Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
σταυρός (G4716)
27 * σταυρός , -οῦ, ὁ an upright pale or stake (Hom., Hdt., Thuc., al.) In late writers (Diod., Plut., al.) of the Roman instrument of crucifixion, the Cross : of the Cross on which Christ suffered, Mt 27:32 , 40 , 42 , Mk 15:21 , 30 , 32 , Lk 23:26 , Jo 19:17 , 19 , 25 , 31 , Col 2:14 , He 12:2 ; θάνατος σταυροῦ , Phl 2:8 ; τ. αἷμα τοῦ σ. , Col 1:20 . Metaph., in proverbial sayings: αἴρειν ( λαμβάνειν, βαστάζειν ) τὸν σ. , Mt 10:38 16:24 , Mk 8:34 10:21 , 15:21 , Lk 9:23 14:27 (for an interesting ex. of metaph. use in π. , v. MM, xxiii) By meton., for Christ's death on the Cross: I Co 1:17 , Ga 5:11 6:12 , 14 , Eph 2:16 , Phl 3:18 ; ὁ λόγος ὁ τοῦ σ. , I Co 1:18 .†
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