What does φωλεός (phōleós) mean in the Bible?
φωλεός (phōleós) is a Greek word meaning "a burrow or lurking-place".
Greek · G5454
φωλεός
A burrow or lurking-place
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φωλεός G5454
Pronunciation phōleós
What does φωλεός (phōleós) mean in the Bible?
φωλεός (phōleós) is a Greek word meaning "a burrow or lurking-place".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5454?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include dens (2).
Where does φωλεός (phōleós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:20. 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 dens 2× Matthew 8:20, Luke 9:58
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 8:20
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Luke 1
Source forms
φωλεοὺς 2x phōleous Matthew 8:20, Luke 9:58
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 2x Matthew 8:20, Luke 9:58
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a burrow or lurking-place
Strong's G5454
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a burrow or lurking-place
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 8:20 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
φωλεοὺς fwleouv
a burrow, hole
Read verse Luke 9:58 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
φωλεοὺς fwleouv
a burrow, hole
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 Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 8:20 · Luke 9:58 2×
Word Origins
φωλεός is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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