Quick Definition
δοκός, οῦ, ἡ n.f. a beam
Strong's Definition
from 1209 (through the idea of holding up); a stick of timber
KJV Usage: beam
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -οῦ
7.78 · Constructions · Building Materials
beam thick wooden poles; used to support a roof The contrast between ‘splinter’ and ‘beam’ in this context is a purposeful exaggeration, and can usually be reproduced, though in some instances a marginal note may be helpful.
MAT 7:3 · MAT 7:4 · MAT 7:5 · LUK 6:41 · LUK 6:42 · LUK 6:42
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δοκός, -od, ἡ, (fr. δέκομαι for δέχομαι, in so far as it has the idea of bearing [οἵ. Curtius § 117); fr. Hom. down; a beam: Mt. vii. 3-5; Lk. vi. 41 sq.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δοκός dokos 6x
a beam or spar of timber, Mt. 7:3, 4, 5; Lk. 6:41, 42*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δοκός, -οῦ, ἡ
(δέχομαι) [in LXX for קֹרָה, etc. ;]
a beam of timber: Mt 7:3-5, Lk 6:41, 42 (DCG, i, 176).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δοκός. In P Petr 11. 33" 53 (a steward’s account) we have mention of δοκοί in a fragmentary context, but following τὰ ξύλα. Cf. P Lond 2801} (A.D. 55) (= II. p. 194, Chresé. 1. Ρ. 371) ἐκ τῶν ἐμ]ῶν δαπανῶ[ν μ]ηχανὴν ἐλαιου[ργικὴν καὶ τ]ῆς αὐτῆς θυίαν καὶ τὰ ἀνήκοντα ξυλικὰ ἀργαλεῖ[α] καὶ δοκὸν τὴν ὑπὲρ τὴν μηχανὴν προσανγέλλω, τοῦτο κτλ., Chrest. I. τ7615. (middle i/A.p.) ἐπεὶ οὖν καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ ἐλαιουργῖον συνεχυτρώθη καὶ ἠναγκάσθην δοκοὺς καὶ ἐρείσματα παρατιθένα[ι, ‘props ’’ for the repair of an oil-press, P Flor 11. 127°(A.p. 256) τὸ βαλανεῖον παντὶ τρόπῳ ποίησον ὑποκαυθῆναι καὶ δοκοὺς εἰς αὐτὸ παρενεχθῆναι ποιήσας, “logs”’ for the heating of a bath. Sy// 587° (B.c. 329-8) mentions δοκοί and στρωτῆρες together in the accounts for the building of a temple τοῖν θεοῖν : Dittenberger shows that the prices indicate the former to be heavy beams on which the latter were laid transversely. It is obvious that the Oriental hyperbole in Mt 7*# will admit of no tempering from the usage of the word. A new verb δοκόω, ‘ furnish with beams,’’ occurs in the P Grenf II. 355 (B.c. 98), P Ambh II. 513%28 (B.c. 88), P Ryl II. 249° (B.c. rr8).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δοκός (dokos) — plank. δοκός, ἡ, later also ὁ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: (δέχομαι):— bearing-beam, main beam, especially in the roof or floor of a house, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; any balk or beam, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; bar of a gate or door, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also, in plural, firewood, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]one who has 'swallowed a poker', [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν δοκοῖσι is probably falsa lectio for{ἐνδόκοισι} in [Refs 7th c.BC+]
II. a kind of meteor, [Refs 1st c.AD+]