noun · masculine
koraxos
Greekκόραξ (korax)
Strong’sG2876
a raven
stem korax-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κόραξ, -ακος, ὁ,
[in LXX for עֹרֵב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2876 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkor'-ax
a crow (from its voracity)
Fromperhaps from G2880;
King Jamesraven.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | koraxos | koraxois |
| object accusative | koraxon | koraxoin1×κόρακας |
| direct address vocative | koraxor | koraxoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | koraxou | koraxoiu |
| to, for dative | koraxo | koraxoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
koraxo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
koraxoin“ravens”objectaccusative plural1×
Luke 12:24“ravens”katanoavar toin koraxoin hoti ouk speiralō oude therizalō, hoi ouk atō tameiem oude apothēkas, kai tos theos trefatō autoin; pose mallon vis diaferavō teiu peteineiu.Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!