Quick Definition
a Scythian
Biblical Persons & Places
Scythians
People living in Scythia
People living in Scythia, only mentioned at Col.3.11;
only referred to as Scythians (Σκύθης).
Strong's Definition
a Scythene or Scythian, i.e. (by implication) a savage
Derivation: probably of foreign origin;
KJV Usage: Scythian
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Σκύθης, Σκυθου, ὁ, a Scythian, an inhabitant of Scythia i. e. modern Russia: Col_3:11. By the more civilized nations of antiquity the Scythians were regarded as the wildest of all barbarians; cf. Cicero, in Verr. 2, 5, 58 § 150; in Pison. 8, 18; Josephus, c. Apion. 2, 37, 6; (Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 2); Lucian, Tox. 5f; 2Ma_4:47; 3Ma_7:5. (See Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited; Hackett in B. D. under the word ; Rawlinson's Herod., Appendix to book iv., Essays ii. and iii.; Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Σκύθης Skythēs 1x
A Scythian, a native of Scythia, the modern Mongolia and Tartary, Col_3:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Σκύθης , -ου , ὁ ,
Scythian , an inhabitant of Scythia, i.e . Russia and Siberia, a synonym with the Greeks for the wildest of barbarians: Col_3:11 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Σκύθης [page 580]
For Σκύθης used as a proper name see P Hib I. 55 .1 (B.C. 250) Σκύθης Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν , and Preisigke 4036 Εὔβιος Σκύθου .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
Σκύθης Σκύ^θης, ου, ὁ, "a Scythian": proverb., Σκυθῶν ἐρημία, as we might say "the desert of Africa, " Ar. : —fem. Σκύθαινα^. as adj. "Scythian", Aesch. at Athens, "a policeman, one of the city-guard", which was mostly composed of Scythian slaves, Ar.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Σκύθης, -ου, ὁ
Scythian, an inhabitant of Scythia, i.e. Russia and Siberia, a synonym with the Greeks for the wildest of barbarians: Col.3:11.†
(AS)