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G2053 ἔριον (érion)
Greek
Noun, Neuter
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Quick Definition

wool

Strong's Definition

wool

Derivation: of obscure affinity;

KJV Usage: wool

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἔριον, ἐρίου, τό (diminutive of τό ἔρος or εἶρος), wool: Heb_9:19; Rev_1:14. (From Homer down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἔριον erion 2x wool, Heb_9:19 ; Rev_1:14

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἔριον , -ου , τό , [in LXX for H6785 , Lev_13:47 , Isa_1:18 , al. ;] wool: Heb_9:19 , Rev_1:14 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἔριον [page 254] PSI IV. 368 .48 (B.C. 250 49) τὰ ἔρια . . ἄστατα , wool not weighed, P Par 59 .6 (B.C. 160) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 76) ἐρείου (ἥμυσυ ) (δραχμῶν ) σ̄ , P Ryl II. 138 .22 (A.D. 34) ἐρίων σταθμία ῑε̄ , fifteen measures of wool, similarly ib. 146 .15 (A.D. 39), P Oxy VI. 929 .11 (ii/iii A.D.) λέντιον τριβακόν , καὶ ἔρι̣α̣, a worn towel, and some wool (Edd.). In P Land 402 verso .15 (an inventory ii/B.C.) (= II. p. 11) ἐριᾶ (for ἐρεᾶ ) ἐντυλή is apparently = a woollen wrapper or rug. For the diminutive ἐρίδιον see P Meyer 20 .36 ( 1st half iii/A.D.) χαλκὸν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔδωκα τοῦ πόκου τῶν ἐρειδίω (ν ), BGU III. 948 .19 (iv/v A.D.) θέλησον [ο ]ὖν υἱέ μου Θεόδουλε ἀγοράσιν μοι ς̄ λι (τρὰς ) ἐριδίου μέλα [νο ]ς , and for a possible occurrence of ἐριουργός = wool-worker, see P Ryl II. 94 .14 (A.D. 14 37)

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἔριον [Etym: ἔρος, εἶρος] "wool", in sg. and pl., Hom. , attic:— εἴρια ἀπὸ ξύλου "cotton" (Germ. "Baumwolle, tree-wool)", Hdt.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἔριον, -ου, τό [in LXX for צֶמֶר, Lev.13:47, Isa.1:18, al. ;] wool: Heb.9:19, Rev.1:14.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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