θρίξ G2359
Hair; primarily human head-hair, also animal hair (camel's hair) used as clothing material.
A straightforward physical noun, θρίξ refers to hair — but in the NT it plays surprisingly rich roles. Human head-hair appears in proverbial sayings about God's sovereign care ('the very hairs of your head are numbered,' Matt 10:30; Luke 12:7) and in intimate acts of devotion when Mary wipes Jesus' feet with her hair (Luke 7:38, 44; John 11:2; 12:3). The word also describes John the Baptist's rough garment 'of camel's hair' (Matt 3:4; Mark 1:6), and in Revelation 1:14 and 9:8, hair serves as a marker of appearance and identity. Spanish distinguishes 'cabello' (human hair) from 'pelo' (animal hair), a lexical split that mirrors the two senses.
Senses
1. hair (human head) — Human head-hair, the dominant sense covering thirteen of fifteen NT occurrences. Used in Jesus' teaching on divine providence ('not a hair of your head will perish,' Luke 21:18; 'the hairs of your head are all numbered,' Matt 10:30), in narrative acts of devotion (Mary wiping Jesus' feet, Luke 7:38, 44; John 11:2), and in apocalyptic description (hair white as wool, Rev 1:14). Spanish 'cabello/cabellos' and French 'cheveu' are specific to human head-hair, confirming this as the primary referent. 13×
AR["-","الشَّعرِ","شَعرَةٌ","شَعرُ","شَعرِ","شَعْرٌ","شَعْرَةٌ","شَعْرُهُ","شَعْرِ","شَعْرِهَا","شُعُورُ"]·ben["কেশে","চুল","চুলগুলি","চুলে","চুলের"]·DE["Haar"]·EN["a-hair","hair","hairs","of-hair"]·FR["cheveu","θρὶξ"]·heb["שְׂעָרוֹת","שֵׂעָר","שַׂעֲרָה","שַׂעֲרוֹתֶיהָ"]·HI["बाल","बाल-को","बालों-के","बालों-से"]·ID["itu","rambut","rambutnya"]·IT["capello","trichas","triches","trichōn"]·jav["rambut","rambut,","rambutipun","rikma"]·KO["머리카락","머리카락-이","머리카락들도","머리카락들로","머리카락으로","머리카락을","머리카락의","머리카락이","털","털도"]·PT["cabelo","cabelos","de-cabelos,"]·RU["волос","волос,","волосами","волосы"]·ES["cabello","cabellos","de-cabellos"]·SW["nywele","unywele"]·TR["kıl","kılı","sarayı","saçları","saçların","saçlarıyla"]·urd["بال","بالوں-سے","بالوں-کا،","پوچھتی-تھی"]
Matt 5:36, Matt 10:30, Luke 7:38, Luke 7:44, Luke 12:7, Luke 21:18, John 11:2, John 12:3, Acts 27:34, 1 Pet 3:3, Rev 1:14, Rev 9:8 (+1 more)
2. hair (animal fur/camel hair) — Animal hair, specifically camel's hair used as rough clothing material. Occurs only in the twin descriptions of John the Baptist wearing a garment of camel's hair (Matt 3:4; Mark 1:6). Spanish uses 'pelos' rather than 'cabellos' here — a natural lexical distinction between animal fur and human hair that cross-linguistically validates the sense boundary. The garment evokes the prophetic mantle of Elijah (cf. 2 Kings 1:8), connecting animal-hair clothing with prophetic identity. 2×
AR["وَبَرَ","وَبَرِ"]·ben["রোমের","লোম"]·DE["Haar"]·EN["hair","hairs"]·FR["cheveu"]·heb["שְׂעַר","שֵׂעָר"]·HI["बाल","बालों-से"]·ID["bulu"]·IT["capello"]·jav["wulu","wulunipun"]·KO["털들","털들-을"]·PT["pelos"]·RU["волосы","шерсти"]·ES["pelos"]·SW["manyoya","nywele"]·TR["kıllarından","kıllarını"]·urd["بال","بالوں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
θρίξ, ἡ, genitive τρῐχός, dative plural θριξί (τρίχεσιν Refs 1st c.AD+: - hair, Refs 8th c.BC+ only in plural, ὀρθαὶ τρίχες ἔσταν ἐνὶ.. μέλεσσι Refs 8th c.BC+; mostly, hair of the head,Refs 8th c.BC+; sheep's wool, Refs 8th c.BC+; pig's bristles, Refs 8th c.BC+; τρίχες ἄκραι οὐραῖαι, of a horse's tail, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀνάστασις τῶν τριχῶν, of a lark's crest, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II later in singular…