UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: ἔριον; -ου

Sense 1: wool

Semantic entry: 8.15

Semantic domains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products

Subdomains: Parts of the Body

Definition: the curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep

Notes: ἔριον in OET REV 1:14 and OET HEB 9:19 may also mean unspun wool; hence ἔριον as ‘processed wool’ has been classified as an artifact (6.171: ἔριον).

Show passage in OET: HEB 9:19

OET-RV HEB 9:19

19 Hence after telling all the people all the commands according to the law, Mosheh (Moses) then took the blood of calves and goats, along with water and scarlet wool, and hyssop branches, and sprinkled both the scroll and all the people

OET-LV HEB 9:19

19 For/Because having _been _spoken every command according _to the law by Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) to _all the people, having _taken the blood of_ the _calves and of_ the _goats, with water, and wool scarlet, and hyssop, itself both the scroll and all the people, he _sprinkled

Show passage in OET: REV 1:14

OET-RV REV 1:14

14 His hair was gleaming white like wool or snow and his eyes were bright like a fiery flame.

OET-LV REV 1:14

14 And the head of _him and his hairs were white, as _though wool white as snow, and the eyes of _him like a_flame of _fire,

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Sense 2: wool

Semantic entry: 6.171

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials

Definition: the processed hair of sheep

Notes: See also ἔριον[a] in 8.15: ἔριον.