Lexicon dokos: a beam of timber Original Word: δοκός, οῦ, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: dokos Phonetic Spelling: (dok-os') Short Definition: a beam Definition: a beam or spar of timber. HELPS word-Studies 1385 dokós – a large beam (joist) of wood; "a beam of timber" (Abbott-Smith); "a log on which planks in the house rest (as in the papyri); joist, rafter, plank (Moffatt); a pole sticking out grotesquely" (WS, 1, 60); (figuratively) a huge log (like a plank used in a house) that completely obstructs someone's vision. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dechomai (through the idea of holding up) Definitiona beam of timber NASB Translationlog (6).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1385: δοκόςδοκός, δοκου, ἡ (from δέκομαι for δέχομαι in so far as it has the idea of bearing (cf. Curtius, § 11)); from Homer down; a beam: Matthew 7:3-5; Luke 6:41f.
Strong's beam. From dechomai (through the idea of holding up); a stick of timber -- beam. see GREEK dechomai |
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