Quick Definition
a tear
Strong's Definition
a tear
Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
KJV Usage: tear
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δάκρυ, δακρυος, τό, and τό δάκρυον, δακρυου (from Homer down), a tear: Mar_9:24 R G; Act_20:19; Act_20:31; 2Co_2:4; 2Ti_1:4; Heb_5:7; Heb_12:17. The (nominative) form τό δάκρυον in Rev_7:17; Rev_21:4, (Isa_25:8). The dative plural δάκρυσι in Luk_7:38; Luk_7:44 (Psa_125:5 (); Lam_2:11).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δάκρυον dakryon 10x
also spelled δάκρυ , a tear tears.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δάκρυον
(poλt. form δάκρυ ), -ου , τό ,
[in LXX H1832 ;]
a tear: Mar_9:24 ( WH , txt ., R , txt . omit), Act_20:19 ; Act_20:31 , 2Co_2:4 , 2Ti_1:4 , Heb_5:7 ; Heb_12:17 , Rev_7:17 ; Rev_21:4 ; metaph ., dat . pl ., δάκρυσι ( Lam_2:11 , Thuc ., vii, 75; Bl., § 9, 3), Luk_7:38 ; Luk_7:44 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δάκρυον (~ δάκρυ ) [page 135]
P Petr II. 1 .4 ( c. B.C. 260) μετὰ δακρύων , which Mayser, Gr. p. 268, notes must not be assigned to δάκρυ , despite the heteroclite δάκρυσιν in NT. BGU IV. 1141 .27 f. ( c. B.C. 14) οἵαν γὰρ ὕβριν μοι πεπόηκεν ἐν τῷ κήπῳ κ̣α̣ι̣̣ ἐ̣ν̣ τῇ οἰκίᾳ . . .., ἠ ἦν δάκρυα σοὶ γράφειν , γεγραφήκειν ἂν ἀπ̣ο̣̣ τῶν δακρύων , wenn Thrδnen ein Brief wδren (Ed.). The noun survives still.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
δάκρυ [Etym: poetic for δάκρυον] "a tear", Lat. lacruma, Hom. , Trag. like δάκρυον, any "drop", δ. πεύκινον Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δάκρυον (poët. form δάκρυ), -ου, τό,
[in LXX for דִּמְעָה ;]
a tear: Mrk.9:24 (WH, txt., R, txt. omit), Act.20:19, 31, 2Co.2:4, 2Ti.1:4, Heb.5:7 12:17, Rev.7:17 21:4; metaphorically, dative pl., δάκρυσι (La 2:11, Thuc., vii, 75; Bl., § 9, 3), Luk.7:38, 44.†
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