What does ὠόν (ōón) mean in the Bible?
ὠόν (ōón) is a Greek word meaning "an "egg"".
Greek · G5609
ὠόν
An "egg"
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ὠόν G5609
Pronunciation ōón
What does ὠόν (ōón) mean in the Bible?
ὠόν (ōón) is a Greek word meaning "an "egg"".
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How does the BSB render G5609?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include an egg (1).
Where does ὠόν (ōón) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 11:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (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 an egg 1× Luke 11:12
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First aligned row Luke 11:12
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Luke 1
Source forms
ᾠόν 1x ōon Luke 11:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Luke 11:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. an "egg"
Source Gloss
an "egg"
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(Rec. ὠόν), -οῦ, τό [in LXX for בֵּיצָה ;] an egg: Luk.11:12.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 11:12 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὠόν, won
an egg
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.
Word Origins
ὠόν is a primary word - 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