θρίξ
thrix
hair
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word θρίξ (thrix), with the Strong's number G2359, is used 15 times in the Bible. Its primary definition is "hair." This word is likely related to the concept of human or animal body parts that grow from the skin. In terms of usage, θρίξ is used mainly as a noun in both singular and plural forms. Since the exact occurrences of the word in the Bible are not detailed, we cannot pinpoint specific contexts. Nevertheless, its definition of "hair" suggests that the word is used to describe various aspects of human appearance. The significance of θρίξ lies in its relevance to physical appearance and possibly hygiene, given that hair on the head and body plays an essential role in the human experience. Its usage across the Bible implies that this physical attribute holds significance for the people who lived during that time.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
15 total occurrences across the text
Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 5:36Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black.
Matthew 10:30but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Mark 1:6John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
Luke 7:38Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Luke 7:44Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.
Luke 12:7But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
Luke 21:18And not a hair of your head will perish.
John 11:2It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
John 12:3Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’s feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
Acts 27:34Therefore I beg you to take some food; for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”
1 Peter 3:3Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;
Revelation 1:14His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
Revelation 9:8They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
Revelation 9:8They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.