Quick Definition
ἔκτρωμα, ατος, τό n.n. an untimely birth
Strong's Definition
from a comparative of 1537 and titrosko (to wound); a miscarriage (abortion), i.e. (by analogy) untimely birth
KJV Usage: born out of due time
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | τιτρώσκω (wound, hurt) · τραυματίζω
23.55 · Physiological Processes and States · Birth, Procreation
untimely birth an untimely or premature birth There is a certain fundamental problem involved in the rendering of ἔκτρωμα in 1CO 15:8. Here Paul refers to himself, but the event in question is the appearance of Jesus to Paul, evidently on the road to Damascus. The reference, therefore, would seem to be his being born as a Christian. This spiritual birth, however, would appear to be rather late in the process rather than premature. It is for this reason that it may be wise to translate ἔκτρωμα in some instances as ‘untimely birth’ or ‘born at the wrong time,’ rather than indicating that he was ‘born too soon.’
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔκτρωμα ektrōma 1x
an abortion, baby prematurely born, 1 Cor. 15:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἔκ-τρωμα, -τος, τό
(< ἐκτιτρώσκω, to miscarry), [in LXX: Jb 3:16, Ec 6:3 (נָפַל; also in Aq., Ps 58:9, Nu 12:12 (מוּת) * ;]
an abortion, an untimely birth (v. Field, Notes, 179): I Co 15:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔκτρωμα. This NT Gar. εἰρ. (1 Cor 158, cf. Numb 1212) may be illustrated from the verb in P Goodsp Cairo 1515 (A.D. 362) where a complaint is made with reference to certain persons—thv μὲν Τάησιν βαρέαν οὖσαν ἐκ τῶν πληγῶν αὐτῶν ἐξέτρωσεν (1. —av) τὸ βρέφος, ““ἴο Taesis who was pregnant they occasioned by their violence the miscarriage of her child” (Ed.). Cf. also Apoc. Petr. 11 αὗται δὲ ἦσαν alt τὰ βρέφη φθείρο]υσαι καὶ ἐκτρώσασαι. “Hxtpwopds is found Pretsigke 345151. Hesych.: ἔκτρωμα" παιδίον νεκpov ἄωρον. ἐκβολὴ γυναικός. For the form see Moulton Gr. li. § 119 (ὁ). EXPEOW is by no means so common as we might have expected. In P Par 2674 (B.c. 163-2) (= Selections, p. 15) the Serapeum Twins petition Ptolemyand Cleopatra against those who had maltreated them and ‘‘ were appropriating the privileges conferred on us by you”—tév .. . τὰ ὑφ᾽ ὑμῶν ἡμῖν χρηματιζόμενα ἐκφερομένων : cf. Michel 1001" 33 (c, B.C. 200) μὴ ἐχέτω δὲ ἐξουσίαν μηδὲ ἐξενέγκαι τῶν ἐν τῶι μουσείωι ὄντων μηθέν. In another papyrus in the Paris collection the verb occurs in the passive in connexion with an assault, P Par 1428 (ii/B.c.) ἀφορήτῳ δὲ ἀνομίᾳ ἐξενεχθέντες καὶ ἐκπηδήσαντές μοι. .. πληγὰς ἔδωκαν : cf. also P Tebt I. sili 68 (B.c. 118) ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τοὺς πλείονας καρπείαις (1. καρπείας) ἐξενηνεγμένους ἕως τοῦ αὐτίοῦ χ]ρόνου τῶν ἐπιτίμων, ‘likewise (they remit) the penalties incurred by those who have appropriated more (than their due) emoluments up to the same period.’’ An interesting use is found in a Question to the Oracle, P Fay 1383 (i/ii A.p.) Κύριοι Διόσκουροι, ἦ Kpe(verar αὐτὸν ἀπελθεῖν is πόλειν ; τοῦτο ἐκξένεἰγκον καὶ συμφονήσατο πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφόν σου, ““() lords Dioscuri, is it fated for him to depart to the city? Bring this to pass, and let him come to an agreement with thy brother” (Edd.): cf. BGU I. 2295 (ii/iii ἀσθένεια. In Sy// 1528 (B.C. 330-25) τὴν βουλὴν προβουλεύσασαν ἐξενεγκεῖν εἰς τὴν πρώτην ἐκκλησίαν περὶ Ἡρακλείδου, the meaning is to ‘‘produce” or ‘‘make public” a προβούλευμα, a ‘‘preliminary decree’’ which became a βούλευμα, when passed by the Ecclesia. The subst. ἐκφόριον is used of “rent in kind”’ as distinguished from φόρος “rent in money”’ as in P Tebt 11. 377%™ (a.p. 210): see the editors’ note ad /.c., and cf. Modica Zntroduzione, p. 163 f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἔκτρωμα (ektrōma) — untimely birth. ἔκ-τρωμα, ατος, τό, = παιδίον νεκρὸν ἄωρον, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; untimely birth, [NT+4th c.BC+]; as a term of contempt, [Refs]