noun
onos
Greekὄνος (onos)
Strong’sG3688
a donkey, an ass
stem on-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 20 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ὄνος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for חֲמוֹר, also for אָתוֹן, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3688 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidon'-os
a donkey
Fromapparently a primary word;
King Jamesan ass.
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 | feminine singular | masculine singular | feminine plural | masculine plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | onas | onos | onais | onois |
| object accusative | onan3×ὄνον | onon1×ὄνον | onain | onoin |
| direct address vocative | onar | onor | onair | onoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | onau1×ὄνου | onou | onaiu | onoiu |
| to, for dative | ona | ono | onai | onoi |
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
on 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
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
onan“donkey”objectaccusative singular3×
Matthew 21:2“donkey”legarōtos autoi; Poreuevōr eis tan kōman tan katenanti vu, kai eutheōs heuriskavi onan dirētan kai pōlon meta autau; luaratois agavar mi.saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.
Matthew 21:5“donkey”Legavar ta thugatēra Siōn; Idou tos basilevos su erchetō si prauos kai epibainarētos epi onan kai epi pōlon huion hupozugieu.“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
Matthew 21:7“donkey”agala tan onan kai ton pōlon, kai epitithala epi autoiu teim himatieim, kai epikathizata epanō autoiu.They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.
onau“donkey’s”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
John 12:15“donkey’s”Mē fobesōr, thugatērar Siōn; idou tos basilevos su erchetō, katherōtos epi pōlon onau.“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”
onon“donkey”objectaccusative singular1×
Luke 13:15“donkey”apokrinita de auto tos kurios kai legata; Hupokritoir, hekastos vu te sabbate ouk luatō ton bouon autou ē ton onon apo tau fatnau kai apagaratos potizatō?“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?