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κεραυνός

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Gloss: a thunderbolt

Transliteration: keraunos

Strong’s: G8000

1. a thunderbolt , Lat. fulmen, (Homer), etc.: generally, thunder :—;but thunder properly was βροντή, Lat. tonitru; lightning was στεροπή, Lat. fulgur.
2. metaphorically, κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώσσῃ φέρειν, of Pericles, (Plutarch) (ML)
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