STRONGS NUMBER G3468


Word Summary
mōlōps: a bruise
Original Word: μώλωψ
Transliteration: mōlōps
Phonetic Spelling: (mo'-lopes)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a bruise
Meaning: a bruise
Strong's Concordance
stripe, wound

From molos ("moil"; probably akin to the base of molis) and probably ops (the face; from optanomai); a mole ("black eye") or blow-mark -- stripe.

see GREEK molis

see GREEK optanomai

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3468: μώλωψ

μώλωψ, μώλωπος, (Hesychius τραῦμα καί ἐκ αἱματώδης τόπος καί τά ἐξερχομενα τῶν πληγῶν ὕδατα), a bruise, wale, wound that trickles with blood: 1 Peter 2:24 from Isaiah 53:5 (where A. V. stripes). (Genesis 4:23; Exodus 21:25; Isaiah 1:6. Aristotle, Plutarch, Anthol., others.)