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ἔριον G2053
N-NNS  |  2× in 1 sense
wool; the soft, curly hair of sheep used for making cloth and garments
This noun simply means wool, the fiber from sheep. In Hebrews 9:19, Moses sprinkled the scroll and people with blood using scarlet wool and hyssop—ritual implements for purification. In Revelation 1:14, the glorified Christ's head and hair are described as 'white like white wool'—brilliant, pure whiteness. The multilingual evidence is uniform: Spanish 'lana', French and German 'Wolle'—all meaning wool. Classical usage described wool in various contexts: greasy unwashed wool, dyed wool, wool for weaving. The biblical uses are metaphorical (Revelation's whiteness) or ritual (Hebrews' purification rite).

Senses
1. sense 1 The multilingual glosses are perfectly consistent: Spanish 'lana', French 'Wolle', German 'Wolle'—all simply mean wool. In Hebrews 9:19, Moses took blood with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop to sprinkle the book and people—the wool serving as an applicator in ritual purification, echoing Old Testament cleansing rites. In Revelation 1:14, John sees the glorified Christ: 'his head and hair were white like white wool' (ὡς ἔριον λευκόν)—brilliant, pure whiteness suggesting wisdom, purity, and divine glory. Daniel 7:9 similarly describes the Ancient of Days with hair like pure wool. The imagery emphasizes radiant whiteness, not the wool itself. Both uses are either ritual or symbolic, never mundane.
NATURAL_WORLD Natural Substances Wool Textile Fiber
AR["صوفٍ"]·ben["পশম", "পশমের"]·DE["Wolle"]·EN["wool"]·FR["Wolle"]·heb["צֶמֶר"]·HI["ऊन", "ऊन,"]·ID["bulu", "bulu-domba,"]·IT["erion", "eriou"]·jav["wulu", "wulu-wedhus"]·KO["양털", "양털과"]·PT["lã"]·RU["шерсть,", "шерстью"]·ES["lana"]·SW["sufu", "sufu,"]·TR["yün"]·urd["اون"]

Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)

BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἔριον, τό, Ionic dialect εἴριον Refs 8th c.BC+:— wool, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐρίῳ στέψαντες, i.e. with woollen fillets, Refs 8th c.BC+; εἴρια ῥυπαρά, ἔρια οἰσυπηρά, greasy wool, Refs 5th c.BC+; τἄρια, crasis for τὰ ., Refs 5th c.BC+; . πεπταμένα outspread flocks of wool, Refs 4th c.BC+cotton, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ . [τῆς ἀράχνης] a spider's web, Refs 2nd c.AD+; τὰ ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης ., of the byssus of the pinna, Refs 4th c.AD+; Latin vervex perhaps not cognate)