Quick Definition
κριθή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. barley
Strong's Definition
of uncertain derivation; barley
KJV Usage: barley
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | κρίθινος
3.44 · Plants · Fruit Parts of Plants
barley a grain somewhat similar to wheat, but regarded as less desirable for food In a number of languages there is no specific term for barley, and therefore it may be useful simply to borrow a term from a dominant language. In certain instances, however, translators have used an expression such as ‘wheat-like grain.’ It may even be useful to have a footnote to explain something of the nature of barley, but the fact that it was cheaper than wheat is clear from REV 6:6.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κριθή, -ῆς, ἡ, (in Grk. writ. [fr. Hom. down] only in plur. ai κριθαί), Sept. for NAY, barley: Rev. vi. 6 κριθῆς RG, κριθῶν LT Tr WH.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κριθή krithē 1x
barley, Rev. 6:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κριθή, -ῆς, ἡ,
[in LXX for שְׂעֹרָה;]
barley: pl. (as usually in cl.), Re 6:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κριθή. For this common word, which in the NT is found only once and in the plur. (Rev 68), it is sufficient to cite P Hib I. 4755 (B.C. 256) kal ὄλυραν δὲ κ[αὶ κρ]ιθὴν ἑτοίμαζε, ‘ prepare both olyra and barley,” P Petr IT. 23(1)? (Ptol.) ἡ fey (= Cera) ἡ δὲ κριθὴ ἐπλήγη, “the rye and the barley had been smitten ” with hail (?) (Ed.), P Giss I. 697 (A.D. 118-9) νῦν δὲ πρὸς παράλημψιν κρειθῆς ἔπεμψα αὐτόν, P Oxy I. 69° (A.D. 190) κριθῆς ἀρτόβας δέκα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κριθή (krithē) — barley. κρῑθ-ή, ἡ, mostly in plural, barleycorns, barley (compare κρῖ), the meal being ἄλφιτα: [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἶνος ἐκ κριθέων πεποιημένος a kind of beer, [Refs 5th c.BC+], also of species of barley, [Refs 4th c.BC+] millet, Sorghum halepense, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. pustule on the eyelid, stye, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. barley-corn, the smallest weight, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV. in singular, ={πόσθη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]