Quick Definition
ἴχνος, ους, τό n.n. a track, footstep
Strong's Definition
from ikneomai (to arrive; compare 2240); a track (figuratively)
KJV Usage: step
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ους | ἀνεξιχνίαστος
41.47 · Behavior and Related States · Imitate Behavior
Collocation: ἐπακολουθέω τοῖς ἴχνεσιν
to imitate, to do as others do (an idiom, literally: to follow in the tracks) to behave in the same manner as someone else
41.47 · Behavior and Related States · Imitate Behavior
Collocation: περιπατέω τοῖς ἴχνεσιν
to imitate, to do as others do (an idiom, literally: to walk in the tracks) to behave in the same manner as someone else
41.47 · Behavior and Related States · Imitate Behavior
Collocation: στοιχέω τοῖς ἴχνεσιν
to imitate, to do as others do (an idiom, literally: to follow in the tracks) to behave in the same manner as someone else
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἴχνος, -eos (τους), τό, (fr. ἵκω i. q. ixvéopat, to go), [fr. Hom. down], a footprint, track, footstep: in the N. T. metaph., of imitating the example of any one, we find στοιχεῖν τοῖς ἴχνεσί τινος, Ro. iv. 12; περιπατεῖν τοῖς ἴχν. τ. 2 Co. xii. 18; ἐπακολουθεῖν τ. ἴχν. τιν. 1 Pet. ii. 21, (ἐν ἴχνεσί τινος ἑὸν πόδα νέμειν, Pind. Nem. 6, 27); cf. Lat. insistere vestigiis alicuius.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἴξνος ichnos 3x
a footstep, track; in NT pl. footsteps, line of conduct, Rom. 4:12; 2 Cor. 12:18; 1 Pet. 2:21*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἴχνος, -εος (-ους), τό,
[in LXX for כַּף, etc.;]
a track, footstep: metaph. (as freq. in cl.), στοιχεῖν τοῖς ἴ., Ro 4:12; περιπατεῖν τοῖς ἴ., II Co 12:18; ἐπακολουθεῖν τοῖς ἴ., I Pe 2:21 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἴχνος. Syil 3255 (i/B.c ) has a good parallel for Rom 415 and I Pet 251: the excellent young man who is the hero of the laudation comes of a patriotic and pious stock, kal αὐτὸς στοιχεῖν βουλόμενος kal τοῖς ἐκείνων ἴχνεσιν ἐπιβαίνειν. The literal use of ἴχνος is seen in P Giss I. 919 (Rom.) ὡς iora δὲ οὐτὲ ἴχνος ἐθεώρουν KTA., P Oxy XII. 144954 (A.D. 213-7) μηδὲ ἴχνη, and in the tax ἴχνους ἐρημοφυλακία, for the desert police who protected the caravan ‘‘ route,’ e.g. P Fay 197. For the metaph. use of ἰχνεύω = “search out,” as in Sir 5115, cf. Kazbel 2271 ἰχνεύεις, ὦ ξεῖνε, τίς εἴμ᾽ ἐγώ. ᾿Τωάννης, ᾿Ιωάνης. On the uncertainty in the spelling of this Semitic proper name, see Moulton G7. ii. p. 102, Winer-Schmiedel Gr. Pp: 57, Blass Phzlology, pp. 75f., 81.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἴχνος (ichnos) — track. ἴχνος, εος, τό, track, footstep, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the spoor of game, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, track, trace, κατ᾽ ἴχνος πλατᾶν ἄφαντον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐς ταὐτὸν ἐλθὼν.. λόγων ἴ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with negative, not a trace, μαζῶν οὐδὲ ἴχνη [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἴ. ποδὸς θεῖναι, Latin vestigia ponere, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λεπτὸν ἴ. ἀρβύλης τίθετε step softly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἴχνεσί τινος πόδα νέμειν (metaphorically) [NT+5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἴχνος ᾄσσειν, κατ᾽ ἴχνη διώκειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴ. μετιέναι, μετελθεῖν, [Refs]; ἴχνους προσάπτεσθαι hit upon a trail, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. poetry, foot, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. hard sole of the foot, [LXX+2nd c.AD+]; sole of a shoe, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; sandal, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
4. τὰ ἴ. τῶν χειρῶν the palms of the hands, [LXX]
5. ἴ. ἀνθρώπινον, as a measure of length, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
6. track, route in the desert, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
7. plural, representations of footprints as votive offerings indicating the presence of a God, ἀνέθηκαν.. κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐνέργιαν ἴχνη αὐτοῦ χρύσεα τέσσερα [Refs]