Quick Definition
τρίβος, ου, ἡ n.f. a worn path, beaten way
Strong's Definition
from tribo (to "rub"; akin to teiro, truo, and the base of 5131, 5134); a rut or worn track
KJV Usage: path
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τρίβος, -ov, ἡ, (τρίβω to rub), a worn way, a path: Mt. iii. 3; Mk. i. 3; Lk. iii. 4, fr. Is. xl. 8. (Hom. hymn. Mere. 448; Hdt., Eur., Xen., al.; Sept. for 723, NI, 72D, IV ete.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τρίβος tribos 3x
a beaten track; a road, highway, Mt. 3:3; Mk. 1:3; Lk. 3:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τρίβος, -ου, -ἡ
(< τρίβω), [in LXX for מְסִלָּה, נָתִיב, etc. ;]
a beaten track, a path: Mt 3:3, Mk 1:3, Lk 3:4 (LXX).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τρίβος (tribos) — path. τρίβος [ῐ], ἡ, but ὁ in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (τρίβω):— worn or beaten track, ἐν τρίβῳ μάλιστα οἰκημένοι in the path (of the war), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τ. τῆς ἀτραποῦ the track of the path, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; διασχισθέντες [τῆς ὁδοῦ] τρίβῳ τινί by following a track, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. metaphorically, path, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]track, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. rubbing, attrition, [Refs]; τ. κρηπῖδος the rubbing of a shoe, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. socket, friction-joint, ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ βραχίονος.. τρίβον ἑωυτῇ πεποιημένη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; area of friction or pressure of a bandage, [Refs]
II.3. delay, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. bodily exercise, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
