Lexical Summary mēlōtē: a sheepskin Original Word: μηλωτήTransliteration: mēlōtē Phonetic Spelling: (may-lo-tay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a sheepskin Meaning: a sheepskin Strong's Concordance sheepskin. From melon (a sheep); a sheep-skin -- sheepskin. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3374: μηλωτήμηλωτή, μηλωτης, ἡ (from μῆλον sheep, also a goat; as καμηλωτη (`camlet') from κάμηλος (cf. Lob. Paralip., p. 332)), a sheepskin: Hebrews 11:37, and thence in Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 17, 1 [ET]. For אַדֶּרֶת an outer robe, mantle, the Sept. in 1 Kings 19:13, 19; 2 Kings 2:8, 13f, doubtless because these mantles were made of skins; hence, more closely שֵׂעָר אַדֶּרֶת, a mantle of hair, Zechariah 13:4 (where the Sept. δέρρις τριχινη). In the Byzantine writings (Apoll. Dysk. 191, 9) μηλοτη denotes a monk's garment. |
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