στέφανος stephanos · G4735

crown

στέφανος, -ου, ὁ; (στέφω, to encircle), [in LXX chiefly for עֲטָרָה ; ] ; 1. that which surrounds or encompasses (as a wall, a crowd: Hom., al.). ; 2. a crown, i.e. the wreath, garland or chaplet given as a prize for victory, as a festal ornament, or as a public honour for distinguished service or personal worth (so to sovereigns, especially on the occasion of a παρουσία, which see; cf. Deiss., LAE, 372 ff.; on its use in LXX for the golden crown of royalty (prop., διάδημα, which see, cf. Hort and Mayor on Jas.1:12): Mat.27:29, Mrk.15:17, Jhn.19:2, 5, 1Co.9:25, Rev.4:4, 10 6:2 9:7 12:1 14:14. Metaphorical: Php.4:1, Rev.3:11; τ. δικαιοσύνης (cf. Deiss., LAE, 312), 2Ti.4:8; τ. δόξης, …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

στέφᾰνος, ὁ, ; (στέφω) that which surrounds or encompasses, πάντῃ γάρ σε περὶ σ. πολέμοιο δέδηεν the circling fight, []; of the wall round a town, []; καλλίπαις σ. circle of fair children, []; II crown, wreath, chaplet, []; δάφνας σ. []; ῥόδινος, ῥοδόεις, []; σ. εἴρειν, πλέκειν, ἀνείρειν, []; θεῖσα ἀμφὶ βοστρύχοις[]; μύρα, στεφάνους ἑτοίμασον for a feast, []; hung at the door on festive occasions, []; II.b in plural, οἱ σ. the garland-market, []; II.2 crown of victory at the public games, []; …

Where it's used 18 times

Matthew 27:29 · Mark 15:17 · John 19:2 · John 19:5 · 1 Corinthians 9:25 · Philippians 4:1 · 1 Thessalonians 2:19 · 2 Timothy 4:8 · James 1:12 · 1 Peter 5:4 · Revelation 2:10 · Revelation 3:11 · Revelation 4:4 · Revelation 4:10 · Revelation 6:2 · Revelation 9:7 · Revelation 12:1 · Revelation 14:14

Source: TBESG G4735; TFLSJ G4735

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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