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Strong's G2359 θρίξ (thrix)

Thrix means “hair” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2359 — churi (“Huri”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2359
Language Greek
Linked Usages 58
Books 27

Strong's G2359 Quick Answer

Strong's G2359 θρίξ (thrix) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. thrix (threex') n. 1. hair [genitive case trichos, etc.] It has 58 linked Bible usages across 27 books. Visible English usage signals include hair and hairs. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
thrix (threex') n. 1. hair [genitive case trichos, etc.]
Usage
58 linked usages
Books
27 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
hair and hairs

Meaning and Definition

thrix (threex') n. 1. hair [genitive case trichos, etc.] KJV: hair Compare: G2864

Original Word
θρίξ
Transliteration
thrix
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2359. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

hair

Usage: θρίξ, τριχός, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שֵׂעָר ;] hair; __(a) of the head: Mat.3:4 5:36 10:30, Luk.7:38, 44 12:7 21:18, Jhn.11:2 12:3, Act.27:34, 1Pe.3:3, Rev.1:14; __(b) of animals: Mrk.1:6, Rev.9:8.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2359 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render thrix, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

hair Matthew 3:4 hairs Matthew 10:30

How Strong's G2359 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 37 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2359 (θρίξ) appears 45 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2359 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2359 in the New Testament

14 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 3:4 KJV

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Matthew 5:36 KJV

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Matthew 10:30 KJV

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Strong's G2359 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

37 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 25:4 Septuagint / Brenton

and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats’ hair,

Exodus 35:6 Septuagint / Brenton

blue, purple, double scarlet spun, and fine linen spun, and goats’ hair,

Exodus 35:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair.

Strong's G2359 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 10:3 Septuagint / Brenton

and pulled off the sackcloth which she had on, and put off the garments of her widowhood, and washed her body all over with water, and anointed herself with precious ointment, and braided the hair of her head, and put on a tire upon it, and put on her garments of gladness, wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasseh her husband.

Judith 16:8 Septuagint / Brenton

For she put off the garment of her widowhood For the exaltation of those that were oppressed in Israel, And anointed her face with ointment, And bound her hair in a tire, And took a linen garment to deceive him.

2 Maccabees 7:7 Septuagint / Brenton

So when the first was dead after this manner, they brought the second to make him a mocking stock: and when they had pulled off the skin of his head with the hair, they asked him, Wilt thou eat, before thou be punished throughout every member of thy body?

Usage Excerpts

First 58 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2359.

