Greek - English Dictionary
G617 - Back
| Strong's No.: | G617 |
| Greek: | ἀποκυλίω |
| Transliteration: | apokuliō |
| Phonetic: | ap-ok-oo-lee'-o |
| Word Origin: | From G575 and G2947 |
| Bible Usage: | roll away (back). |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | to roll away |
| Thayers Definition: | 1. to roll off or away This word is used in the Gospels to refer to the stone that was infront of the tomb of Jesus. In Palestine, graves were usually in adepression and the stone was rolled down an incline to cover themouth of the tomb. For a small grave, about twenty men were requiredto roll a stone down hill to cover the door of the tomb. The Bibletells us that the stone covering the door of the tomb was a largestone. The women would have needed more men than even a full Romanguard of sixteen men to roll away the stone. This was a major task. |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
away ( 3 )
back ( 1 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.