noun · feminine
ofruas
Greekὀφρῦς (ofrus)
Strong’sG3790
the brow, a ridge
stem ofru-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ὀφρύς, -ύος, ἡ,
[in LXX: Le 14:9 (עַיִן גּב)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3790 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidof-roos'
the eye-"brow" or forehead, i.e. (figuratively) the brink of a precipice
Fromperhaps from G3700 (through the idea of the shading or proximity to the organ of vision);
King Jamesbrow.
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 | ofruas | ofruais |
| object accusative | ofruan | ofruain |
| direct address vocative | ofruar | ofruair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ofruau1×ὀφρύος | ofruaiu |
| to, for dative | ofrua | ofruai |
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
ofrua 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
ofruau“brow”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 4:29“brow”kai anistanaratois ekballala auton exō tau politau, kai agala auton heōs ofruau teu oreu epi heu tas politas oikodomitelē autoiu, hōste katakrēmnizara auton;They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.