Flower
ἄνθοςStrong’s G0438anthos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Anthos is the Greek word usually translated “flower”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.”
Meaning
Usually translated “flower”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- flower 3
- a flower 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- James 2
- 1 Peter 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- James 1:11For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
- 1 Peter 1:24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Greek dictionary
ἄνθος anthos · flower
ἄνθος, -εος, τό [in LXX for צִיץ, etc. ;] a flower: Jas.1:10-11. 1Pe.1:24" (LXX) .† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “flower” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FLOW'ER, noun
[Latin flos, floris, a flower; floreo, to blossom. See Flourish.]
- In botany, that part of a plant which contains the organs of fructification, with their coverings.
- In vulgar acceptation, a blossom or flower is the flower bud of a plant, when the petals are expanded; open petals being considered as the principal thing in constituting a flower But in botany, the petals are now considered as a finer sort of covering, and not at all necessary to constitute a flower
- The early part of life, or rather of manhood; the prime; youthful vigor; youth; as the flower of age or of life.
- The best or finest part of a thing; the most valuable part.
All definitions and other forms of “flower”
- The finest part; the essence.
- He or that which is most distinguished for any thing valuable.
- The finest part of grain pulverized.
- Flowers, in chimistry, fine particles of bodies, especially when raised by fire in sublimation, and adhering to the heads of vessels in the form of a powder or mealy substance; as the flowers of sulphur.
- In rhetoric, figures and ornaments of discourse or composition.
- Menstrual discharges.
FLOW'ER, verb intransitive
[from the noun. The corresponding word in Latin is floreo.]
- To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant.
- To be in the prime and spring of life; to flourish; to be youthful, fresh and vigorous.
- To froth; to ferment gently; to mantle, as new beer.
- To come as cream from the surface.
FLOW'ER, verb transitive
To embellish with figures of flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.