ΜΗΡΟΝ, μηρον
MĒRON, mēron
Sounds Like: MAY-ron
Translations: thigh, a thigh
From the root: ΜΗΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the thigh, the part of the leg between the hip and the knee. It is often used in a literal sense to describe a physical body part. In some contexts, it can also refer to the loins or the reproductive region, especially when oaths were sworn by placing a hand under the thigh.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3375 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 38:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 24:2, 24:9, 47:29
- Exodus — 32:27
- Numbers — 5:21, 5:22
- Judges — 3:16, 15:8
- 2 Kings — 16:14
- Judith — 9:2
- Psalms — 44:4
- Song of Solomon — 3:8
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Revelation — 19:16
From the same root
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