Barley
κριθήStrong’s G2915krithē
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Krithē is the Greek word usually translated “barley”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.”
Meaning
Usually translated “barley”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of barley 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
κριθή krithē · barley
κριθή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for שְׂעֹרָה ;] barley: pl. (as usually in cl.), Rev.6:6.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “barley” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
B'ARLEY, noun
[Latin far; Heb. bar, corn.]
A species of valuable grain, used especially for making malt, from which are distilled liquors of extensive use, as beer, ale and porter. It is of the genus hordeum, consisting of several species. Those principally cultivated in England, are the common spring barley the long eared barley the winter or square barley by some called big, and the sprat or battledore barley This grain is used in medicine, as possessing emollient, diluent, and expectorant qualities.
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.