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Lexicon :: Strong's G4673 - soros

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σορός
Transliteration
soros (Key)
Pronunciation
sor-os'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably akin to the base of σωρεύω (G4987)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
11x in 7 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

σορός sorós, sor-os'; probably akin to the base of G4987; a funereal receptacle (urn, coffin), i.e. (by analogy) a bier:—bier.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4673 in the following manner: bier (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4673 in the following manner: bier (1x).

  1. an urn or receptacle for keeping the bones of the dead

  2. the funeral couch or bier on which the Jews carried their dead forth to burial

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σορός sorós, sor-os'; probably akin to the base of G4987; a funereal receptacle (urn, coffin), i.e. (by analogy) a bier:—bier.
STRONGS G4673:
σορός, σοροῦ, ἡ, an urn or receptacle for keeping the bones of the dead (Homer, Iliad 23, 91); a coffin (Genesis 50:26; Herodotus 1, 68; 2, 78; Aristophanes, Aeschines, Plutarch, others); the funeral-couch or bier on which the Jews carried their dead forth to burial (see B. D. American edition under the word ; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, i., 555f): Luke 7:14.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
50:26
Luke
7:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4673 matches the Greek σορός (soros),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:26 - So Joseph died at the age of 110. The Egyptians embalmed him, and his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - They piled a great heap of stones over Achan, which remains to this day. That is why the place has been called the Valley of Trouble[fn] ever since. So the LORD was no longer angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - Joshua impaled the king of Ai on a sharpened pole and left him there until evening. At sunset the Israelites took down the body, as Joshua commanded, and threw it in front of the town gate. They piled a great heap of stones over him that can still be seen today.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - They threw Absalom’s body into a deep pit in the forest and piled a great heap of stones over it. And all Israel fled to their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:16 - Makir’s wife, Maacah, gave birth to a son whom she named Peresh. His brother’s name was Sheresh. The sons of Peresh were Ulam and Rakem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:6 - The people who had moved to Judah from Israel, and the people of Judah themselves, brought in the tithes of their cattle, sheep, and goats and a tithe of the things that had been dedicated to the LORD their God, and they piled them up in great heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:7 - They began piling them up in late spring, and the heaps continued to grow until early autumn.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:8 - When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw these huge piles, they thanked the LORD and his people Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:9 - “Where did all this come from?” Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:32 - When they are carried to the grave,
an honor guard keeps watch at their tomb.
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