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Strong's #1144 - δάκρυ
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δάκρυ, τό,
used by Poets metri gr. for δάκρυον in sg. δάκρυ and dat. pl. δάκρυσι Il. 9.570, etc.: dat. pl. sts. in Prose, Th. 7.75, D. 30.32, Luke 7:38 : pl., δάκρη An.Ox. 1.121 (cj. Bgk. in Pi. Fr. 122.3, cf. δάκρυον 2): —
I tear, Il. 2.266, Od. 4.114, A. Pr. 638, etc.; τοῦ ὅ γε δ. χέων Od. 2.24.
II generally, drop, λιβάνου Pi. l.c.; δ. πεύκινον E. Med. 1200. (Cf.Lat. lacruma, Goth. tagr, O E. tear.)
δάκρυον, τό, used in sg. δάκρυον, pl. δάκρυα, -ύων, -ύοις, gen. pl. δακρυόφι (-φιν) Il. 17.696, Od. 5.152, etc.: (v. δάκρυ): —
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1. tear, δ. θερμὰ χέων Il. 16.3; δ. λείβειν, εἴβειν, 13.88, Od. 4.153; βλεφάρων ἄπο δ. ἧκεν 23.33; ἐς δάκρυα πεσεῖν Hdt. 6.21; ἴσχειν πηγὰς δακρύων S. Ant. 803 (lyr.), etc.; μετὰ πολλῶν δ. ἱκετεύειν Pl. Ap. 34c.
2. that which drops like tears, gum, sap, τῆς ἀκάνθης Hdt. 2.96; κρομμύου Hp. Mul. 2.201; τῶν δένδρων Arist. HA 553b28; ἀμπέλου AP 11.298; τὸ ἤλεκτρον καὶ ὅσα λέγεται ὡς δάκρυα Arist. Mete. 388b19; δ. κάμωνος, = σκαμμωνία, Nic. Al. 484; of the bulbils of κρίνον (q.v.), Thphr. HP 2.2.1, al.
II = δάκρυμαι, 1, AP 7.527 (Theodorid.).
δάκρυ, δακρυος, τό, and τό δάκρυον, δακρυου (from Homer down), a tear: Mark 9:24 R G; Acts 20:19, 31; 2 Corinthians 2:4; 2 Timothy 1:4; Hebrews 5:7; Hebrews 12:17. The (nominative) form τό δάκρυον in Revelation 7:17; Revelation 21:4, (Isaiah 25:8). The dative plural δάκρυσι in Luke 7:38, 44 (Psalm 125:5
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δάκρυον
(poët. form δάκρυ ), -ου , τό ,
[in LXX H1832;]
a tear: Mark 9:24 (WH, txt., R, txt. omit), Acts 20:19; Acts 20:31, 2 Corinthians 2:4, 2 Timothy 1:4, Hebrews 5:7; Hebrews 12:17, Revelation 7:17; Revelation 21:4; metaph., dat. pl., δάκρυσι (Lamentations 2:11, Thuc., vii, 75; Bl., § 9, 3), Luke 7:38; Luke 7:44.†
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P Petr II. 1.4 (c. B.C. 260) μετὰ δακρύων , which Mayser, Gr. p. 268, notes must not be assigned to δάκρυ , despite the heteroclite δάκρυσιν in NT. BGU IV. 1141.27 f. (c. B.C. 14) οἵαν γὰρ ὕβριν μοι πεπόηκεν ἐν τῷ κήπῳ κ ̣α ̣ι ̣̣ ἐ ̣ν ̣ τῇ οἰκίᾳ . . .., ἠ ἦν δάκρυα σοὶ γράφειν , γεγραφήκειν ἂν ἀπ ̣ο ̣̣ τῶν δακρύων , ";wenn Thränen ein Brief wären"; (Ed.). The noun survives still.
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