noun · feminine

trugōnas

Greekτρυγών (trugōn)

Strong’sG5167

a turtle-dove

stem trugōn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

turtledoves1×

What it means

τρυγών, -όνος, ἡ

(< τρύζω, to murmur, coo), [in LXX for תּוֹר, תֹּר;]

a turtle-dove: Lk 2:24.†

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

Strong’s G5167 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtroo-gone'

akin to G5149, but denoting a duller sound); a turtle-dove (as cooing)

Fromfrom τρύζω (to murmur;

King Jamesturtle-dove.

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	trugōnas	trugōnais
object accusative	trugōnan	trugōnain
direct address vocative	trugōnar	trugōnair
of, belonging to genitive	trugōnau	trugōnaiu1×τρυγόνων
to, for dative	trugōna	trugōnai

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

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

trugōna 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

trugōnaiu“turtledoves”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Luke 2:24“turtledoves”kai teu dōara thusian kata tem legirētem en to nomo kuriou, zeugem trugōnaiu ē duo nossoin peristeraiu.and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”