STRONGS NUMBER G4719


Word Summary
stachys: a head of grain
Original Word: στάχυς
Transliteration: stachys
Phonetic Spelling: (stakh'-oos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a head of grain
Meaning: a head of grain
Strong's Concordance
ear of corn.

From the base of histemi; a head of grain (as standing out from the stalk) -- ear (of corn).

see GREEK histemi

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4719: στάχυς

στάχυς, σταχυνος (cf. Buttmann, 14), (connected with the root, sta, ἵστημι; Curtius, p. 721), from Homer down, the Sept. for שִׁבֹּלֶת, an ear of corn (or growing grain): Matthew 12:1; Mark 2:23; Mark 4:28; Luke 6:1.