ἈΚΡΟΝ, ἀκρον
AKRON, akron
Sounds Like: AH-kron
Translations: tip, end, top, summit, highest, outermost, a tip, an end
From the root: ἈΚΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word refers to the extreme point or edge of something, such as the tip of a staff, the end of a garment, or the top of a mountain. As an adjective, it describes something as being at the highest or outermost point. It is often used in a genitive construction to specify what the 'tip' or 'end' belongs to.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G206 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 5:54
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 58:13
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 28:18, 47:31
- Exodus — 29:20, 36:27, 38:7
- Leviticus — 8:23, 14:14, 14:17, 14:25, 14:28
- Deuteronomy — 4:32
- Judges — 6:21
- 1 Samuel — 14:27
- 2 Chronicles — 25:12
- Haggai — 2:12
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΚΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΚΡΑΝ — highest, outermost, extreme, top, peak, summit, edge, a peak, an edge
- ἈΚΡΟΣ — highest, outermost, extreme, top, a top, a summit, a peak, a point
- ἈΚΡΟΥ — of the end, of the top, of the extremity, of the highest point, of the tip, of the summit, an end, a top, an extremity, a highest point, a tip, a summit
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