Quick Definition
τροχός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. a wheel, course
Strong's Definition
from 5143; a wheel (as a runner), i.e. (figuratively) a circuit of physical effects
KJV Usage: course
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ | τρέχω
61.5 · Sequence
course, pattern (a figurative extension of meaning of τροχός ‘wheel,’ not occurring in the NT) an ordered series of events, involving repeated patterns For another interpretation of τροχός in JAS 3:6, see 67.83.
67.83 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young
course, cycle (a figurative extension of meaning of τροχός ‘wheel,’ not occurring in the NT) a period of time of indefinite length, characterized by recurring events or patterns In some languages τὸν τροχὸν τῆς γενέσεως may be best rendered as ‘the very way in which we live’ or ‘the manner of our life.’ For another interpretation of τροχός in JAS 3:6, see 61.5.
1 JAS 3:6 The expression τὸν τροχὸν τῆς γενέσεως in JAS 3:6 is similar in meaning to the lexical items found in Domain 41 Behavior and Related States, Subdomain B Custom, Tradition.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τροχός, -ov, 6, (τρέχω), fr. Hom. down, a wheel: Jas. iii. 6 (on this pass. see γένεσις 3; [ef. W. 54 (53)]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τροχός trochos 1x
pr. a runner; anything spherical, a wheel; drift, course, with which signification the word is usually written τρόχος, Jas. 3:6*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τροχός, -οῦ, τό
(< τρέχω), [in LXX chiefly for אוֹפָן ;]
a wheel: Ja 3:6 (v. Mayor, Hort, in l.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τροχός, κα wheel” (Jas 3°: see Hort Comm. ad 1., Field Notes, p- 237): cf. P Oxy X. 129213 (c. A.D. 30) Toy τροχὸν τῆς μηχανῆς, “the wheel of the machine,” P Ryl II. 22811 (i/A.D.) Spyavo(v) tpox(od) τὸ εἰς κόπτειν, ‘machinery of the wheel for cutting’’ (Edd.), P Flor 11. 218! (a.p. 257) εἰς κατασκευὴν τροχοῦ ἑνὸς TOU. . κάρνου, ‘for the construction of one wheel of the car,” P Oxy XII. 147516 (A.D. 267) ὃ τροχὸς ὁμοίως συνερευκὼς ἐκ pepov{a}s, ‘the waterwheel likewise partly in disrepair” (Edd.), and P Lond 1215 57 (a spell—iii/A.p.) (=I. p. 112) λαβὼν πηλὸν ἀπὸ τροχοῦ [κε]ραμικοῦ pitov . . . For the verb τροχάζω, which is condemned by the Atticists (Lob. Phryn. p. 582 f.), cf. Preisigke 5748° (Christian) ἔσχον... παρὰ σοῦ... Tas avvdvas, ds τροχάζω ὑπὲρ τοῦ σοῦ μέρους, and for τροχίσκος 70. 53074 (Byz.). Τροχιλλέα or τροχελλέα, the ‘reel’ of a mill occurs in BGU IV. 111624 (B.C. 13) μύλωι Te Kal τροχιλλέᾳ, and P Oxy III. 502%° (A.D. 164) τοῦ προκειμένου φρέατος τροχελλέαν σὺν σχοινίῳ καινῷ, ““1ΠῈ reel of the aforesaid well provided with a new rope” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τροχός (trochos) — course/wheel. τροχός, ὁ, (τρέχω) wheel, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν πτερόεντι τ... κυλινδόμενον, of Ixion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τροχοὺς μιμεῖσθαι to imitate wheels, of one who bends back so as to form a wheel, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. potter's wheel, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τροχῷ ἐλαθεὶς [λύχνος] (compare τροχήλατος) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. wheel of a stage-machine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of a water-wheel, ὁ τ. τῆς μηχανῆς [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τ. καὶ μηχανή [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
4. wheel of torture, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; τῷ τ. προσηλοῦν ['Ιξίονα] [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
5. rotating wheels used in sieges as a defence against projectiles, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. child's hoop, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. round cake, κηροῖο, στέατος τ., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. ἡλίου the sun's disk, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; coil of a serpent, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
III.2. large pill [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV. θαλάττης γῆς τε τ. circles or zones of land and sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V. circuit of a wall or fortification, Κυκλώπιος τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI. ring playing on the bit of a bridle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI.2. ring for passing a rope through, on board ship, [Refs]
VII. whirlwind, [LXX]
VIII. washpot (?), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IX. a fish or sea-monster (Latin rota, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
X. metaphorically, ὁ τ. τῆς γενέσεως [NT+6th c.AD+] __B τρόχος, ὁ, circular race, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ πολλοὺς τ. ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου not many racing courses of the sun, i.e. not many days (codices τροχούς wheels), [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 place for running, race-course, [Refs] __B.II an animal, [Refs 5th c.BC+]