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Strong's #1661 - ἐλεφάντινος

Transliteration
elephántinos
Phonetics
el-ef-an'-tee-nos
Origin
from elephas (an "elephant")
Parts of Speech
Adjective
TDNT
None
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. of ivory
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 8127 ‑ שֵׁן (shane');  8143 ‑ שֶׁנְהַבִּים (shen‑hab‑beem');  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Revelation 1
NAS (1)
Revelation 1
HCS (1)
Revelation 1
BSB (1)
Revelation 1
ESV (1)
Revelation 1
WEB (1)
Revelation 1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐλεφάντ-ῐνος, η, ον,

1. of ivory, Alc. 33.1, Ar. Eq. 1169, Pl. 815, al.; δίφρος ἐ.,= Lat. sella curulis, Plb. 6.53.9 (pl.), al.; οἶκοι ἐ. LXX Amos 3:15; τὸ ἐ. the substance of ivory, Pl. Hp.Ma. 290c.

2. white as ivory, μέτωπον Anacreont. 15.12; τάριχος Crates 29.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐλεφάντινος, ἐλεφαντινη, ἐλεφάντινον (ἐλέφας), of ivory: Revelation 18:12. (Alcaeus Mytilenaeus, Aristophanes, Polybius, others.)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐλεφάντινος , -η , -ον

(< ἐλέφας , ivory),

[in LXX for H8127;]

of ivory: Revelation 18:12.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The adj. (Revelation 18:12) is found quater in Syll 586 (iv/B.C.). For the subst. = ";elephant,"; see Preisigke 174 (iii/B.C.) ἀποσταλεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν θήραν τῶν ἐλεφάντων, and = ";ivory"; Syll 588.165, .170 (c. B.C. 180).

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
ελεφάντινοι ελεφαντινον ελεφάντινον ἐλεφάντινον ελεφάντινος ελεφαντίνους ελεφαντίνων ελεφάντινων ελέφαντος elephantinon elephántinon
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