σταυρός

σταυρός, -oῦ, ὁ

1. an upright pale or stake (Hom., Hdt., Thuc., al.)

2. In late writers (Diod., Plut., al.) of the Roman instrument of crucifixion, the Cross: of the Cross on which Christ suffered, Matt 27,32, 40; 27,42, Mark 15,21, 30; 15,32, Luk 23,26, Joh 19,17, 19; 19,25, 31, Kol 2,14, Hebr 12,2; θάνατος σταυροῦ, Fil 2,8 τ. αἷμα τοῦ σ., Kol 1,20, Metaphorical, in proverbial sayings: αἴρειν (λαμβάνειν, βαστάζειν) τὸν σ., Matt 10,38; 16,24, Mark 8,34; 10,21, 15:21, Luk 9,23; 14,27 (for an interesting ex. of metaphorically use in π., see MM, xxiii) By meton., for Christ's death on the Cross: 1 Kor 1,17, Gal 5,11; 6,12, 14, Ef 2,16, Fil 3,18; ὁ λόγος ὁ τοῦ σ., 1 Kor 1,18,†