noun · masculine
nōtos
Greekνῶτος (nōtos)
Strong’sG3577
the back of men or animals
stem nōt-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
νῶτος, -ου, ὁ,
in Att. most freq. τὸ νῶτον, and in pl. always τὰ νῶτα, [in LXX, ὁ ν., pl., οἱ νῶτοι, and τὰ νῶτα, chiefly for כָּתֵף, also for עֹרֶף, מָתְנַיִם;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3577 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidno'-tos
the back
Fromof uncertain affinity;
King Jamesback.
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 | nōtos | nōtois |
| object accusative | nōton1×νῶτον | nōtoin |
| direct address vocative | nōtor | nōtoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | nōtou | nōtoiu |
| to, for dative | nōto | nōtoi |
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
nōto 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
nōton“backs”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 11:10“backs”skotizilar tois ofthalmois autoiu teu mē bleparō, kai ton nōton autoiu dia pantou sunkamptasar.May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”