What does ὄρνις (órnis) mean in the Bible?
ὄρνις (órnis): Specific domestic fowl (cock or hen), not generic bird; Jesus's lament over Jerusalem uses the hen's maternal gathering instinct as metaphor.
Greek · G3733
ὄρνις
Hen
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ὄρνις G3733
Pronunciation órnis
What does ὄρνις (órnis) mean in the Bible?
ὄρνις (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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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3733?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a hen (1), a hen [gathers] (1).
Where does ὄρνις (órnis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:37. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a hen 1× Matthew 23:37
a hen [gathers] 1× Luke 13:34
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 23:37
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Luke 1
Source forms
ὄρνις 2x ornis Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Specific domestic fowl (cock or hen), not generic bird; Jesus's lament over Jerusalem uses the hen's maternal gathering instinct as metaphor.
Strong's G3733
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 13:31-35 Source Gloss
hen
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:37 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ὄρνις orniv
a bird, fowl, hen
Read verse Luke 13:34 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ὄρνις orniv
a bird, fowl, hen
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 2 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 23:37 · Luke 13:34 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Jesus's metaphorical desire to gather Jerusalem's children, like a hen gathering chicks
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ὄρνις 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