GREEK · G4658
Σκύθης
Skuthēs — Scythian
Σκύθης, -ου, ὁ Scythian, an inhabitant of Scythia, i.e. Russia and Siberia, a synonym with the Greeks for the wildest of barbarians: Col.3:11.† (AS)
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Scythian
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GREEK · G20122
ἀποσκυθίζω
aposkuthizō — be shaved bare
to strip off the scalp in Scythian fashion : metaphorically in Pass. to be shaved bare , κρᾶτ᾽ ἀπεσκυθισμένη (Euripides) (ML)
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περισκυθίζω
periskuthizō — to scalp in Scythian fashion
scalp in Scythian fashion
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ῥῆσις
rhēsis — a saying
1. a saying, speaking, speech , (Odyssey by Homer), etc.; ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσις the Scythian phrase , (Herdotus Historicus) 2. a resolution, declaration , (Herdotus Historicus) 3. a tale, legend , (Pindar) 4. a phrase or passage, a speech in a play , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
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The Scythians consisted of “all the pastoral tribes who dwelt to the north of the Black Sea and the Caspian, and were scattered far away toward the east. Of this vast country but little was anciently known. Its modern representative is Russia, which, to a great extent, includes the same territories.” They were the descendants of Japheth (Gen. 9:27). It appears that in apostolic times there were some of this people that embraced Christianity (Col. 3:11).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.