What does στρουθίον (strouthíon) mean in the Bible?
στρουθίον (strouthíon): Diminutive form emphasizing the sparrow's littleness, used to illustrate God's care for the insignificant
Greek · G4765
στρουθίον
A little sparrow
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στρουθίον G4765
Pronunciation strouthíon
What does στρουθίον (strouthíon) mean in the Bible?
στρουθίον (strouthíon): Diminutive form emphasizing the sparrow's littleness, used to illustrate God's care for the insignificant
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4765?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sparrows (4).
Where does στρουθίον (strouthíon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Matthew (2).
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 sparrows 4× Matthew 10:29, Matthew 10:31, Luke 12:6, Luke 12:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 10:29
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Matthew 2 Luke 2
Source forms
στρουθία 2x strouthia Matthew 10:29, Luke 12:6
στρουθίων 2x strouthiōn Matthew 10:31, Luke 12:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 2x Matthew 10:31, Luke 12:7
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural 2x Matthew 10:29, Luke 12:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Diminutive form emphasizing the sparrow's littleness, used to illustrate God's care for the insignificant
Strong's G4765
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 10:29 Source Gloss
a little sparrow
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Diminutive form emphasizing the sparrow's littleness, used to illustrate God's care for the insignificant
dimin. of στρουθός a sparrow: Mat.10:29, 31, Luk.12:6-7.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 10:29 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
στρουθία strouqia
a small bird, sparrow
Read verse Matthew 10:31 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
στρουθίων strouqiwn
a small bird, sparrow
Read verse Luke 12:6 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
στρουθία strouqia
a small bird, sparrow
Read verse Luke 12:7 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
στρουθίων strouqiwn
a small bird, sparrow
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 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Plural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 10:29 · Luke 12:6 2×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 10:31 · Luke 12:7 2×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Small birds sold cheaply, illustrating God's care for insignificant things
Worthless creatures by human valuation, contrasted with human value before God
Inexpensive marketplace animals sold in bulk, emphasizing divine attentiveness to the trivial
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Part of These Phrases
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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