σταυρός

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cross

σταυρός , -oῦ, ὁ __1. an upright pale or stake (Hom., Hdt., Thuc., al.) __2. In late writers (Diod., Plut., al.) of the Roman instrument of crucifixion, the Cross : of the Cross on which Christ suffered, Mat.27:32, 40 27:42 , Mrk.15:21, 30 15:32 , Luk.23:26 , Jhn.19:17, 19 19:25, 31 , Col.2:14 , Heb.12:2 ; θάνατος σταυροῦ, Php.2:8; τ. αἷμα τοῦ σ., Col.1:20. Metaphorical, in proverbial sayings : αἴρειν (λαμβάνειν, βαστάζειν) τὸν σ., Mat.10:38 16:24 , Mrk.8:34 10:21 , 15:21, Luk.9:23 14:27 (for an interesting ex. of metaphorically use in π., see MM, xxiii) By meton., for Christ's death on the Cross : 1Co.1:17 , Gal.5:11 6:12, 14 , Eph.2:16 , Php.3:18 ; ὁ λόγος ὁ τοῦ σ., 1Co.1:18. † (AS)