Lexical Definition
χάλκεος chálkeos (khal'-keh-os) bronze G:A
from χαλκός
brass.
- coppery
Abbott-Smith
χάλκεος, -έα, -εον (-οῦς, -ῆ, -οῦν) (< χαλκός), [in LXX chiefly for נְחֹשֶׁת ;]
brazen (i.e. of copper): Re 9:20.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Revelation | 9:20 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
χάλκεος, έα,
Ionic dialect -έη [Refs 8th c.BC+], εον (also εος, εον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect, Doric dialect χάλκιος [Refs 7th c.BC+], also Boeotian dialect, compare χαλκοῦ; Attic dialect χαλκοῦς, ῆ, οῦν [Refs], but χαλκέων δέλτων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect also χάλκειος, see at {χάλκειος}: (χαλκός):—of copper or bronze, brazen, οὐδός, δόμος, τεῖχος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄξων, κύκλα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of arms and armour, ἔγχος, ξίφος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔντεα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χαλκέοισικάδοις, χαλκέοις δρεπάνοις, S.[same place]; in Trag. mostly contraction, χαλκοῖς βάθροισι [Refs]
__b of statues, χ. Ζεύς, χ. Ποσειδέων, a bronze statue of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare χαλκῆ.
__c χ. ἀγών a contest for a shield of brass, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, brazen, i. e. hard, stout, strong, χάλκεος Ἄρης [Refs 8th c.BC+] (unless wearing brazen armour, compare χάλκεοι ἄνδρες Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Χαλκοῦς, nickname of Aristomedes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]in D.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάλκεον ἦτορ a heart of brass, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χαλκέοισι νώτοις, of Atlas, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 χαλκῆ μυῖα, a boy's game, a sort of blind-man's-buff, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II as substantive, see at {χαλκοῦς. [χάλκεοι} is disyllable in [Refs 8th c.BC+]