GreekG6575Noun (Masculine)
ἀστράγαλος
astragalos
“a vertebrae”
0Occurrences
G6575Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.one of the neck-vertebrae, (Homer)
2.the ball of the ankle joint, Lat. talus, (Herdotus Historicus)
3.plural ἀστράγαλοι, dice or agame played with dice, (Iliad by Homer):—;they were at first made of knuckle-bones, and never had more than four flat sides, whereas the *κύβοι *had six. They played with four: the best throw ( βόλος), when each die came differently, was called Ἀφροδίτη, Lat. jactus Veneris; the worst, when all came alike, κύων, Lat. canis.
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
G:N-M
Full Description
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
ἀστράγαλος appears 0 times in the New Testament.
Key Passages
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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.