ὈΝΥΧΩΝ, ὀνυχων
ONYCHŌN, onychōn
Sounds Like: O-NY-khon
Translations: of claws, of talons, of nails, of hoofs
From the root: ΟΝΥΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a claw, talon, fingernail, or hoof. It is used to describe the hard, keratinous coverings at the end of digits on animals, including humans. It can also refer to a type of onyx stone, which is named for its resemblance to a fingernail.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3788 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezekiel — 17:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΝΥΞ.
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.
- ὈΝΥΞΙΝ — to claws, with claws, by claws, to talons, with talons, by talons, to nails, with nails, by nails
- ὈΝΥΧΑ — nail, a nail, claw, a claw, hoof, a hoof, onyx, an onyx
- ὈΝΥΧΑΣ — claws, hooves, nails
- ὈΝΥΧΙ — (to) onyx, (to) a nail, (to) a claw, (to) a hoof
- ὈΝΥΧΙΣΤΗΡΑΣ — hoof, a hoof, claw, a claw
- ΟΝΥΞ — onyx, nail, claw, hoof
- ΟΝΥΞΙ — to claws, to talons, to nails, to hoofs
- ΟΝΥΧΙ — with a nail, with a claw, with an onyx, with a hoof
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