ὄρνις
ornis
“hen”
Definition
a bird (as rising in the air), i.e. (specially), a hen (or female domestic fowl)
probably from a prolonged form of the base of G3735 (ὄρος);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
ὄρνις appears 2 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
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