What does ὠτίον (ōtíon) mean in the Bible?
ὠτίον (ōtíon) is a Greek word meaning "ear".
Greek · G5621
ὠτίον
Ear
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ὠτίον G5621
Pronunciation ōtíon
What does ὠτίον (ōtíon) mean in the Bible?
ὠτίον (ōtíon) is a Greek word meaning "ear".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5621?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include ear (5).
Where does ὠτίον (ōtíon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 26:51. Its strongest book concentrations include John (2), Luke (1), Mark (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 ear 5× Matthew 26:51, Mark 14:47, Luke 22:51, John 18:10
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 26:51
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1 John 2
Source forms
ὠτάριον 2x ōtarion Mark 14:47, John 18:10
ὠτίον 2x ōtion Matthew 26:51, John 18:26
ὠτίου 1x ōtiou Luke 22:51
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 4x Matthew 26:51, Mark 14:47, John 18:10, John 18:26
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Luke 22:51
Evidence Summary
Greek word. ear
Strong's G5621
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
ear
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 26:51 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὠτίον. wtion
an ear
Read verse Mark 14:47 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὠτίον. wtion
an ear
Read verse Luke 22:51 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ὠτίου wtiou
an ear
Read verse John 18:10 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὠτίον wtion
an ear
Read verse John 18:26 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὠτίον, wtion
an ear
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 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Luke 22:51 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 26:51 · John 18:26 2×
Word Origins
ὠτίον is built from this root:
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