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G2748 Κεδρών (Kedrṓn)
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Κεδρών, ὁ Prop.n. Kidron

Strong's Definition

of Hebrew origin (6939); Cedron (i.e. Kidron), a brook near Jerusalem

KJV Usage: Cedron

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, m. | indeclinable

93.500 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

Kidron a valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives

JHN 18:1

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Κεδρών, ὁ [B. 21 (19)], indecl. (in Joseph. Kedpav, -avos [see below]), Cedron [or Kidron], (Hebr. 711 i. 6. dark, turbid), the name of a [winter-] torrent, rising near Jerusalem and flowing down through a valley of the same name (having the Mt. of Olives on the E.) into the Dead Sea: χείμαρρος τοῦ Κεδρών, Jn. xviii. 1 GL Tr ἑαυτὸν μόνον, κεῖμαι mrg., acc. to the more correct reading [but see WH. App. ad loc.]; (χείμαρρος Κεδρῶνος, Joseph. antt. 8, 1, 5; φάραγξ Κεδρῶνος, ib. 9, 7,3; Ὁ. 1. 5, 6,1; φάραγγι βαθείᾳ... 7 Kedpov ὠνόμασται, ib. 5, 2,3). [B. 10. 8. ν. Kidron, ef. Cedron, 2; Robinson, Phys. Geogr. of the Holy Land, p. 96 sq.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Κεδρών Kedrōn 1x

indecl. pr. name, Kidron, a valley near Jerusalem, Jn. 18:1*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Κεδρών

(v.s. κέδρος), ὁ, indecl. (in FlJ, gen. -ῶνος; Heb. קִדְרוֹן), [in LXX: II Ki 15:23, IV Ki 23:6, al.;]

Cedron (OT, Kidron): χείμαρρος τοῦ Κ., Jo 18:1 (L, Tr., mg., R, txt.; cf. Bl., § 10, 5; Lft., Essays, 172 ff).†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κέδρος (kedros) — Kidron. κέδρος, ἡ, cedar-tree, ὀδμὴ κέδρου.. θύου τ᾽ ἀνὰ νῆσον ὀδώδει δαιομένων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; applied to prickly cedar, Juniperus Oxycedrus, Od.[same place], [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Syrian cedar, J. excelsa,[Refs 1st c.AD+]; Phoenician cedar, J. phoenicea, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Himalayan cedar, J. macropoda, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; κ. μικρά juniper, J. communis, Dsc. [prev. cited]

2. anything made of cedar- wood: cedar coffin, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; cedar box, for a bee- hive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

3. cedar-oil, τῇ κ. ἀλείφειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

4. see at {κέδρον} [Refs]

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