Word Summary
lepis: a scale (of a fish)
Original Word: λεπίςTransliteration: lepis
Phonetic Spelling: (lep-is')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a scale (of a fish)
Meaning: a scale (of a fish)
Strong's Concordance
fish scale.
From lepo (to peel); a flake -- scale.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3013: λεπίςλεπίς,
λεπιδος,
ἡ (
λέπω to strip off the rind or husk, to peel, to scale),
a scale:
Acts 9:18. (the
Sept.;
Aristotle, others (cf.
Herodotus 7, 61).)