iron

Greek Adjective

σιδήρεος, -α, -ον (-οῦς, -ᾶ -οῦν) (σίδηρος), [in LXX chiefly for בַּרְזֶל;] of iron: Act.12:10, Rev.2:27 9:9 12:5 19:15. (AS)

iron

Greek Adjective

σῐδήρ-εος, α, Ionic dialect and Epic dialect η, ον, Attic dialect contraction σιδηροῦς, ᾶ, οῦν [Refs]; Epic dialect also σιδήρειος, η, ον, see below; also late, [Refs 6th c.AD+] (feminine -ειος[Refs 9th c.AD+]; Doric dialect σιδάρεος [ᾱ] [Refs 4th c.BC+], and see below 11, also σιδάριος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect σιδάριος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—made of iron or steel, ἄξων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χεὶρ σ. grappling-iron, [Refs 5th c.BC+], i.e. the clang of arms, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σ. οὐρανός the iron sky, the firmament, which the ancients held to be of metal, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σ. γένος, of the [Refs 8th c.BC+] 2) metaphorically, ἦ γὰρ σοί γε σ. ἐν φρεσὶ θυμός a soul of iron, i.e. hard, stubborn as iron, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦ ῥά νυ σοί γε σ. πάντα τέτυκται thou art iron all! [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πυρὸς μένος. σ. the iron force of fire, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Heracles, the ironsided, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ σιδήρεοι O ye ironhearted! [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) σιδάρεοι, οἱ, Byzantine iron coins, always used in Doric dialect form, even at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Adjective

made of iron; (of) iron; from g4604 (σίδηρος)