Greek noun (feminine) · G3751
ὀσφῦς
osphysos-foos'
loins
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: osphŷs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3751is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3751
the loin (externally), i.e. the hip; internally (by extension) procreative power
The King James renders it: loin.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
osphys is rendered "loins". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Two of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:4John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 3:4ὀσφὺν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- loins3
- waist3
- loin2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ὀσφὺν3
- ὀσφύος2
- ὀσφύας1
- ὀσφύες1
- ὀσφύϊ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural1N-APF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
Matthew
one use
John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
- ὀσφὺνosphunnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: waist
Mark
one use
John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
- ὀσφὺνosphunnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: waist
Luke
one use
Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
- ὀσφύεςosphuesnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: waist
Acts
one use
But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
- ὀσφύοςosphuosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: loins
Ephesians
one use
Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,
- ὀσφὺνosphunnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: loins
Hebrews
two uses
Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.
- ὀσφύοςosphuosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: loin
For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the loin of his ancestor.
- ὀσφύϊosphuinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: loin
1 Peter
one use
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- ὀσφύαςosphuasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: loins
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.