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Lexicon :: Strong's G5559 - chrōs

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χρώς
Transliteration
chrōs (Key)
Pronunciation
khroce
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably akin to the base of χράομαι (G5530) through the idea of handling
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
15x in 4 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

χρώς chrṓs, khroce; probably akin to the base of G5530 through the idea of handling; the body (properly, its surface or skin):—body.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G5559 in the following manner: body (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G5559 in the following manner: body (1x).
  1. the surface of the body, the skin

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χρώς chrṓs, khroce; probably akin to the base of G5530 through the idea of handling; the body (properly, its surface or skin):—body.
STRONGS G5559:
χρώς, genitive χρωτός, (cf. χροιά, the skin (cf. Curtius, § 201)), from Homer down (who (generally) uses the genitive χρώς etc. (cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer, or Liddell and Scott, under the word)), the surface of the body, the skin: Acts 19:12; the Sept. for בָּשָׂר, twice for עור, Exodus 34:29f, Alex..
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
34:29
Acts
19:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5559 matches the Greek χρώς (chrōs),
which occurs 15 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42 - You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the hips to the thighs;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:2 - “When a person has on the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a spot, and it turns into a case of leprous[fn] disease on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:3 - and the priest shall examine the diseased area on the skin of his body. And if the hair in the diseased area has turned white and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a case of leprous disease. When the priest has examined him, he shall pronounce him unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:4 - But if the spot is white in the skin of his body and appears no deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall shut up the diseased person for seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - it is a chronic leprous disease in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:13 - then the priest shall look, and if the leprous disease has covered all his body, he shall pronounce him clean of the disease; it has all turned white, and he is clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:14 - But when raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15 - And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean, for it is a leprous disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:16 - But if the raw flesh recovers and turns white again, then he shall come to the priest,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:21 - But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in it and it is not deeper than the skin, but has faded, then the priest shall shut him up seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:7 - And whoever touches the body of the one with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:4 - He shall put on the holy linen coat and shall have the linen undergarment on his body, and he shall tie the linen sash around his waist, and wear the linen turban; these are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water and then put them on.
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