ἀλέκτωρ
alektōr
“rooster”
Definition
a cock or male fowl
from (to ward off);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
ἀλέκτωρ appears 11 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.
But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”
And the Lord turned and looked at Peter.Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”
At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!”And immediately a rooster crowed.
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
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