The corpus record

λεπ-ίζω

lepizo

peel off the husk, skin

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Where it lives

Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 2 · 3.81/10k
Genesis 3 · 1/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k

What it meant

λεπ-ίζω · lep-izō — LSJ

peel off the husk, skin, bark

peel off the husk, skin or bark, mostly in Pass., Antiph. 217.10 (codd. Ath.), Thphr. HP 9.2.7, Arist. Mir. 830a15 (s.v.l.), Ph. Bel. 88.45, Dsc. 1.36; of the tongue, Aët. 8.40:—Act. in LXX Ge. 30.37, al.

II strip, of metal, plates

(λεπίς) strip an object of its covering of metal plates, Plb. 22.4.7, 10.27.11 (Pass.).

In the wild

ἐλέπισεν · elepisen Septuaginta, Genesis 30
ἐλέπισεν · elepisen Septuaginta, Genesis 30
ἐλέπισεν · elepisen Septuaginta, Genesis 30
ἐλέπισεν · elepisen Septuaginta, Machabaeorum I 1
ἐλεπίσθη · elepisthē Septuaginta, Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 11
λεπίσαι · lepisai Septuaginta, Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 3

Where it came from

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