ὄρους (orous) in Matthew 5:14: Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ὄρους (orous) in Matthew 5:14
Textual Witness
The witness reads ὄρους in Matthew 5:14.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
Locates the city where it is visible.
How To Communicate It
Use it to show why the city cannot be hidden in the comparison.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Keep the form tied to Matthew 5:14.
- Do not detach it from the hill phrase in Matthew 5:14.
- Do not use morphology alone to build a complete doctrinal claim.
What Does The Label Mean?
Noun: the form names a person, place, thing, or concept in the clause.
Genitive: marks the noun sentence role as the context requires.
Singular: the number should be read from this occurrence, not generalized beyond the clause.
Neuter: grammatical gender marks form agreement and does not by itself make a theological claim.
What The Form Does In This Verse
Set
The hill phrase in Matthew 5:14
Names the elevated place that makes the city visible.
Do not use the noun to turn the comparison into a geography lesson.
How Much The Form Matters Here
Medium: hill setting
Genitive setting noun. names the elevated setting. Attached to set. Governed by the hill phrase in Matthew 5:14. Read with a city set on a hill.
Why is the city visible? It is set on a hill or mountain.
Direct: The form supports hill or mountain according to translation style.
This occurrence must be read within Matthew 5:14, not as a standalone word study.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The witness reads ὄρους in Matthew 5:14.
The lemma names a mountain or hill, and here it supplies the elevated setting in the comparison.
The genitive form belongs to the phrase that locates the city.
The city is visible because it is set on a height.
The form supports the concrete picture Jesus uses for public witness.
Use it to show why the city cannot be hidden in the comparison.
Do not derive a separate theology of mountains from this noun form alone.