noun · feminine
ouras
Greekοὐρά (oura)
Strong’sG3769
a tail
stem our-5 times in the New Testament4 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
οὐρά, -ᾶς, ἡ,
[in LXX for זָנָב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3769 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoo-rah'
a tail
Fromapparently a primary word;
King Jamestail.
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 | ouras1×οὐρὰ | ourais1×οὐραὶ |
| object accusative | ouran | ourain1×οὐρὰς |
| direct address vocative | ourar | ourair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ourau | ouraiu |
| to, for dative | oura | ourai2×οὐραῖς |
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
oura 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
ouras“tail”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 12:4“tail”kai tas ouras autou suratō tem tritem toiu astēroiu tou ouranou, kai ballata autoin eis tan gēan. kai tos drakōnos histanatē enōpion tau gunaikau tau mellarōtau tiktara, hina hotan tiktateia tem teknem autau katesthiateia.His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
ourais“tails”subjectnominative plural1×
Revelation 9:19“tails”tas gar exousias toiu hippoiu en te stome autoiu atō kai en tai ourai autoiu; tais gar ourais autoiu homoiais ofioi, echarōtais kefalain, kai en autai adikalō.For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.
ourain“tails”objectaccusative plural1×
Revelation 9:10“tails”kai echalō ourain homoiain skorpioi kai kentreim, kai en tai ourai autaiu tas exousias autaiu adikara toin anthrōpoin mēnoin pente.They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
ourai“tails”to, fordative plural2×
Revelation 9:10“tails”kai echalō ourain homoiain skorpioi kai kentreim, kai en tai ourai autaiu tas exousias autaiu adikara toin anthrōpoin mēnoin pente.They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
Revelation 9:19“tails”tas gar exousias toiu hippoiu en te stome autoiu atō kai en tai ourai autoiu; tais gar ourais autoiu homoiais ofioi, echarōtais kefalain, kai en autai adikalō.For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.