What does κόραξ (kórax) mean in the Bible?
κόραξ (kórax): Unclean bird symbolizing God's provision despite worldly worthlessness and human anxiety.
Greek · G2876
κόραξ
A crow (from its voracity)
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κόραξ G2876
Pronunciation kórax
What does κόραξ (kórax) mean in the Bible?
κόραξ (kórax): Unclean bird symbolizing God's provision despite worldly worthlessness and human anxiety.
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How does the BSB render G2876?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include ravens (1).
Where does κόραξ (kórax) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 12:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It ravens 1× Luke 12:24
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First aligned row Luke 12:24
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Luke 1
Source forms
κόρακας 1x korakas Luke 12:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 12:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Unclean bird symbolizing God's provision despite worldly worthlessness and human anxiety.
Strong's G2876
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 12:22-34 Source Gloss
a crow (from its voracity)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Unclean bird symbolizing God's provision despite worldly worthlessness and human anxiety.
a raven: Luk.12:24.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 12:24 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
κόρακας, korakav
a raven
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 12:24 1×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
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Biblical Witnesses
Birds exemplifying God's provision, contrasted with human anxiety about sustenance
Scavengers that punish filial disobedience, illustrating consequences of dishonoring parents
Word Origins
κόραξ is built from this root:
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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