Wound
μώλωψStrong’s G3468mōlōps
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Mōlōps is the Greek word usually translated “wounds”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”
Meaning
Usually translated “wounds”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- wounds 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Peter 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
μώλωψ mōlōps · wound
μώλωψ, -ωπος, ὁ [in LXX for חַבּוּרָה, Exo.21:25, al. ;] a bruise, wound from a stripe: 1Pe.2:24 (LXX) (Arist., Plut., al.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wound” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WOUND, noun
[G.]
- A breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or of the bark and wood of a tree, or of the bark and substance of other plants, caused by violence or external force.
- Injury; hurt; as a wound given to credit or reputation.
All definitions and other forms of “wound”
WOUND, verb transitive
To hurt by violence; as, to wound the head or the arm; to wound a tree.
- “He was wounded for our transgressions” Isaiah 53:5
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.