Word Summary
akron: highest, extreme
Original Word: ἄκρονTransliteration: akron
Phonetic Spelling: (ak'-ron)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: highest, extreme
Meaning: highest, extreme
Strong's Concordance
tip, top, highest point
Neuter of an adjective probably akin to the base of akmen; the extremity -- one end... Other, tip, top, uttermost participle
see GREEK akmen
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 206: ἄκροςἄκρος, , (
ἀκή point (see
ἀκμή)) (from
Homer down),
highest, extreme;
τό ἄκρον the topmost point, the extremity (cf.
Buttmann, 94 (82)):
Luke 16:24;
Hebrews 11:21 (see
προσκυνέω, a. at the end);
ἄκρα,
ἄκρον γῆς,
οὐρανοῦ, the farthest bounds, uttermost parts, end, of the earth, of heaven:
Matthew 24:31;
Mark 13:27; cf.
Deuteronomy 4:32;
Deuteronomy 28:64;
Isaiah 13:5;
Jeremiah 12:12.