Quick Definition
κῶλον, ου, τό n.n. a limb, bodies
Strong's Definition
from the base of 2849; a limb of the body (as if lopped)
KJV Usage: carcase
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου
8.8 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Body
dead body, corpse the dead body of a person, especially one which is still unburied Though in HEB 3:17 the Greek text reads literally ‘whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness,’ it would normally be a mistake to translate this clause literally, since it might suggest that the people died while they were still standing, and that only the corpses fell. A more natural equivalent is ‘they died in the wilderness’ or ‘they died and their bodies lay in the wilderness.’
1 In earlier Greek κῶλον designated a limb, but in the NT it occurs only in the plural and means corpses.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κῶλον, -ov, τό; in Grk. writ. fr. Aeschyl. down ; a member of the body, particularly the more external and prominent members, esp. the feet; in Sept. (Lev. xxvi. 30; Num. xiv. 29, 32 sq.; 1S. xvii. 46; Is. Ixvi. 24) for 739 and 0°39, a dead body, carcase, inasmuch as the members of a corpse are loose and fall apart: so the plur. in Heb. iii. 17 fr. Num. xiv. 29, 32, [A. V. carcases].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κῶλον kōlon 1x
lit., a member or limb of the body, fig., dead body, corpse, Heb. 3:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κῶλον, -ου, τό, a limb, member of a body, [but in LXX (Le 26:30, Nu 14:29, 32, 33, I Ki 17:46, Is 66:24*) for פֶּגֶר;] hence, carcase: He 3:17(LXX).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κῶλον (kōlon) — corpse. κῶλον, τό, limb, member of a body, especially leg, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: mostly in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, of arms and legs, and of animals, fore and hind legs, τὰ ἐμπρόσθια κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. ={κωλῆ}[Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. of plants, limb, arm, σκολιῆς ἄγρια κ. βάτου [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in plural, also, internodes of the νάρθηξ, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. generally, member,
II.1. of a building, side or front, of a square or triangular building, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.1. b upright of a ladder, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. limb or lap of the race-course, διαύλου θάτερον κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. Rhet., member or clause of a περίοδος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στίξομεν κατὰ κῶλον Castor in [Refs] W.; διελὼν πρὸς κῶλον, of Origen in his Hexapla, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II.4. in verse, metrical unit containing fewer than three συζυγίαι without catalexis, [Refs 7th c.AD+] element of a στροφή, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.5. ῥινοῦ ἐΰστροφα κ., poetry for a sling, [Refs]
II.6. incorrect form for κόλον (which see), [Refs 6th c.AD+]; compare κωλικός.