2001 Translation

OIŌNISMA, oiōnisma

Sounds Like: oy-oh-NIZ-mah

Translations: omen, a sign, augury, divination

From the root: ΟἸΩΝΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to an omen or a sign, particularly one derived from the observation of birds or other natural phenomena, used for divination or predicting future events. It signifies a concrete instance or result of such an observation. It is often used in contexts related to false prophets or practices of divination.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G3637 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 18 — 6:212

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Samuel — 15:23

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟἸΩΝΟΣ.

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.

• ΟἸΩΝΟΙΣ — to birds of prey, to omens, to auguries
• ΟἸΩΝΟΝ — omen, a sign, a portent
• ΟἸΩΝΟΣ — omen, a sign, a portent, a bird of omen
• ΟἸΩΝΟΥΣ — birds of prey, vultures, omens, signs
• ΟἸΩΝΩΝ — of birds, of omens, of auguries

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