What does ὄρνις · νοσσιά mean in the Bible?
ὄρνις · νοσσιά is a Greek phrase meaning "as a hen gathers her brood".
Greek · G3733, G3555
ὃν τρόπον ὄρνις τὴν ἑαυτῆς νοσσιὰν
Hen · a brood (of chickens)
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ὄρνιςG3733hen
Pronunciationórnis
Specific domestic fowl (cock or hen), not generic bird; Jesus's lament over Jerusalem uses the hen's maternal gathering instinct as metaphor.
Open lexicon entry →νοσσιάG3555a brood (of chickens)
Pronunciationnossiá
Open lexicon entry →What does ὃν τρόπον ὄρνις τὴν ἑαυτῆς νοσσιὰν (hon tropon ornis tēn heautēs nossian) mean in the Bible?
ὄρνις · νοσσιά is a Greek phrase meaning "as a hen gathers her brood".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3733, G3555?
G3733, G3555 is connected to 2 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. as a hen gathers her brood
Source Gloss
as a hen gathers her brood
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 patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternNominative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Nominative · Singular · FeminineMatt 23:37 · Luke 13:342×
Word Origins
ὃν τρόπον ὄρνις τὴν ἑαυτῆς νοσσιὰν is built from this root: