Original Word: κολλούριον, ου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: kollourion
Phonetic Spelling: (kol-loo'-ree-on)
Short Definition: eye-salve
Definition: eye-salve.STRONGS NT 2854: κολλούριον

κολλούριον (T Tr κολλύριον, the more common form in secular authors (cf. Lob. Pathol. proleg., p. 461; WH's Appendix, p. 152)), κολλουριου, τό (diminutive of κολλύρα, coarse bread of a cylindrical shape, like that known in Westphalia as Pumpernickel), Latincollyrium (A. V. eye-salve), a preparation shaped like a κολλύρα, composed of various materials and used as a remedy for tender eyelids (Horace sat. 1, 5, 30; Epictetus diss. 2, 21, 20; 3, 21, 21; Celsus 6, 6, 7): Revelation 3:18.

STRONGS NT 2854: κολλύριονκολλύριον, see κολλούριον.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

eye salve.

Neuter of a presumed derivative of kollura (a cake; prob akin to the base of kollao); properly, a poultice (as made of or in the form of crackers), i.e. (by analogy) a plaster -- eyesalve.

see GREEK kollao

Forms and Transliterations

κολλουριον κολλούριον κολλύρια κουλλυριον kollourion kolloúrion

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