bronze

Greek Adjective

χάλκεος, -έα, -εον (-οῦς, -ῆ, -οῦν) (χαλκός), [in LXX chiefly for נְחֹשֶׁת;] brazen (i.e. of copper): Rev.9:20. (AS)

bronze

Greek Adjective

χάλκεος, έα, Ionic dialect -έη [Refs 8th c.BC+], εον (also εος, εον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect, Doric dialect χάλκιος [Refs 7th c.BC+], also Boeotian dialect, compare χαλκοῦ; Attic dialect χαλκοῦς, ῆ, οῦν [Refs], but χαλκέων δέλτων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect also χάλκειος, see at {χάλκειος}: (χαλκός):—of copper or bronze, brazen, οὐδός, δόμος, τεῖχος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄξων, κύκλα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of arms and armour, ἔγχος, ξίφος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔντεα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαλκέοισικάδοις, χαλκέοις δρεπάνοις, S.[same place]; in Trag. mostly contraction, χαλκοῖς βάθροισι [Refs] b) of statues, χ. Ζεύς, χ. Ποσειδέων, a bronze statue of, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare χαλκῆ. c) χ. ἀγών a contest for a shield of brass, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) metaphorically, brazen, i. e. hard, stout, strong, χάλκεος Ἄρης [Refs 8th c.BC+] (unless wearing brazen armour, compare χάλκεοι ἄνδρες Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Χαλκοῦς, nickname of Aristomedes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]in D.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάλκεον ἦτορ a heart of brass, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χαλκέοισι νώτοις, of Atlas, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) χαλκῆ μυῖα, a boy's game, a sort of blind-man's-buff, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II) as substantive, see at {χαλκοῦς. [χάλκεοι} is disyllable in [Refs 8th c.BC+]

Greek

Adjective

coppery; brass; from g5475 (χαλκός)