Suda On Line menu Search

Home
Search results for rho,31 in Adler number:
Greek display:    
Headword: Ῥάμνος
Adler number: rho,31
Translated headword: thorn-bush
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A very big acanthus-like plant.[1] Scripture calls every [kind of] sin an acanthus.[2]
Greek Original:
Ῥάμνος: ἀκανθῶδες φυτὸν μέγιστον. πᾶσαν δὲ ἁμαρτίαν ἄκανθαν καλεῖ ἡ Γραφή.
Notes:
[1] Similarly glossed in other lexica. According to LSJ s.v., ῥάμνος can refer to several different thorny plants.
[2] cf. Theodoret (PG 80.1301a) on Psalm 57.10 LXX.
Keywords: botany; Christianity; definition; ethics; imagery; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 28 January 2010@00:29:23.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 28 January 2010@03:16:47.
Find      

Test Database Real Database

(Try these tips for more productive searches.)
No. of records found: 1    Page 1

End of search