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Of hair

τρίχινοςStrong’s G5155

trichinos

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Trichinos is the Greek word usually translated “hair”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;”
Revelation 6:12 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “hair”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • of hair 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

    τρίχινος trichinos · of hair

    τρίχινος, -η, -ον (θρίξ), [in LXX: Zec.13:4 (שֵׂעָר), Exo.26:7 * ;] of hair: στόκος, Rev.6:12 (Xen., Plat., al.).† (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

    1. A small filament issuing from the skin of an animal, and from a bulbous root.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. A trifling value.
    All definitions
    1. Course; order; grain; the hair falling in a certain direction. [Not used.]
    2. 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.