ὈΝΙΚΟΣ, ὀνικος
ONIKOS, onikos
Sounds Like: oh-NEE-koss
Translations: of a donkey, donkey's, ass's, a donkey's, donkey-driven, large (millstone)
From the root: ΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'pertaining to a donkey' or 'donkey-driven'. It is often used in the phrase 'μύλος ὀνικός' (mylos onikos), which refers to a large millstone, specifically one so heavy that it would typically be turned by a donkey or an ass, as opposed to a smaller hand-mill. In this context, it signifies a very large and heavy millstone.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3684 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ὈΝΑΡΙΟΝ — young donkey, a young donkey, donkey colt, an ass's colt
- ὈΝΟΙΣ — (to) donkeys, (for) donkeys, (to) asses, (for) asses
- ὈΝΟΥ — of a donkey, of an ass, a donkey, an ass
- ὈΝΟΥΣ — donkeys, asses
- ὈΝΩ — to a donkey, to an ass, of donkeys, of asses
- ὈΝΩΝ — of donkeys, of asses
- ΟΝΙΔ — of a donkey, of an ass
- ΟΝΙΔΟΣ — of an ass, of a donkey
- ΟΝΟΙ — donkeys, asses
- ΟΝΟΝ — donkey, an ass, an ass, a donkey
- ΟΝΟΣ — donkey, an ass, ass
- ΟΝΟΥ — of a donkey, of an ass, a donkey, an ass
- ΟΝΟΥΣ — donkeys, asses
- ΟΝΩ — donkey, ass, an ass
- ΟΝΩΝ — of donkeys, of asses
- ὨΝΟΥΣ — donkeys, asses
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