Quick Definition
gloomy, sad-countenanced
Strong's Definition
angry-visaged, i.e. gloomy or affecting a mournful appearance
Derivation: from (sullen) and a derivative of G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι);
KJV Usage: of a sad countenance
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκυθρωπός, σκυθρωπόν, also of three term.; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 105 (Winer's Grammar, § 11, 1) (σκυθρός and ὤψ), of a sad and gloomy countenance (opposed to φαιδρός, Xenophon, mem. 3, 10, 4): Luk_24:17; of one who feigns or affects a sad countenance, Mat_6:16. (Gen_40:7; Sir_25:23; Greek writings from Aeschylus down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκυθρωπός skythrōpos 2x
of a stern, morose, sour, gloomy, or dejected countenance, Mat_6:16 ; Luk_24:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σκυθρωπός , -όν
(also -ή , -όν )
( σκυθρός , sullen , + ὤψ ),
[in LXX : Gen_40:7 ( H7451 ), etc.;]
of a gloomy countenance: Mat_6:16 , Luk_24:17 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκυθρωπός [page 580]
of a gloomy countenance ( Mat_6:16 , Luk_24:17 (cf. Field Notes , p. 81 f.); Gen_40:7 ) : cf. P Leid W vi. 47 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 101) ἐὰν δὲ σκυθρωπὸς φάνῃ , λέγε· Δὸς ἡμέραν κτλ ., Menander Ἐπιτρέπ . 43 σκυθρωπὸν ὄντα με | ἰδών , τί σύννους , φησί , Δᾶος ; and Lucian Hermotim. 18 ὃς δ᾽ ἂν μὴ ἔχῃ ταῦτα μηδὲ σκυθρωπὸς ᾖ . For the verb, as in Psa. 37꞉ 7 [MT Psa_38:7 ], cf. PSI IV. 441 .30 (iii/B.C.) ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ σκυθρωπάζουσιν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σκυθρωπός σκυθρ-ωπός, όν [Etym: σκυθρός, ὤψ] "angry-looking, of sad countenance, sullen", Eur. , Aesch. , etc.:— τὸ σκυθρωπόν, = σκυλάκαινα, Eur. —adv., σκυθρωπῶς ἔχειν Xen. of things, "gloomy, sad, melancholy", Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σκυθρωπός, -όν (also -ή, -όν)
(σκυθρός, sullen, + ὤψ), [in LXX: Gen.40:7 (רַע), etc. ;]
of a gloomy countenance: Mat.6:16, Luk.24:17.†
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