Wool
ἔριονStrong’s G2053erion
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Erion is the Greek word usually translated “wool”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,”
Meaning
Usually translated “wool”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- wool 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 1
- Revelation 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἔριον erion · wool
ἔριον, -ου, τό [in LXX for צֶמֶר, Lev.13:47, Isa.1:18, al. ;] wool: Heb.9:19, Rev.1:14.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wool” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WOOL, noun
[G., Gr., soft; down; Latin, to pull off.]
- That species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur.
- Short thick hair.
- In botany, a sort of pubescence, or a clothing o dense curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.
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.