Exodus 25:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats’ hair,
Exodus 35:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
blue, purple, double scarlet spun, and fine linen spun, and goats’ hair,
Exodus 35:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair.
Exodus 36:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the plates were divided, the threads of gold, so as to interweave with the blue and purple, and with the spun scarlet, and the fine linen twined, they made it a woven work;
Leviticus 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall view the spot in the skin of his flesh; and if the hair in the spot be changed to white, and the appearance of the spot be below the skin of the flesh, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look upon it, and pronounce him unclean.
Leviticus 13:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the spot be clear and white in the skin of his flesh, yet the appearance of it be not deep below the skin, and its hair have not changed itself for white hair, but it is dark, then the priest shall separate him that has the spot seven days;
Leviticus 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the priest shall look, and, behold, if it is a white spot in the skin, and it has changed the hair to white, and there be some of the sound part of the quick flesh in the sore—
Leviticus 13:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look, and, behold, if the appearance be beneath the skin, and its hair has changed to white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; because it is a leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.
Leviticus 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the priest look, and behold there is no white hair on it, and it be not below the skin of the flesh, and it be dark-colored; then the priest shall separate him seven days.
Leviticus 13:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the hair being white is changed to a bright color, and its appearance is lower than the skin, it is a leprosy; it has broken out in the inflammation, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy.
Leviticus 13:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the priest should look, and, behold, there is not in the bright spot any white hair, and it should not be lower than the skin, and it should be dark, then the priest shall separate him seven days.
Leviticus 13:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the appearance of it be beneath the skin, and in it there be thin yellowish hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scurf, it is a leprosy of the head or a leprosy of the beard.
Leviticus 13:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the priest should see the plague of the scurf, and, behold, the appearance of it be not beneath the skin, and there is no yellowish hair in it, then the priest shall set apart him that has the plague of the scurf seven days.
Leviticus 13:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall look at the plague on the seventh day; and, behold, if the scurf be not spread, and there be no yellowish hair on it, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow under the skin;
Leviticus 13:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look, and, behold, if the scurf be spread in the skin, the priest shall not examine concerning the yellow hair, for he is unclean.
Leviticus 13:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the scurf remain before him in its place, and a dark hair should have arisen in it, the scurf is healed: he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
Leviticus 14:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man that has been cleansed shall wash his garments, and shall shave off all his hair, and shall wash himself in water, and shall be clean; and after that he shall go into the camp, and shall remain out of his house seven days.
Leviticus 14:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass on the seventh day, he shall shave off all his hair, his head and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair shall he shave; and he shall wash his garments, and wash his body with water, and shall be clean.
Numbers 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
all the days of his separation—a razor shall not come upon his head, until the days be fulfilled which he vowed to the Lord: he shall be holy, cherishing the long hair of the head,
Numbers 6:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that has vowed shall shave the head of his consecration by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall put the hairs on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offering.
Judges 16:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven.
Judges 20:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
all these could sling with stones at a hair, and not miss.
1 Kingdoms 14:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people said to Saul, Shall he that has wrought this great salvation in Israel be put to death this day? As the Lord lives, there shall not fall to the ground one of the hairs of his head; for the people of God have wrought successfully this day. And the people prayed for Jonathan in that day, and he died not.
2 Kingdoms 14:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said, Let now the king remember concerning his Lord God in that the avenger of blood is multiplied to destroy, and let them not take away my son. And he said, As the Lord lives, not a hair of thy son shall fall to the ground.
2 Kingdoms 14:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he polled his head (and it was at the beginning of every year that he polled it, because it grew heavy upon him), even when he polled it, he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels according to the royal shekel.
3 Kingdoms 1:52 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon said, If he should be a valiant man, there shall not a hair of his fall to the ground; but if evil be found in him, he shall die.
Ezra 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
Job 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a spirit came before my face; And my hair and flesh quivered.
Psalms 39:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For innumerable evils have encompassed me; My transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; They are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; And my heart has failed me.
Psalms 67:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But God shall crush the heads of his enemies; The hairy crown of them that go on in their trespasses.
Psalms 68:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: My enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: Then I restored that which I took not away.
Proverbs 23:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So he eats and drinks As if anyone should swallow a hair, And do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him:
Isaiah 7:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day the Lord shall shave with the hired razor of the king of Assyria beyond the river the head, and the hairs of the feet, and will remove the beard.
Ezekiel 16:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
increase; I have made thee as the springing grass of the field. So thou didst increase and grow, and didst enter into great cities: thy breasts were set, and thy hair grew, whereas thou wast naked and bare.
Daniel 3:94 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and perceived that the fire had not had power against their bodies, and the hair of their head was not burned, and their coats were not scorched, nor was the smell of fire upon them.
Daniel 4:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven forth from men, and he ate grass as an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hairs were grown like lions’ hairs, and his nails as birds’ claws.
Daniel 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I beheld until the thrones were set, and the Ancient of days sat; and his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head as pure wool: his throne was a flame of fire, and his wheels burning fire.
Matthew 3:4 New Testament, KJV
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 5:36 New Testament, KJV
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Matthew 10:30 New Testament, KJV
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Mark 1:6 New Testament, KJV
And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
Luke 7:38 New Testament, KJV
And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Luke 7:44 New Testament, KJV
And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Luke 12:7 New Testament, KJV
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Luke 21:18 New Testament, KJV
But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
John 11:2 New Testament, KJV
(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
John 12:3 New Testament, KJV
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Acts 27:34 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
1 Peter 3:3 New Testament, KJV
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
Revelation 1:14 New Testament, KJV
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Revelation 9:8 New Testament, KJV
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
Judith 10:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and pulled off the sackcloth which she had on, and put off the garments of her widowhood, and washed her body all over with water, and anointed herself with precious ointment, and braided the hair of her head, and put on a tire upon it, and put on her garments of gladness, wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasseh her husband.
Judith 16:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For she put off the garment of her widowhood For the exaltation of those that were oppressed in Israel, And anointed her face with ointment, And bound her hair in a tire, And took a linen garment to deceive him.
2 Maccabees 7:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So when the first was dead after this manner, they brought the second to make him a mocking stock: and when they had pulled off the skin of his head with the hair, they asked him, Wilt thou eat, before thou be punished throughout every member of thy body?
3 Maccabees 6:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
When the three friends in the land of Babylon of their own will exposed their lives to the fire rather than serve vain things, thou didst send a dewy coolness through the fiery furnace, and bring the fire upon all their adversaries.
Wisdom of Sirach 27:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The talk of him that sweareth much maketh the hair stand upright; And their brawls make one stop his ears.
Daniel 1:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 152 1:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2359, grouped by book.

Exodus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 4 usages, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2359 FAQ

What does thrix (θρίξ) mean?

Thrix (Strong's G2359) is a Greek word most simply glossed "hair". thrix (threex') n. 1. hair [genitive case trichos, etc.]

How many times is thrix (θρίξ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 58 linked usages for Strong's G2359 across 27 books.

Where can I study thrix (θρίξ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2359 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate thrix (θρίξ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hair and hairs. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2359 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 37 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2359, with linked reader references where each row is available.