Crown · Stephanus, a Christian
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στέφανος · Στέφανος is a Greek phrase meaning "a chaplet (as a badge of royalty, a prize in the public games or a symbol of honor generally; but more conspicuous and elaborate than the simple fillet, ), literally or figuratively".
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στέφανος · Στέφανος is a Greek phrase meaning "a chaplet (as a badge of royalty, a prize in the public games or a symbol of honor generally; but more conspicuous and elaborate than the simple fillet, ), literally or figuratively".
G4735, G4736 is connected to 18 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Greek phrase. a chaplet (as a badge of royalty, a prize in the public games or a symbol of honor generally; but more conspicuous and elaborate than the simple fillet, ), literally or figuratively
:--crown.
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
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Symbol of kingship used in mockery. James 1:12–15
Mock symbol revealing true kingship. Mark 15:16–20
Represents the eschatological reward of life promised to persevering believers.
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