Lexical Summary graōdēs: characteristic of old women, anile Original Word: γραώδηςTransliteration: graōdēs Phonetic Spelling: (grah-o'-dace) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: characteristic of old women, anile Meaning: characteristic of old women, anile Strong's Concordance silly, wives' tale. From graus (an old woman) and eidos; crone-like, i.e. Silly -- old wives'. see GREEK eidos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1126: γραώδηςγραώδης, γραωδες (from γραῦς an old woman, and εἶδος), old-womanish, anile (A. V. old wives'): 1 Timothy 4:7. (Strabo 1, p. 32 (p. 44, Sieben. edition); Galen; others.) |