ὈΣΤΕΩΝ, ὀστεων
OSTEŌN, osteōn
Sounds Like: oss-TEH-ohn
Translations: of bones, bones
From the root: ὈΣΤΟΥ͂Ν
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to bones, the hard, rigid form of connective tissue constituting most of the skeleton of vertebrates. It is used in a general sense to refer to the skeletal structure or individual bones. In a sentence, it would typically function as the object of a preposition or indicate possession, as in 'the marrow of the bones' or 'from the bones'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3747 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 5:3
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 5:34
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 2:23
- 2 Kings — 13:21, 23:14
- 4 Maccabees — 6:26, 9:21
- Proverbs — 14:30
- Ezekiel — 37:1
- Micah — 3:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
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