Quick Definition
a crag, precipice
Strong's Definition
overhanging, i.e. a precipice
Derivation: from G2910 (κρεμάννυμι);
KJV Usage: steep place
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κρημνός, κρημνοῦ, ὁ (from κρεμάννυμι), a steep (place), a precipice: Mat_8:32; Mar_5:13; Luk_8:33. (2Ch_25:12; Greek writings from Homer down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κρημνός krēmnos 3x
a hanging steep, precipice, a steep bank, Mat_8:32 ; Mar_5:13 ; Luk_8:33
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κρημνός , -οῦ , ὁ
( < κρεμάννυμι ),
[in LXX : 2Ch_25:12 ( H5553 ) * ;]
a steep bank: Mat_8:32 , Mar_5:13 , Luk_8:33 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κρημνός [page 359]
This word, which in the NT is confined to Mar_5:13 and parallels, is found in an account of rushes used in irrigation works, P Petr III. 39 ii. 8 , where mention is made of those employed εἰς τοὺς κρημνούς , for the steep banks or edges of the trench. See also the epitaph on one who had hurled himself from the cliffs, Kaibel , 225 .1 f.
Ὀστέα μὲν καὶ σάρκας ἐμὰς σπιλάδες διέχευαν
ὀξεῖαι , κρημνῶν ἅλμα ὑποδεξάμεναι .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κρημνός, -οῦ, ὁ
(κρεμάννυμι), [in LXX: 2Ch.25:12 (סֶלַע)* ;]
a steep bank: Mat.8:32, Mrk.5:13, Luk.8:33.†
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