Word 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.)