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Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ὀσφύς

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	ὀσφύς
Citation form	ὀσφύς, ύος, ἡ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	the loins
Strong’s	G3751
Transliteration	osphŷs
Definition	the loin (externally), i.e. the hip; internally (by extension) procreative power
KJV glosses	:--loin.
Derivation	of uncertain affinity
SBLGNT occurrences	8

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
ὀσφύας	noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — 1 Peter 1:13
ὀσφύες	noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-) — Luke 12:35
ὀσφύϊ	noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Hebrews 7:10
ὀσφὺν	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 3:4 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 1:6 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Ephesians 6:14
ὀσφύος	noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Acts 2:30 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 7:5

Morphology

noun; MorphGNT ----APF-
noun; MorphGNT ----ASF-
noun; MorphGNT ----DSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----GSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----NPF-

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: οσφυς.