ὈΣΦΥΟΣ, ὀσφυος
OSPHYOS, osphyos
Sounds Like: oss-FOO-oss
Translations: of the loin, of the loins, of the waist, of the hips
From the root: ὈΣΦΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the loins, waist, or hips, often indicating the area of the body where strength or procreative power is located. It is used in various contexts, including physical descriptions and metaphorical expressions related to strength or lineage.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3748 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 8:217
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 68:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 35:11
- Exodus — 28:38
- 2 Samuel — 20:8
- 1 Kings — 12:10
- 2 Chronicles — 6:9, 10:10
- Isaiah — 5:27, 20:2
- Jeremiah — 31:37, 37:6
- Ezekiel — 1:27, 8:2, 9:2, 9:3, 21:6, 24:17, 47:4
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 5:6
- Nahum — 2:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
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