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G4658 Σκύθης (Skýthēs)
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Σκύθης, ου, ὁ n.m. a Scythian

Strong's Definition

probably of foreign origin; a Scythene or Scythian, i.e. (by implication) a savage

KJV Usage: Scythian

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun-name, m. | -ου

93.583 · Names of Persons and Places · Places

a Scythian (derivative of Σκυθία ‘Scythia,’ not occurring in the NT) a person who is a native of Scythia, a region north of the Black Sea, and regarded by the GrecoRoman world as utterly pagan and uncivilized

COL 3:11

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Σκύθης, -ov, ὁ, a Scythian, an inhabitant of Scythia i. emodern Russia: Col. iii. 11. By the more eivilized nations of antiquity the Scythians were regarded as the wildest of all barbarians; ef. Cic. in Verr. 2,5, 58 § 150; in Pison. 8, 18; Joseph. ec. Apion. 2, 37, 6; [ Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 2}; Leian. Tox. 5sq.; 2 Mace. iv. 47; 3 Mace. vii. 5. [See Bp. Lghtft. on Col. l.e.; Hackett in B.D.s.v. Seythians; Rawlinson’s Ilerod., App. to bk. iv., Essays ii. and iii.; Vanicek, Fremdworter, s. v.]

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. For Σκύθης used as a proper name see P Hib I. 55? (B.C. 250) Σκύθης Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν, and Preisighke 4036 EwBros Σικύθου.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Σκύθης (Skuthēs) — Scythian. Σκύθ-ης, ου, ὁ: vocative Σκύθᾰ [Refs 8th c.BC+], of a desert, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, rude, rough person, ἐν λόγοις Σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. adjective [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σίδηρος [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. at Athens, one of the city police, which was mainly composed of Scythian slaves, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. ={ἱπποτοξότης}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

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