◄ 3374. mélóté ►
Strong's Concordance mélóté: a sheepskin Original Word: μηλωτή, ῆς, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: mélóté Phonetic Spelling: (may-lo-tay') Short Definition: a sheepskin Definition: a sheep's (sometimes pig's) hide, sheepskin. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3374: μηλωτή μηλωτή, μηλωτης, ἡ (from μῆλον sheep, also a goat; as καμηλωτη (`camlet') from κάμηλος (cf. Lob. Paralip., p. 332)), a sheepskin: Hebrews 11:37, and thence in Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 17, 1 [ET]. For אַדֶּרֶת an outer robe, mantle, the Sept. in 1 Kings 19:13, 19; 2 Kings 2:8, 13f, doubtless because these mantles were made of skins; hence, more closely שֵׂעָר אַדֶּרֶת, a mantle of hair, Zechariah 13:4 (where the Sept. δέρρις τριχινη). In the Byzantine writings (Apoll. Dysk. 191, 9) μηλοτη denotes a monk's garment. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance sheepskin. From melon (a sheep); a sheep-skin -- sheepskin. Forms and Transliterations μηλωταις μηλωταίς μηλωταῖς μηλωτή μηλωτήν melotais melotaîs mēlōtais mēlōtaîs Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 3374 1 Occurrence μηλωταῖς — 1 Occ. Hebrews 11:37 N-DFP GRK: περιῆλθον ἐν μηλωταῖς ἐν αἰγείοις NAS: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, KJV: in sheepskins and INT: they wandered in sheepskins in goats' 1 Occurrence