What does βοῦς · ὄνος mean in the Bible?
βοῦς · ὄνος is a Greek phrase meaning "ox or donkey".
Greek · G1016, G3688
βοῦν ... ὄνον
Ox · a donkey
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βοῦς G1016 ox
Pronunciation boûs
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ὄνος G3688 a donkey
Pronunciation ónos
Beast of burden representing humility; Jesus's triumphal entry on a donkey symbolizes humble, peaceful kingship
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What does βοῦν ... ὄνον (boun ... onon) mean in the Bible?
βοῦς · ὄνος is a Greek phrase meaning "ox or donkey".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1016, G3688?
G1016, G3688 is connected to 8 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. ox or donkey
Source Gloss
ox or donkey
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Plural (4)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 14:5 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 14:19 · 1 Cor 9:9 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 13:15 · 1 Cor 9:9 · 1 Tim 5:18 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine John 2:14 · John 2:15 2×
Word Origins
βοῦν ... ὄνον is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain