Greek · G3733, G3555 · unreviewed

ὃν τρόπον ὄρνις τὴν ἑαυτῆς νοσσιὰν

Hen · a brood (of chickens)

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ὄρνις G3733 hen
Pronunciation órnis
Specific domestic fowl (cock or hen), not generic bird; Jesus's lament over Jerusalem uses the hen's maternal gathering instinct as metaphor.
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νοσσιά G3555 a brood (of chickens)
Pronunciation nossiá
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What does ὃν τρόπον ὄρνις τὴν ἑαυτῆς νοσσιὰν (hon tropon ornis tēn heautēs nossian) mean in the Bible?

ὄρνις · νοσσιά is a Greek word meaning "as a hen gathers her brood".

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Meaning

as a hen gathers her brood
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 23:37 · Luke 13:34
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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