ὈΣΦΥΙ, ὀσφυι
OSPHUI, osphui
Sounds Like: os-PHOO-ee
Translations: loin, loins, a loin, the loins, (in) the loins
From the root: ΟΣΦΥΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the loins, the part of the body between the ribs and the hip bones, often associated with strength, procreation, or the seat of one's being. It can be used literally to refer to the physical body part, or metaphorically to denote the source of descendants or the place where one's strength resides. In the provided examples, it refers to the physical loins in the second example, and metaphorically to the ancestral line in the third example.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3751 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Hebrews — 7:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΣΦΥΣ.
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.
- ΟΣΦΥ — loin, loins, a loin, the loins
- ΟΣΦΥΑΣ — of the loins, of the waist, of the hips
- ΟΣΦΥΕΙ — to the loins, for the loins, in the loins
- ΟΣΦΥΕΣ — loins, waist, hips
- ΟΣΦΥΙ — (to) loin, (to) waist, (to) hip
- ΟΣΦΥΝ — loin, waist, hip
- ΟΣΦΥΟΣ — of the loin, of the loins, of the waist, of the hips, of the strength, of the procreative power
- ΟΣΦΥΣ — loins, a loin, waist, hip
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