What does ἀκάνθινος · στέφανος mean in the Bible?
ἀκάνθινος · στέφανος is a Greek phrase meaning "thorny crown".
Greek · G174, G4735
ἀκάνθινον στέφανον
Thorny · crown
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ἀκάνθινος G174 thorny
Pronunciation akánthinos
Made of thorns; used of Jesus's crown, symbolizing shame and suffering intertwined with kingship.
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στέφανος G4735 crown
Pronunciation stéphanos
Crown as victory prize or honor, distinct from royal diadem; metaphorically, eschatological reward for faithfulness.
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What does ἀκάνθινον στέφανον (akanthinon stephanon) mean in the Bible?
ἀκάνθινος · στέφανος is a Greek phrase meaning "thorny crown".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G174, G4735?
G174, G4735 is connected to 2 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. thorny crown
Source Gloss
thorny crown
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Mark 15:17 · John 19:5 2×
Word Origins
ἀκάνθινον στέφανον is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain