Words the Bible translates as cross
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- xulonξύλονwood: cut timber, and by extension almost anything made of wood, from a living tree to the cross
- diabainōδιαβαίνωto crossnot studied yet
- staurosσταυρόςthe cross: the upright wooden stake with a crossbeam on which the Romans executed condemned people, above all the one Jesus was crucified on, and by extension his crucifixion itself as the saving heart of the Christian message
- diaperaōδιαπεράωto crossnot studied yet
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Every English meaning beginning with C is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.