ξύλον: Difference between revisions

|txtha=ξύλου, τό (from [[ξύω]] to [[scrape]], [[plane]]), from Homer down; the Sept. for עֵץ;<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[wood]]: [[universally]], [[ξύλον]] θύϊνον, [[that]] [[which]] is made of [[wood]], as a [[beam]] from [[which]] anyone is suspended, a [[gibbet]], a [[cross]] (A. V. [[tree]], [[which]] [[see]] in B. D. American edition), עֵץ, [[καλόν]], ξυλοπεδη, [[ποδοκάκη]], [[ποδοστράβη]], Latin nervus, by [[which]] the Latin renders the [[Hebrew]] סַד, a [[fetter]], or [[shackle]] for the feet, Job (B. D., [[under]] the [[word]] Smith's Bible Dictionary, Stocks)): [[Herodotus]] 6,75; 9,37; [[Aristophanes]] eq. 367,394, 705); a [[cudgel]], [[stick]], [[staff]]: plural, [[Herodotus]] 2,63; 4,180; [[Demosthenes]], p. 645,15; [[Polybius]] 6,37, 3; Josephus, b. j. 2,9, 4; Herodian, 7,7, 4).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[tree]]: ξυλος τῆς ζωῆς, [[see]] [[ζωή]], 2b., p. 274{a}.