G2769
G2769 — κεράτιον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
keration (ker-at'-ee-on) n.
1. something horned
2. (specially) the pod of the carob-tree
[neuter of a presumed derivative of G2768]
KJV: husk
Root(s): G2768
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
husk
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κεράτιον, κερατιου, τό (diminutive of κέρας);
1. a little horn.
2. the name of the fruit of the κερατέα or κερατεια (or κερατια), the Ceratonia sillqua (Linn.) or carob tree (called also St. John’s Bread (from the notion that its pods, which resemble those of the ’locust’, constituted the food of the Baptist)). This fruit is shaped like a horn and has a sweet taste; it was (and is) used not only in fattening swine, but as an article of food by the lower classes: Luk 15:16 (A. V. husks); cf. Winers RWB, under the word Johannisbrodbaum; (B. D. (especially American edition) under the word ).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κεράτιον (husk)
Luke 15:16
- KJV: And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat and no man gave unto him
- GK: και επεθύμει γεμίσαι την κοιλίαν αυτού από των κερατίων ων ήσθιον οι χοίροι και ουδείς εδίδου αυτώ