Quick Definition
δακτύλιος, ου, ὁ n.m. a finger-ring
Strong's Definition
a finger-ring
Derivation: from G1147 (δάκτυλος);
KJV Usage: ring
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | δείκνυμι
6.190 · Artifacts · Adornments
ring a ring for the finger, normally made of gold or silver and usually containing the signet of the owner by which he could mark ownership and seal documents
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δακτύλιος, -ov, 6, (fr. δάκτυλος, because decorating the fingers), a ring: Lk. xv. 22. (From Hdt. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δακτύλιος daktylios 1x
a ring for the finger, Lk. 15:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δακτύλιος, -ου, ὁ
(< δάκτυλος), [in LXX chiefly for טַבַּעַת ;]
a ring: Lk 15:22.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δακτύλιος. BGU III. γϑι "5 (i/a.p.) ἔχοντα καὶ ὠτάρια δακτύλια, P Oxy III. 497!® (a marriage-contract—early ii/A.D.) τῆς τοῦ δακτυλίου ἐγλογῆς. A will of ii/A.p., PSI III. 240%, concludes a list of γυναικεῖος κόσμος with δ[α]κτύλιον χρυcody, left to the writer's daughter. In the magical papyrus P Lond 46™4 (iv/A.D.) (=I. p. 71) a spell is headed “Eppotd δακτύλιος κανθάρου ποίησις, ‘ The ring of Hermes and the preparation of the beetle.” From the inscriptions we may cite OGZS 567 (B.c. 239) ἐν τοῖς δακτυλίοις οἷς φοροῦσι (οἱ ἱερεῖς), 70. 22988 (iii/B.C.) σφραγισάσθωσαν Σιμυρνα[ίων] οἵ τε στρατηγοὶ καὶ οἱ ἐξετασταὶ τῶι τε τῆς πόλεως δακτυλίωι καὶ τοῖς αὑτῶν. There are numerous occurrences in Sy//: see Index. For the diminutive δακτυλίδιον, which is rejected by the Atticists, see BGU IIT. 8438 (i/ii A.D.) τό μοι δακτυλίδιον, 24. IV. 110438 (B.c. 8), P Oxy X. 1273!) (A.D. 260) δακτυλίδιον μεικρὸν τετά[ρ]ταις ἥμισυ, ‘a small ring weighing 4 quarter.” Δακτύλιος occurs with an anatomical sense in P Ryl 1. 28% (iv/A.p.) ἡ ἕδρα, δακτύλιος δὲ ὑπό τινων καλουμένη : see LS. In MGr we have δαχτυλίδι, ‘* finger-ring.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δακτύλιος (daktulios) — ring. δακτύλιος [ῠ], Boeotian dialect δακκύλιος (see. δάκτυλος), ὁ, ring, signet, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δ. keeper of the signet, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; δ. φαρμακίτης [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. anything ringshaped, as,
II.1. felloe of a wheel, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. anus, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.3. plural, movable rings on a bit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. stone to which mooring-cables were attached, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
II.5. door-handle, [Refs]
II.6. end of the steering-paddle, [Refs]