G3013: λεπίς (lepís)

G3013 λεπίς (lepís)

Greek

Quick Definition

λεπίς, ίδος, ἡ n.f. a scale, scaly substance

Strong's Definition

from lepo (to peel); a flake

KJV Usage: scale

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

λεπίς (G3013)

noun, f. | -ίδος | λέπρα · λεπρός · λεπτόν

8.57 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body

flake, scale a thin layer or peel, especially of skin In rendering ACT 9:18 it is possible to say ‘there fell from his eyes something which looked like a fish scale’ or ‘... a small flake of skin.’

ACT 9:18

¹ On the basis of the extrabiblical usage of λεπλις, one could classify its meaning in Domain 79 Features of Objects.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

λεπίς, -ίδος, ἡ, (λέπω to strip off the rind or husk, to peel, to scale), a scale: Actsix.18. (Sept.; Aristot. al. [ef. Hdt. 7, 61].)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

λεπίς lepis 1x

a scale, shell, rind, crust, incrustation, Acts 9:18*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

λεπίς, -ίδος, ἡ

(< λέπω, to peel) [in LXX chiefly for קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת;]

a scale: Ac 9:18.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

λεπίς (lepis) — scale. λεπ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ, (λέπω) epithelial debris, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; layer of the skull, [Refs]; ᾠοῦ λ. egg-shell, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; cup of a filbert, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; coat of an onion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. collectively, scales of fish, λεπίδος σιδηρέης ὄψιν ἰχθυοειδέος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of serpents, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. of other things, λ. χαλκοῦ flakes that fly from copper in hammering, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. plate of metal, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of gold and silver, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

5. λ. πρίονος blade of a saw, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

6. λεπίδες (i.e. χιόνος) snow-flakes, conjecture in [Refs 4th c.BC+]