noun · feminine
ornias
Greekὄρνις (ornis)
Strong’sG3733
a bird, fowl, hen
stem orni-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ὄρνις, -ιθος, ὁ, ἡ,
[in LXX: ὄ. ἐκλεκταί, III Ki 3:1 4:23 (5:3) (בַּרְבֻּרִים)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3733 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidor'-nis
a bird (as rising in the air), i.e. (specially), a hen (or female domestic fowl)
Fromprobably from a prolonged form of the base of G3735;
King Jameshen.
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 | ornias2×ὄρνις | orniais |
| object accusative | ornian | orniain |
| direct address vocative | orniar | orniair |
| of, belonging to genitive | orniau | orniaiu |
| to, for dative | ornia | orniai |
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
ornia 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
ornias“hen”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 23:37“hen”Ierousalēm Ierousalēm, tar apokteinarōtar toin profētoin kai lithobolarōtar toin apostelirētoin pros autan posakis thelama episunagara teim tekneim su, hon tropon ornias episunagatō teim nossieim autau hupo tain pteruxain, kai ouk thelava?O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Luke 13:34“hen”Ierousalēm Ierousalēm, tar apokteinarōtar toin profētoin kai lithobolarōtar toin apostelirētoin pros autan posakis thelama episunagara teim tekneim su hon tropon ornias tan heautau nossian hupo tain pteruxain, kai ouk thelava.O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!