Lexicon :: Strong's G2769 - keration

κεράτιον
Transliteration
keration (Key)
Pronunciation
ker-at'-ee-on
Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of κέρας (G2768)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

κεράτιον kerátion, ker-at'-ee-on; neuter of a presumed derivative of G2768; something horned, i.e. (specially) the pod of the carob-tree:—husk.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2769 in the following manner: husk (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2769 in the following manner: husk (1x).

  1. a little horn

  2. the name of the fruit, Ceratonia silqua or carobtree (called also John's Bread [from the notion that its pods, which resemble those of the "locust", constituted the food of the Baptist]. This fruit was shaped like a horn and has a sweet taste; it was and is used not only for fattening swine, but as an article of food by the lower classes.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κεράτιον kerátion, ker-at'-ee-on; neuter of a presumed derivative of G2768; something horned, i.e. (specially) the pod of the carob-tree:—husk.
STRONGS G2769:
κεράτιον, κερατιου, τό (diminutive of κέρας);
1. a little horn.
2. the name of the fruit of the κερατέα or κερατεια (or κερατια), the Ceratonia sillqua (Linn.) or carob tree (called also St. John's Bread (from the notion that its pods, which resemble those of the 'locust', constituted the food of the Baptist)). This fruit is shaped like a horn and has a sweet taste; it was (and is) used not only in fattening swine, but as an article of food by the lower classes: Luke 15:16 (A. V. husks); cf. Winers RWB, under the word Johannisbrodbaum; (B. D. (especially American edition) under the word ).
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