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Strong's G2915 κριθή (krithe)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2915 — tiach (“daubing”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2915
Language Greek
Linked Usages 34
Books 19

Strong's G2915 Quick Answer

Strong's G2915 κριθή (krithe) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. krithe (kree-thay') n. 1. barley [of uncertain derivation] It has 34 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include barley. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
krithe (kree-thay') n. 1. barley [of uncertain derivation]
Usage
34 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
barley

Meaning and Definition

krithe (kree-thay') n. 1. barley [of uncertain derivation] KJV: barley

Original Word
κριθή
Transliteration
krithe
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2915. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G2915 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render krithe, 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.

How Strong's G2915 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 32 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 G2915 (κριθή) appears 35 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2915 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 G2915 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Revelation 6:6 KJV

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

Strong's G2915 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

32 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 26:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year barley a hundredfold, and the Lord blessed him.

Exodus 9:31 Septuagint / Brenton

And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was advanced, and the flax was seeding.

Leviticus 27:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And if a man should hallow to the Lord a part of the field of his possession, then the valuation shall be according to its seed, fifty didrachmas of silver for a homer of barley.

Strong's G2915 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 8:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And Manasseh was her husband, of her tribe and kindred, who died in the barley harvest.

Usage Excerpts

First 34 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2915.

Genesis 26:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year barley a hundredfold, and the Lord blessed him.
Exodus 9:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was advanced, and the flax was seeding.
Leviticus 27:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a man should hallow to the Lord a part of the field of his possession, then the valuation shall be according to its seed, fifty didrachmas of silver for a homer of barley.
Deuteronomy 8:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a land of wheat and barley, wherein are vines, figs, pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
Ruth 1:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Naomi and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, returned from the country of Moab; and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
Ruth 2:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So she gleaned in the field till evening, and beat out that she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
Ruth 2:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ruth joined herself to the damsels of Boaz to glean until they had finished the barley harvest and the wheat harvest.
Ruth 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose damsels thou wast? behold, he winnows barley this night in the floor.
Ruth 3:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to her, Bring the apron that is upon thee: and she held it, and he measured six measures of barley, and put them upon her, and she went into the city.
Ruth 3:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said to her, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.
2 Kingdoms 14:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Absalom said to his servants, Behold, Joab’s portion in the field is next to mine, and he has in it barley; go and set it on fire. And the servants of Absalom set the field on fire: and the servants of Joab come to him with their clothes rent, and they said to him, The servants of Absalom have set the field on fire.
2 Kingdoms 17:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
brought ten embroidered beds (with double coverings), and ten caldrons, and earthenware, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and meal, and beans, and pulse,
2 Kingdoms 21:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he gave them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them up to the sun in the mountain before the Lord: and they fell, even the seven together: moreover they were put to death in the days of harvest at the commencement, in the beginning of barley harvest.
2 Kingdoms 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and fixed it for herself on the rock in the beginning of barley harvest, until water dropped upon them out of heaven: and she did not suffer the birds of the air to rest upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
3 Kingdoms 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thus the officers provided King Solomon: and they execute every one in his month all the orders for the table of the king, they omit nothing. And they carried the barley and the straw for the horses and the chariots to the place where the king might be, each according to his charge.
4 Kingdoms 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elisha said, Hear thou the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, As at this time, tomorrow a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gates of Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 7:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people went out, and plundered the camp of Syria: and a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord, and two measures of barley for a shekel.
4 Kingdoms 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So it came to pass as Elisha had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley shall be sold for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel; and it shall be as at this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.
1 Chronicles 11:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He was with David in Pas-dammim, and the Philistines were gathered there to battle, and there was a portion of the field full of barley; and the people fled before the Philistines.
2 Chronicles 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, I have given freely to thy servants that work and cut the wood, corn for food, even twenty thousand measures of wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil.
2 Chronicles 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, the wheat, and the barley, and the oil, and the wine which my lord mentioned, let him send to his servants.
2 Chronicles 27:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against him: and the children of Ammon gave him even annually a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. These the king of the children of Ammon brought to him annually in the first and second and third years.
Job 31:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, And a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.
Isaiah 28:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Does he not, when he has leveled the surface thereof, then sow the small black poppy, or cumin, and afterward sow wheat, and barley, and millet, and bread corn in thy borders?
Isaiah 30:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Your bulls and your oxen that till the ground, shall eat chaff mixed with winnowed barley.
Jeremiah 48:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But ten men were found there, and they said to Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, wheat and barley, honey and oil. So he passed by, and slew them not in the midst of their brethren.
Ezekiel 4:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take thou also to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and bread corn; and thou shalt cast them into one earthen vessel, and shalt make them into loaves for thyself; and thou shalt eat them a hundred and ninety days, according to the number of the days during which thou sleepest on thy side.
Ezekiel 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they have dishonored me before my people for a handful of barley, and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls which should not die, and to save alive the souls which should not live, while ye speak to a people hearing vain speeches.
Ezekiel 45:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the firstfruits which ye shall offer; a sixth part of a homer of wheat, and the sixth part of it shall consist of an ephah of a cor of barley.
Hosea 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I hired her to myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a flagon of wine.
Joel 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the husbandmen are consumed: mourn your property on account of the wheat and barley; for the harvest has perished from off the field.
Haggai 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When ye cast into the corn bin twenty measures of barley, and there were only ten measures of barley: and ye went to the vat to draw out fifty measures, and there were but twenty.
Revelation 6:6 New Testament, KJV
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Judith 8:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Manasseh was her husband, of her tribe and kindred, who died in the barley harvest.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2915, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2915 FAQ

What does krithe (κριθή) mean?

Krithe (Strong's G2915) is a Greek word most simply glossed "barley". krithe (kree-thay') n. 1. barley [of uncertain derivation]

How many times is krithe (κριθή) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 34 linked usages for Strong's G2915 across 19 books.

Where can I study krithe (κριθή) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2915 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate krithe (κριθή)?

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

Does Strong's G2915 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 32 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2915, with linked reader references where each row is available.