noun · masculine
ōmos
Greekὦμος (ōmos)
Strong’sG5606
a shoulder
stem ōm-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ὦμος, οὐ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for שְׁכֶם, כָּתֵף;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5606 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saido'-mos
the shoulder (as that on which burdens are borne)
Fromperhaps from the alternate of G5342;
King Jamesshoulder.
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 | ōmos | ōmois |
| object accusative | ōmon | ōmoin2×ὤμους |
| direct address vocative | ōmor | ōmoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | ōmou | ōmoiu |
| to, for dative | ōmo | ōmoi |
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
ōmo 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
ōmoin“shoulders”objectaccusative plural2×
Matthew 23:4“shoulders”desmeualō de fortieim barueim kai epitithalō epi toin ōmoin toiu anthrōpoiu, autois de to daktulo autoiu ouk thelalō kinara auteim.They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
Luke 15:5“shoulders”kai heuriskaratos epitithatō epi toin ōmoin autou chairarōtos,And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,