κεραυνός — a thunderbolt · Greek word G8000

κεραυνόςkeraunos

a thunderbolt

Greek · G8000 · 3 occurrences

Dictionary

1. a thunderbolt , Lat. fulmen, (Homer), etc.: generally, thunder :—;but thunder properly was βροντή, Lat. tonitru; lightning was στεροπή, Lat. fulgur.
2. metaphorically, κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώσσῃ φέρειν, of Pericles, (Plutarch) (ML)

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κεραυνός, ὁ,

A thunderbolt, νῆα θοὴν ἔβαλε ψολόεντι κ. Od. 23.330; βρόντησε καὶ ἔμβαλε νηῒκ. 14.305; Διὸς πληγεῖσα κεραυνῷ 12.416; esp. as weapon of Zeus, Hes. Th. 854, etc.; forged by the Cyclopes, ib. 141; τὸν κ. τοῦ Διός Ar. Av. 1538; καταιβάτης A. Pr. 361; πυρωπός ib. 668; ὁ πυρφόρος κ. Id. Th. 445; κεραυνοῦ κρείσσονα φλόγα Id. Pr. 922; κ. ἀργής Ar. Av. 1747 (anap.); πτερόεις ib. 576; κεραυνοῦ βέλος A. Th. 453 (lyr.), S. Tr. 1088; ὁ κ. λάμπων πυρί Ar. Nu. 395; κ., πτεροφόρον Διὸς βέλος Id. Av. 1714; κ. πίπτει, κατασκήπτει εἰς.., X. HG 4.7.7, Plu. Lyc. 31: pl., κεραυνοί thunderbolts, Hes. Th. 690, Hdt. 8.37, Epicur. Ep. 2p.46U.; ποῦ ποτε κεραυνοὶ Διός; S. El. 823 (lyr.), cf. Ar. Pl. 125; τὰ τῶν κ. πτώματα Pl. Ti. 80c; defined as ἔξαψις σφοδρὰ μετὰ πολλῆς βίας πίπτουσα ἐπὶ γῆς, i.e. thunder and lightning, Zeno Stoic. 1.34.

II metaph., κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώττῃ φέρειν, of Pericles, Com.Adesp. 10; τύπτειν κεραυνός a thunderbolt for striking, Antiph. 195.4; Κεραυνός, as a name of great soldiers, Plu. Arist. 6.

III title of Zeus, IG 5(2).288 (Mantinea, v B.C.), Rev.Arch. 40.388 (Emesa). (Perh. cf. κεραΐζω.)

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Where it occurs

Septuagint 1

Job (LXX) 38:35

Intertestamental 2

2 Maccabees 10:30

Wisdom of Solomon 20:13

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