sulfur
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Neuter
Definition:
θεῖον, -ου, τό [in LXX; Gen.19:24, Deu.29:23 Job.18:15, Psa.11:7, Isa.30:33 34:9, Eze.38:22 (גׇּפְרִית), 3Ma.2:5 *;] brimstone: Luk.17:29 (LXX), Rev.9:17-18 14:10 19:20 20:10 21:8. (AS)
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Neuter
Definition:
θεῖον,
A)
Epic dialect θέειον (in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] θήϊον), τό,
brimstone, used to fumigate and purify, δέπας. ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή, from a thunderbolt, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν δὲ θεείου πλῆτο, of a ship struck by lightning, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐμβαλόντες πῦρ ξὺν θ. [
LXX+5th c.BC+]; as a natural product, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πεπυρωμένον, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; compare θεάφιον, θέαφος. (Perh.
cognate with θύω, θυμιάω, Latin
suffire.)
Definition:
sulphur; brimstone; probably neuter of
g2304 (θεῖος) (in its original sense of flashing);