θρίξ thrix

Greek word for “hair” · Strong’s G2359 · used 15 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

θρίξ, τριχός, ἡ; hair; (a) of the head: 5:36 10:30, 12:7 21:18, 12:3; (b) of animals:.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for thrix in context, with how often each is used:

• hair 11
• hairs 4

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 7 (2), Matthew 3 (1), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 10 (1), Mark 1 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 21 (1), John 11 (1), John 12 (1), Acts 27 (1)

Forms

• θριξὶν 4
• τρίχες 3
• τρίχας 3
• τριχῶν 2
• θρὶξ 2
• τρίχα 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with thrix more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• κεφαλή kephalē “head” 7
• ἐκμάσσω ekmassō “to wipe off” 4
• ἀλείφω aleiphō “to anoint” 3
• μύρον muron “ointment” 3
• πούς pous “foot” 4
• δερμάτινος dermatinos “made of leather” 2
• ἄγριος agrios “wild” 2
• ἀριθμέω arithmeō “to number” 2
• ἀκρίς akris “locust” 2
• μέλι meli “honey” 2
• κάμηλος kamēlos “camel” 2
• βρέχω brechō “to rain down” 2

Key verses

The verses using thrix that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:4 — And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
• Matthew 10:30 — But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
• Mark 1:6 — And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
• Luke 7:38 — And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and…
• Luke 7:44 — And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my…
• Luke 12:7 — But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
• Luke 21:18 — But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
• John 11:2 — (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
• John 12:3 — Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with…
• Acts 27:34 — Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
• 1 Peter 3:3 — Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
• Revelation 1:14 — His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.