BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G7490
epōmis — a shoulder-piece
1. the point of the shoulder , where it joins the collar-bone, the acromion , (Xenophon Historicus):—; the shoulder , [variant datesAnthology Palantina 2. the front or the uppermost part of a ship , [variant datesAnthology Palantina 3. the shoulder-strap of a tunic, (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8027
kloios — a neck yoke
1. a dog-collar , especially a large wooden collar , put on mischievous dogs, (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. a sort of pillory , (Euripides) 3. χρύσεος κλ. a collar of gold, [Refs 5th c.BC, variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8550
hormos — a mooring
1. a cord, chain , especially a necklace, collar , (Homer), attic 2. generally, anything strung like a necklace, a wreath, chaplet , (Pindar); στεφάνων ὅρμος a string of crowns, i. e. of praises, (Pindar) 3. a dance performed in a ring , (Lucian) 4. a roadstead, anchorage, moorings , (Iliad by Homer), attic 5. metaphorically a haven, place of shelter or refuge , [Refs 5th c.BC, variant datesAnthology Palantina 6. = ἕρμα 1, [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9823
streptos — twisted
1. flexible, pliant : στρεπτὸς χιτών a shirt of chain-armour , Lat. lorica annulata, (Iliad by Homer); στρεπταὶ λύγοι pliant withs, (Euripides): twined, wreathed , [variant datesAnthology Palantina 2. στρεπτός, οῦ, a collar of twisted or linked metal , Lat. torques, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 3. of pastry, a twist or roll , (Demosthenes Orator) 4. metaphorically to be bent or turned , στρεπτοὶ καὶ θεοὶ αὐτοί the gods themselves may be turned (by prayer), (Iliad by Homer); στρ. γλῶσσα a glib, pliant tongue, (Iliad by Homer) 5. bent, curved , of a pick-axe, (Euripides); of a bow, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →(Heb. peh), means in Job 30:18 the mouth or opening of the garment that closes round the neck in the same way as a tunic (Ex. 39:23). The “collars” (Heb. netiphoth) among the spoils of the Midianites (Judg. 8:26; R.V., “pendants”) were ear-drops. The same Hebrew word is rendered “chains” in Isa. 3:19.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
