Gloss
carob pod
Forms of the word
Dictionary
κεράτιον, ου, τό
Greek transliteration
keration
Simplified transliteration
keration
Numbers
Strong's number
2769
GK Number
3044
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2c
Definition
pr. a little horn; in NT a pod, the pod of the carob tree, or Ceratonia siliqua of Linnaeus, a common tree in the East and the south of Europe, growing to a considerable size, and producing long slender pods, with a pulp of a sweetish taste, and several brown shining seeds like beans, sometimes eaten by the poorer people in Syria and Palestine, and commonly used for fattening swine, Lk. 15:16*
Greek-English Concordance for κεράτιον
| Luke 15:16 | He longed to be fed with the pods (keratiōn | κερατίων | gen pl neut) that the pigs were eating, but no one would give him anything. |
