Den
φωλεόςStrong’s G5454phōleos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phōleos is the Greek word usually translated “holes”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.”
Meaning
Usually translated “holes”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- holes 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
φωλεός phōleos · den
φωλεός, -οῦ ὁ a hole, den, lair: Mat.8:20, Luk.9:58.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “den” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEN, noun
- A cave or hollow place in the earth; usually applied to a cave, pit, or subterraneous recess, used for concealment, shelter, protection or security; as a lions den; a den of robbers or thieves.
- As a termination, in names of places, it denotes the place to be in a valley or near a wood.
All definitions and other forms of “den”
DEN, verb intransitive
To dwell as in a den
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.