Wreath
στέμμαStrong’s G4725stemma
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Stemma is the Greek word usually translated “wreaths”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.”
Meaning
Usually translated “wreaths”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- wreaths 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
στέμμα stemma · wreath
στέμμα, -τος, τό (στέφω, to put around, enwreath) a wreath, garland: as used in sacrifices, Act.14:13.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wreath” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WREATH, noun
[See Writhe.]
- To twist; to convolve; to wind one about another; as, to wreath a garland of flowers.
- To interweave; to entwine; as chains of wreathed work.
- To encircle, as a garland.
- To encircle as with a garland; to dress in a garland.
All definitions and other forms of “wreath”
WREATH, verb intransitive
To be interwoven or entwined; as a bower of wreathing trees.
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.