κρέας, τό,
Dor. κρῆς (q.v.), κρεῖας dub. cj. in Anan. 5.3; Att. gen. κρέως S. Fr. 728; Cret. κρίως GDI 5128 (Vaxos): pl. κρέα IG 12.84.26, etc.; gen. κρεῶν Od. 15.98, Hdt. 1.73, IG 12.10.7, Ar. Ra. 191, etc.; κρειῶν Il. 11.551, al., κρεάων [ᾰ ] h.Merc. 130; dat. κρέασι Il. 12.311, κρέεσσι Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.47, κρεάεσσι Epic.in Arch.Pap. 7.4. [ κρέᾰ Hom., E. Cyc. 126, Ar. V. 363, al., κρέ) elided Od. 3.65, 470, Ar. Th. 558, κρέᾱ Antiph. 20 (s.v.l.).]: -
1. flesh, meat, Od. 8.477, etc.; ἄρνειον κ. piece of lamb, Pherecr. 45, cf. Ar. Pl. 1137; ἐρίφειον Antiph. 222.6; τρία κρέα [ἢ] καὶ πλείω X. Cyr. 2.2.2; τέτταρα.. κρέα μικρά Antiph. 172.3 (anap.): pl., mostly in collect. sense, dressed meat, Od. 3.65, etc.; κ. ἑφθά Hdt. 3.23; κ. ἀνάβραστα, ὠπτημένα, Ar. Ra. 553, Pl. 894; κ. ὀρνίθεια Id. Nu. 339; βοῶν Id. Pax 1280; βόεια Pl. R. 338c; δαῖτα παιδείων κρεῶν A. Ag. 1242, 1593; κ. Ἀθηναίοις μερίζειν, νέμειν τῷ δήμῳ, IG 22.334.15, 24.
2. carcass: hence, body, person, τοῦδε τοῦ κρέως (i.e. ἐμοῦ) S.l.c. (satyric): in Com. addresses, like κάρα, ὦ δεξιώτατον κρέας Ar. Eq. 421, cf. 457: prov., ὁ λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν [δρόμον] τρέχει ’to save one’s bacon’, Zen. 4.85, cf. Plu. 2.1087b; so νεναυμάχηκε τὴν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν Ar. Ra. 191, v. Sch. (κρεϝας, cf. Skt. krauís ’raw meat’, Lat. cruor.)
G2907 — κρέας
τό (cf. Latincaro, cruor; Curtius, § 74), plural κρέα (cf. Winers Grammar, 65 (63); (Buttmann, 15 (13))); (from Homer down); the Sept. very often for בָּשָׂר; (the) flesh (of a sacrificed animal): [Rom 14:21]; [1Co 8:13].
κρὴας , - ὴως , pl ., κρέα ,
[in LXX for H1320 ( freq .);]
flesh, meat: Rom 14:21 , [1Co 8:13]. †