osfuas

Strong’sG3751

the loins

stem osfu-8 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ὀσφύς, -ύος, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly for מָתְנַיִם, also for חָלָץ, etc.;]

the loin: Mt 3:4, Mk 1:6; metaph., περιζώννυσθαι (ἀναζ-) τ. ὀσφύας, Lk 12:35, Eph 6:14, I Pe 1:13; regarded, as by the Hebrews, as the seat of generative power, He 7:5, 10; metaph., καρπὸς τ. ὀσφύος, Ac 2:30.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3751 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidos-foos'

the loin (externally), i.e. the hip; internally (by extension) procreative power

Fromof uncertain affinity;

King Jamesloin.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ὀσφῦς, ἡ,
genitive ὀσφύος: accusative ὀσφῦν, also ὀσφύα Refs 2nd c.AD+: —lion or loins, lower part of the back, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to κῶλα, ὦμοι, Refs 5th c.BC+; loin of a victim, Refs 5th c.BC+; of wasps, ἔχουσι κέντρον ἐκ τῆς ὀ. Refs 5th c.BC+; of a horse, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a fish, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 Hellenist., metaphorically, ὁ καρπὸς τῆς ὀ., of a son, LXX+NT
3 περιζώννυσθαι or ἀναζώννυσθαι τὴν ὀσφύν gird up one's loins,LXX; βυσσίνῳLXX+NT; ὀσφύς, -ύν frequently in codices, and this may be admitted for late writers: compare ὀφρῦς.]

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

waist4×loins3×body1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	osfuas	osfuais1×ὀσφύες
object accusative	osfuan3×ὀσφὺν	osfuain1×ὀσφύας
direct address vocative	osfuar	osfuair
of, belonging to genitive	osfuau2×ὀσφύος	osfuaiu
to, for dative	osfua1×ὀσφύϊ	osfuai

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

osfustem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

osfua 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

8 occurrences, every one of them listed

osfuan“waist”objectaccusative singular3×

Matthew 3:4… kamēlau kai zōnan dermatinan peri tan osfuan autou, tas de trofēas ate autou …… with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild …

Mark 1:6… kamēlau kai zōnan dermatinan peri tan osfuan autou, kai estharōntos akridain kai melitem …… with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild …

Ephesians 6:14stēavar oun perizōnerantois tan osfuan vu en alētheia, kai enduerantois ton …… belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

osfuau“body”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Acts 2:30“body”… auto tos theos ek karpou tau osfuau autou kathizara epi ton thronon autou,… knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

Hebrews 7:5“loins”… adelfoin autoiu, kaiper exercharēntoin ek tau osfuau Abraam;… is, from their brothers — though they too are descended from Abraham.

osfua“loins”to, fordative singular1×

Hebrews 7:10“loins”ēti gar en ta osfua tou patrou ate hote sunantata auto …For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the loin of his ancestor.

osfuais“waist”subjectnominative plural1×

Luke 12:35“waist”Alōr vu tais osfuais perizōnorēntais kai tois luchnois kaiorōntois,Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

osfuain“loins”objectaccusative plural1×

1 Peter 1:13“loins”Dio anazōnerantois tain osfuain tau dianoiau vu, nēfarōntois teleiōs, elpizavar …Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to …