Lexicon choikos: earthy, made of dust Original Word: χοϊκός, ή, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: choikos Phonetic Spelling: (kho-ik-os') Short Definition: earthy, made of earth Definition: earthy, made of earth. HELPS word-Studies 5517 xoikós (an adjective, derived from xoos, "made of earth, dust") – properly, earthy, dusty (made of dust); (figuratively) temporal, passing away; transient, "earthly." All four occasions of 5517 /xoikós ("of dust, earthly") occur in 1 Cor 15:47-49. 1 Corinthians 15: "The earthly" . . . incomplete without "the heavenly" 1 Cor 15:50: "Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable" (NASU). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom chousDefinitionearthy, made of dust NASB Translationearthy (4).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5517: χοϊκόςχοϊκός, χοικη χοικον ( χοῦς, which see), made of earth, earthy: 1 Corinthians 15:47-49. ( γυμνοί τούτους τοῦ χοϊκοῦ βαρους, Anon. in Walz, Rhett. i., p. 613, 4; ( Hippolytus haer. 10, 9, p. 314, 95).)
Strong's earthy. From choos; dusty or dirty (soil-like), i.e. (by implication) terrene -- earthy. see GREEK choos |
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