Lexical Definition

‎ἱδρώς‎ hidrṓs (hid-roce') sweat ^G:N-M
a strengthened form of a primary idos (sweat)

sweat.

• perspiration

Abbott-Smith

ἱδρώς (Tr. -ῶς), -ῶτος, ὁ, [in LXX: Ge 3:19 (זֵעָה), II Mac 2:26, IV Mac 7:8*;]
sweat: Lk 22:44 (WH, omit).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἱδρώς-ώς

(see. near the end), ῶτος, ὁ, and Aeolic dialect ἡ, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; dative ἱδρώςῶτι, accusative ἱδρώςῶτ; [ἱδρώςῷ (not ἱδρώςῶ as 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.248) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.385, 745 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; accusative ἱδρώςῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: (ἶδος):— sweat, [ἱδρώςῶτος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 350d; κατὰ δ᾽ ἱ. ἔρρεεν ἐκ μελέων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.599; ἱ. ἀνῄει χρωτί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 767 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; στάζειν ἱδρώςῶτι (see. στάζω); ῥέεσθαι ἱδρώςῶτι [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of sweat as the sign of toil, τῆς ἀρετῆς ἱδρώςῶτα θεοὶ προπάροιθεν ἔθηκαν [ἱδρώςῶτα παρέχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.29: \_plural\_, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.36, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 867a13, etc.">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱδρώςῶτες ξηροί, opposed to the effect of baths, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 exudation of trees, gum, resin, σμύρνης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Βρομιάδος ἱδρώςῶτα πηγῆς, of wine, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, anything earned by the sweat of one's brow, οὐ γὰρ τὸν ἐμὸν ἱδρώςῶτα.. ἐκβαλῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]