G2748

κέδρος

kedrosN:N--L

Kidron

κέδρος, -ου, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for אֶרֶז, Num.24:6, al.; χειμάρρους τῶν Κέδρων, 2Ki.15:23, 3Ki.15:13 (קִדְרוֹן) ;] a cedar: χείμαρρος τῶν Κ. (as in 2Sam, 1Ki, ll. with), Jhn.18:1 (Rec. Tr., WH, R, mg.; τοῦ Κέδρου, T, WH, mg., see: Κεδρών, and cf. Westc., in l; WH, App., 89 f.; Abbott, JG, 513 ff).† Κεδρών (see: κέδρος), ὁ, indecl. (in FlJ, genitive -ῶνος; Heb. קִדְרוֹן), [in LXX: 2Ki.15:23, 4Ki.23:6, al. ;] Cedron (OT, Kidron): χείμαρρος τοῦ Κ., Jhn.18:1 (L, Tr., mg., R, txt.; cf. Bl., 10, 5; Lft., Essays, 172 ff).† (AS)

The KJV translates G2748 in the following manner:

Cedron (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

Κεδρών — Kedrṓn

κέδρος, κέδρου, ἡ (from Homer down), a cedar, a well-known tree, the wood of which is fragrant: χείμαρρος τῶν κέδρων, Joh 18:1 R Tr text WH (so also 2Sa 15:23; 1Ki 15:13 (cf. 2:37)); τοῦ (sic) κέδρου, ibid. Tdf.; but see the following word.

STRONGS NT 2748: ΚεδρώνΚεδρών, ὁ (Buttmann, 21 (19)), indeclinable (in Josephus, Κεδρών, Κεδρωνος (see below)), Cedron (or Kidron) (Hebrew קִדְרון i. e. dark, turbid), the name of a (winter-) torrent, rising near Jerusalem and flowing down through a valley of the same name (having the Matt. of Olives on the E.) into the Dead Sea: χείμαρρος τοῦ Κεδρών, Joh 18:1 G L Tr marginal reading, according to the more correct reading (but see WH's Appendix, at the passage); (χείμαρρος Κεδρωνος, Josephus, Antiquities 8, 1, 5; φάραγξ Κεδρωνος, ibid. 9, 7, 3; b. j. 5, 6, 1; φάραγγι, βαθεῖα... ἡ Κεδρών ὠνομασται, ibid. 5, 2, 3). (B. D., under the word, cf. Cedron, 2; Robinson, Phys. Geogr. of the Holy Land, p. 96f.)

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