2001 Translation

ŌSIN, ōsin

Sounds Like: OH-sin

Translations: ears, (in) ears, they may be, they should be, they are

From the root: ΟΥΣ, ΕΙΜΙ

Part of Speech: Noun, Verb

Explanation: This word is a homograph, meaning it can represent two different words with distinct meanings and origins. It can be the dative plural of the noun ΟΥΣ (ous), meaning 'ear', often used in phrases like 'in the ears of'. Alternatively, it can be the third person plural present subjunctive of the verb ΕΙΜΙ (eimi), meaning 'to be', typically used in clauses expressing purpose or result, such as 'in order that they may be'.

Inflection: Dative, Plural, Neuter (for 'ears'); Third Person, Plural, Present, Subjunctive (for 'to be')

Strong’s numbers: G3775 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1510 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:90

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 8:3, 8:4

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 0:1, 3:2

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 15:325, 16:349
• Book 9 — 13:273
• Book 12 — 2:45
• Book 16 — 6:171

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 24:16, 28:4

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 2:2, 44:1, 61:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 123:8, 127:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 18:24, 21:30, 35:4
• Exodus — 1:16, 12:4, 21:36, 32:2, 32:3, 38:16
• Numbers — 19:18, 27:10, 27:11
• Deuteronomy — 5:1, 19:17
• Judges — 7:3, 9:2, 9:3
• 1 Samuel — 3:17, 15:14
• 2 Samuel — 3:19, 7:22, 18:12, 22:7
• 2 Kings — 18:26, 19:28
• 1 Chronicles — 17:20
• 2 Chronicles — 34:30
• Ezra (Beta) — 6:10, 7:25
• Nehemiah — 13:1
• Tobit — 14:9
• 1 Maccabees — 10:24
• 2 Maccabees — 11:26
• Psalms — 43:2
• Proverbs — 23:16, 27:26
• Job — 15:21, 33:8, 33:23
• Isaiah — 1:18, 6:10, 7:23, 10:20, 17:8, 22:14, 55:3
• Jeremiah — 25:4, 33:11
• Baruch — 1:3, 1:4, 1:11
• Ezekiel — 3:10, 14:14, 34:22, 40:4, 42:14, 44:5

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 13:15
• Mark — 3:14
• Luke — 4:21
• John — 17:11, 17:19, 17:21, 17:22, 17:23, 17:24
• Acts — 7:51, 28:27
• 1 Corinthians — 7:29
• 1 Timothy — 5:7
• Titus — 3:14

From the same root

No other words from the same root, ΟΥΣ, ΕΙΜΙ, appear in our texts.

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