Strong's Lexicon
G3733 — ὄρνις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3733 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὄρνις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | probably from a prolonged form of the base of G3735 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | ornis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | or'-nis |
| Meaning: | 1. a bird (as rising in the air) 2. (specially), a hen (or female domestic fowl) |
| KJV Renderings: | hen |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὄρνιξ (so manuscripts à D), equivalent to ὄρνις (which see): Luk 13:34 Tdf. The nominative is not found in secular writings, but the trisyllabic forms ὀρνιχος, ὀρνιχι for ὀρνιθος, etc., are used in Doric; (Photius (edited by Porson, p. 348, 22) Ἰωνες ὄρνιξ ... καί Δωριεις ὄρνιξ. Cf. Curtius, p. 495).
STRONGS NT 3733: ὄρνιςὄρνις, ὀρνιθος, ὁ, ἡ (ὈΡΩ, ὄρνυμι, (see ὄρθρος));
1. a bird; so from Homer down.
2. specifically, a cock, a hen: Mat 23:37; Luk 13:34 (Tdf. ὄρνιξ, which see); (so Aeschylus Eum. 866; Xenophon, an. 4, 5, 25; Theocritus, Polybius 12, 26, 1; (others)).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὄρνις (hen)
Matthew 23:37
- KJV: O Jerusalem Jerusalem that killest the prophets and stonest them which are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered thy children together even as a hen gathereth her chickens under wings and ye would not
- GK: Ιερουσαλήμ Ιερουσαλήμ η αποκτένουσα τους προφήτας και λιθοβολούσα τους απεσταλμένους προς αυτήν ποσάκις ηθέλησα επισυναγαγείν τα τέκνα σου ον τρόπον επισύναγει όρνις τα νοσσία εαυτής υπό τας πτέρυγας και ουκ ηθελήσατε
Luke 13:34
- KJV: O Jerusalem Jerusalem which killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen her brood under wings and ye would not
- GK: Ιερουσαλήμ Ιερουσαλήμ η αποκτενούσα τους προφήτας και λιθοβολούσα τους απεσταλμένους προς αυτήν ποσάκις ηθέλησα επισυνάξαι τα τέκνα σου ον τρόπον όρνις την εαυτής νοσσιάν υπό τας πτέρυγας και ουκ ηθελήσατε