Brushwood
φρύγανονStrong’s G5434phruganon
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Phruganon is the Greek word usually translated “sticks”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sticks”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of sticks 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
φρύγανον phruganon · brushwood
φρύγανον, -ου, τό (φρύγω, to parch), [in LXX chiefly for קַשׁ, also for חָרוּל, etc. ;] a dry stick: pl., brushwood: Act.28:3.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “brushwood” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BRUSH'WOOD, noun
[brush and wood.]
Brush; a thicket or coppice of small trees and shrubs; also, branches of trees cut off.
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.