Quick Definition
στάχυς, υος, ὁ n.m. a head of grain
Strong's Definition
from the base of 2476; a head of grain (as standing out from the stalk)
KJV Usage: ear (of corn)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -υος
3.40 · Plants · Fruit Parts of Plants
ear of wheat, head of wheat the dense spiky cluster in which the seeds of grain such as wheat and barley grow (restricted in NT contexts to references to wheat) In some languages it is impossible to speak of ‘a head of wheat’ or ‘an ear of wheat,’ since terms referring to ‘head’ and ‘ear’ have no such figurative extensions of meaning. In certain instances the equivalent may be ‘the point of the wheat’ or ‘the brush of the wheat,’ referring to the spike-like objects which extend from each grain.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στάχυς, -vos [cf. B. 14], 6, [connected w. the r. sta, tore; Curtius p. 721], fr. Hom. down, Sept. for naw, an ear of corn (or growing grain): Mt. xii. 1; Mk. ii. 23; iv. 28; Lk. vi. 1.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Στάχυς, -υος, ὁ Stachys: Ro 16:9 (v. Lft., Phl., 174; MM, xxiii).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στάχυς, “‘an ear of corn” (Mt 121, αΖ.), is found several times in the farm accounts P Lond 131 ,vecfo #8. (a.p. 78-79) (=I. p. 184): cf. Aristeas 63 βοτρύων kal σταχύων, ‘vine clusters and corn-ears,” and M. Anton. vii. 40 βίον θερίζειν, ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, ‘our lives are reaped like the ripe ears of corn.” For the acc. plur. στάχυας, as in Gen 417, Mt 121, see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 147. Mayser (Gr. i. p. 267) cites an instance of the acc. plur. στάχυς from a papyrus of B.C. 236. On the use of στάχυς in Judg 12°, see Plater Valgate Grammar, p. 13 n.2 ΜΟΥ στάχυν, or, with prothetic vowel, ἀστάχυ (a form that is found as early as Homer—//. ii. 148 ἄσταχυς). Among cognate words with meaning “‘ pointed,” Boisacq (p. 904) notes the English ‘‘ sting.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στάχυς (stachus) — head of grain. στάχυς [στᾰχῡς [Refs 5th c.BC+], υος, ὁ: plural στάχυες [Refs].1424a333, etc.; Epic dialect dative σταχύεσσιν [LXX+8th c.BC+]—ear of corn, in plural, Il.[same place], [NT+8th c.BC+]; τοὺς ὑπερέχοντας τῶν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ καλάμης.. στάχυες, of Bacchylides' poems, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the crop reaped by Cleon in capturing the Spartans at Sphacteria, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. generally, scion, progeny, σ. ἄρσην [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; δισσὸν Βορέον σ. [Refs 4th c.AD+]; Ἑλλάδος ἀμώων ἄγαμον σ. [Refs]
3. name of the chief star in the constellation Virgo, Spica Virginis, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. lower part of the abdomen, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III. base horehound, Stachys germanica, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
IV. νάρδου στάχυς,= ναρδόσταχυς, [Refs]; ὁ τῆς νάρδου σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V. surgical bandage, 'spica' bandage, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
VI. παρὰ τοῖς ναυπηγοῖς τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς φάλαγγος μεριζόμενον, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
VII. = Heb. shibboleth, [LXX]