2001 Translation

OUS, ous

Sounds Like: OOS

Translations: ear, an ear

From the root: ΟΥ̓Σ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the physical organ of hearing. It is often used metaphorically to denote attention, understanding, or the act of listening. For example, it can be used in phrases like 'to lend an ear' or 'to have ears to hear', implying a readiness to listen and comprehend.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G3775 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:21, 12:4

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 34:8

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 5:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 7:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 6 — 8:165

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 38:4, 63:4, 63:5

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 11:7

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 21:6
• Ruth — 4:4
• 2 Kings — 19:16
• 1 Chronicles — 17:25
• Nehemiah — 1:6, 1:11
• Psalms — 9:38, 16:6, 30:3, 44:11, 48:5, 70:2, 77:1, 85:1, 87:3, 91:12, 93:9, 101:3, 114:2
• Psalms of Solomon — 8:1
• Proverbs — 2:2, 4:20, 5:1, 5:13, 20:15, 22:17, 25:12, 28:9
• Ecclesiastes — 1:8, 12:9
• Job — 4:12, 13:1, 29:11, 31:30, 34:3
• Wisdom — 1:10
• Sirach — 3:29, 4:8, 6:33, 16:5, 17:13, 38:28, 51:16
• Isaiah — 37:17, 59:1
• Jeremiah — 7:24, 7:26, 17:22, 41:14, 51:5
• Baruch — 2:16
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 9:18
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 9:18

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 10:27
• Luke — 12:3, 22:50
• 1 Corinthians — 2:9, 12:16
• Revelation — 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:29, 3:6, 3:13, 3:22, 13:9

From the same root

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

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.

• ὨΤΑ — ears, an ear
• ὨΤΑΡΙΟΝ — ear, a ear, little ear
• ὨΤΙΟΝ — ear, a little ear, a small ear

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