Quick Definition
κόκκος, ου, ὁ n.m. a kernel, grain
Strong's Definition
a kernel of seed
Derivation: apparently a primary word;
KJV Usage: corn, grain
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | κόκκινος
3.35 · Plants · Fruit Parts of Plants
seed the kernel part of fruit, usually grain A number of languages make distinctions between two quite different types of seed: (1) those produced by grasses (that is to say, grains) and (2) those produced by other types of plants, for example, beans, squash, apples, etc. In all passages employing the Greek terms in this subdomain (κόκκος, σπέρμα[a], σπόρος), it is best to use some expression referring to ‘grain.’
MAT 13:31 · MAT 17:20 · MRK 4:31 · LUK 13:19 · LUK 17:6 · JHN 12:24 · 1CO 15:37
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κόκκος, -ov, ὁ, [οἵ. Vanitek, Fremdworter etc. p. 26], a grain: Mt. xiii. 31; xvii. 20; Mk. iv. 31; Lk. xiii. 19; xvii. 6; Jn. xii. 24; 1 Co. xv. 87. [Hom. h. Cer. Hat., down.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κόκκος kokkos 7x
a kernel, grain, seed, Mt. 13:31; 17:20; Mk. 4:31; Lk. 13:19; 17:6; Jn. 12:24; 1 Cor. 15:37*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κόκκος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX: La 4:5 B א R (תּוֹלָע), Si 45:11*;]
a grain: Mt 13:31 17:20, Mk 4:31, Lk 13:19 17:6, Jo 12:24, I Co 15:37.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κόκκος. Ostr 12184 (Rom.) κόκκου μάτας δ, P Lond 12188 (iii/A.p.) (=I. p. 104) θῦσον ALB(avov) κόκκους Ὑ, 5y/7 8071" (after A.D. 138) κόκκους στροβίλου, ‘‘pine-cones.” The verb κοκκολογέω is found in P Oxy VII. 10311® (A.D. 228) ἅσπερ κοκκολογήσας ἀπὸ κριθῆς Kal αἴρης καταθήσω εἰς τὴν γῆν ὑγιῶς, “ which (arourae) I will clear of barley and darnel and plant upon the land honestly ” (Ed.): see also P Hamb I. 1915 (A.D. 225) with the editor’s note.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κόκκος (kokkos) — seed. κόκκος, ὁ, grain, seed, as of the pomegranate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. Βαβυλώνιος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the poppy, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of the pine, [Refs]; of wheat, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of weeds in corn, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; compare Κνίδιος: metaphorically, νόου δέ μοι οὐκ ἔνι κ. not a grain of sense, [Refs]
2. a measure, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. 'berry' (gall) of kermes oak, used to dye scarlet, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, scarlet (the colour), [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. κ. or κ. βαφική, ἡ, kermes oak, Quercus coccifera, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III. pill, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
IV. in plural, testicles, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV.2. pudenda muliebria, [Refs 5th c.AD+]