ὈΣΦΥΕΣ, ὀσφυες
OSPHYES, osphyes
Sounds Like: oss-FY-ess
Translations: loins, waist, hips
From the root: ὈΣΦΎΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the loins, the part of the body between the ribs and the hip bones. It can also refer to the waist or hips. In a metaphorical sense, it often signifies the seat of strength, procreative power, or readiness for action, especially when used in phrases like 'gird up your loins,' which means to prepare for a task or journey.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3751 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 12:11
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 12:35
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 16:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὈΣΦΎΣ.
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.
- ὈΣΦΥΝ — loins, a loin, waist, hip
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