Word Study · Strong's G3733 · Greek

ὄρνις

ornis

or'-nis

Strong's 1890 spelling: órnis

“a bird (as rising in the air), i.e. (specially), a hen (or female domestic fowl)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a bird (as rising in the air), i.e. (specially), a hen (or female domestic fowl)

Rendered in the KJV as

hen.

2
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
1
inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

ὄρνις2

How it is rendered · 2

a hen1
a hen [gathers]1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2

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N-NSF · 2

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Where this word lives

Matthew1 of 2 · 50%
Luke1 of 2 · 50%

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Matthew1 occurrence

Matthew 23:37ὄρνιςornisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!here: a hen

Luke1 occurrence

Luke 13:34ὄρνιςornisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!here: a hen [gathers]

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