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Strong's #4735: stephanos (pronounced stef'-an-os)

from an apparently primary stepho (to twine or wreathe); 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, 1238), literally or figuratively:--crown.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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stephanos

1) a crown

1a) a mark of royal or (in general) exalted rank

1a1) the wreath or garland which was given as a prize to victors in public games

1b) metaphorically the eternal blessedness which will be given as aprize to the genuine servants of God and Christ: the crown (wreath) which is the reward of the righteousness

1c) that which is an ornament and honour to one

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from an apparently primary stepho (to twine or wreathe)

Citing in TDNT: 7:615, 1078




Usage:

This word is used 18 times:

Matthew 27:29: "And when they had plaited a crown of thorns, they put it upon his"
Mark 15:17: "they clothed him with purple, and plaited a crown of thorns, and put it about his"
John 19:2: "the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his"
John 19:5: "forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple"
1 Corinthians 9:25: "to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible."
Philippians 4:1: "my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord,"
1 Thessalonians 2:19: "or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even"
2 Timothy 4:8: "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord,"
James 1:12: "tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord"
1 Peter 5:4: "chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away."
Revelation 2:10: "and I will give thee a crown of life."
Revelation 3:11: "no man take thy crown."
Revelation 4:4: "white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns"
Revelation 4:10: "him that liveth forever and ever, and cast their crowns"
Revelation 6:2: "had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth"
Revelation 9:7: "their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their"
Revelation 12:1: "upon her head a crown of twelve stars:"
Revelation 14:14: "his head a golden crown, and in his hand"









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