ὈΝΥΧΑΣ, ὀνυχας
ONYCHAS, onychas
Sounds Like: O-NY-khas
Translations: claws, hooves, nails
From the root: ΟΝΥΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the hard, horny coverings at the ends of the digits of animals, such as claws, hooves, or nails. It is used in a general sense to describe these anatomical features.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3686 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:150
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Leviticus — 11:7
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
- ὈΝΥΧΙ — (to) onyx, (to) a nail, (to) a claw, (to) a hoof
- ὈΝΥΧΙΣΤΗΡΑΣ — hoof, a hoof, claw, a claw
- ὈΝΥΧΩΝ — of claws, of talons, of nails, of hoofs
- 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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