) shall be impossible.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἁδρότης (hadrotēs) — abundance. ἁδροτής, ῆτος, ἡ, vigour, strength, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically of sound, loudness, Amarant. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of style or expression, force, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. abundance, [NT+8th c.BC+]
