Sweat
ἱδρώςStrong’s G2402hidrōs
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Hidrōs is the Greek word usually translated “sweat”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sweat”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sweat 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἱδρώς hidrōs · sweat
ἱδρώς (Tr. -ῶς), -ῶτος, ὁ [in LXX: Gen.3:19 (זֵעָה), 2Ma.2:29, 4Ma.7:8 * ;] sweat: Luk.22:44 (WH, omit).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sweat” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SWEAT, noun
swet. [Latin sudor.]
- The fluid or sensible moisture which issues out of the pores of the skin of an animal.“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread” Genesis 3:19
- Labor; toil; drudgery.
- Moisture evacuated from any substance; as the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack.
All definitions and other forms of “sweat”
SWEAT, verb intransitive
swet. preterit tense and participle passive sweat or sweated. Swot is obsolete. [Latin sudo.]
- To emit sensible moisture through the pores of the skin; to perspire.
- To toil; to labor; to drudge.
- To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.
SWEAT, verb transitive
swet. To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exsude.
- To cause to emit moisture from the pores of the skin.
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.