Strong's G4716
σταυρός
- Transliteration
- staurós
- Definition
- a stake or post (as set upright), i.e. (specially), a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively, exposure to death, i.e. self-denial; by implication, the atonement of Christ
- KJV usage
- cross
- Derivation
- from the base of G2476 (ἵστημι);
From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Greek dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.