Word Summary
anthrakia: a heap of burning coals
Original Word: ἀνθρακιάTransliteration: anthrakia
Phonetic Spelling: (anth-rak-ee-ah')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a heap of burning coals
Meaning: a heap of burning coals
Strong's Concordance
fire of coals.
From anthrax; a bed of burning coals -- fire of coals.
see GREEK anthrax
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 439: ἀνθρακιάἀνθρακιά (on accent cf.
Etym. Magn. 801, 21;
Chandler § 95),
ἀνθρακιᾶς,
ἡ,
a heap of burning coals:
John 18:18;
John 21:9. (Sir. 11:32; 4 Macc. 9:20;
Homer, Iliad 9, 213, etc.) (Cf.
BB. DD. under the word
.)