Hair
θρίξStrong’s G2359thrix
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Thrix is the Greek word usually translated “hair” and “hairs”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.”
Meaning
Usually translated “hair” and “hairs”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- hair 8
- hairs 4
- a hair 2
- of hair 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 4
- Matthew 3
- John 2
- Revelation 2
- Mark 1
- Acts 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
- Matthew 10:30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
- Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
- Luke 7:38And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
- Luke 7:44And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
- Luke 12:7But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Greek dictionary
θρίξ thrix · hair
θρίξ, τριχός, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שֵׂעָר ;] hair; (a) of the head: Mat.3:4 5:36 10:30, Luk.7:38, 44 12:7 21:18, Jhn.11:2 12:3, Act.27:34, 1Pe.3:3, Rev.1:14; (b) of animals: Mrk.1:6, Rev.9:8.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hair” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HAIR, noun
- A small filament issuing from the skin of an animal, and from a bulbous root.
- The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming an integument or covering; as the hair of the head. hair is the common covering of many beasts.
- Any thing very small or fine; or a very small distance; the breadth of a hair He judges to a hair that is, very exactly.
- A trifling value.
All definitions
- Course; order; grain; the hair falling in a certain direction. [Not used.]
- Long, straight and distinct filaments on the surface of plants; a species of down or pubescence.
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.