Quick Definition
κρίνον, ου, τό n.n. a lily
Strong's Definition
perhaps a prim word; a lily
KJV Usage: lily
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου
3.32 · Plants · Plants That Are Not Trees
wild flower any one of several types of flowers, usually uncultivated Though traditionally κρίνον has been regarded as a type of lily, scholars have suggested several other possible references, including an anemone, a poppy, a gladiolus, and a rather inconspicuous type of daisy.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κρίνον krinon 2x
a lily, Mt. 6:28; Lk. 12:27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κρίνον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for שׁוּשַׁן, שׁוֹשַׁנָּה;]
a lily: Mt 6:28, Lk 12:27.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κρίνον is used in the plur. of an architectural device in AZicheZ 5947? (B.C. 279). The adj. κρίνινος, ‘‘made of lilies,”’ is applied to myrrh in P Lond 46513 (iv/a.p.) (=I. p. 72) μύρον κρίνινον, and to oil in 24. 1218! (iii/a.p.)(= 1. p. 104) κρίνινον ἔλαιον : in P Leid Wi*- 18 (ii/iii A.D.) κρίνινον is one of the seven flowers of the seven stars. A i/A.D. sepulchral epitaph, Aazbel 547, begins—His ta cov. . [κ]αὶ [εἰ]ς κρίνα βλα[σ]τείσειεν ὀστέα, ‘ may thy bones bourgeon into violets and lilies.” MGr κρίνο, κρίνος.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κρίνον (krinon) — lily. κρίνον [ῐ], τό, irregular plural [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dative [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.:—white lily, Lilium candidum, [Refs 4th c.BC+] Turk's cap lily, L. chalcedonicum, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, of a needy man, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. Egyptian bean, Nelumbium speciosum, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. kind of choral dance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. kind of loaf, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV. architectural ornament, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]