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G2907 κρέας (kréas)
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Quick Definition

κρέας, έως, τό n.n. flesh, kinds of flesh

Strong's Definition

perhaps a primary word; (butcher's) meat

KJV Usage: flesh

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | κρέατος, κρέως · acc.pl. κρέα

5.14 · Foods and Condiments · Food

meat the flesh of animals used as food In some languages a distinction is made between the meat of wild animals and meat of domesticated animals. In ROM 14:21 and 1CO 8:13 it is the latter which is involved.

ROM 14:21 · 1CO 8:13

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κρέας, τό, [cf. Lat. caro, cruor; Curtius § 74], plur. κρέα (cf. W. 65 (68); [B. 15 (13)]); [fr. Hom. down]; Sept. very often for W3; (the) flesh (of a sacrificed animal) : Ro. xiv. 21; 1 Co. viii. 13.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κρέας kreas 2x

flesh, meat, a later form of κρέατος, Rom. 14:21; 1 Cor. 8:13*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κρέας, -έως, pl., κρέα,

[in LXX for בָּשָׂר (freq.);]

flesh, meat: Ro 14:21, I Co 8:13.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κρέας (kreas) — meat. κρέας, τό, Doric dialect κρῆς (which see), Epic dialect κρεῖας uncertain conjecture in [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect [Refs], etc.; genitive [Refs 8th c.BC+], +others, κρεάων [ᾰ] [Refs 8th c.BC+], κρέεσσι Oracle texts cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+] (assuming variant).]:—flesh, meat, [Refs 8th c.BC+] piece of lamb, [Refs 6th c.BC+] (anapaest meter): plural, mostly in collective sense, dressed meat, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. ἀνάβραστα, ὠπτημένα, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; κ. Ἀθηναίοις μερίζειν, νέμειν τῷ δήμῳ, [Refs]

2. carcass: hence, body, person, τοῦδε τοῦ κρέως (i.e. ἐμοῦ) S. [prev. cited] (satyric): in Comedy texts addresses, like{κάρα}, ὦ δεξιώτατον κρέας [Refs 6th c.BC+], see Scholia (κρεϝας, cf. Sanskrit krauís 'raw meat', Latin cruor.)

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