2001 Translation

OSTEŌN, osteōn

Sounds Like: os-TEH-ohn

Translations: of bones, bones

From the root: ΟΣΤΕΟΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to bones, the hard, rigid form of connective tissue constituting most of the skeleton of vertebrates. It is used in a general sense to refer to the skeletal structure or individual bones. As a genitive plural, it typically indicates possession or relationship, meaning 'of bones' or 'belonging to bones'.

Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Neuter

Strong’s number: G3747 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 6:26, 9:21
• Proverbs — 14:30
• Matthew — 23:27
• Ephesians — 5:30
• Hebrews — 11:22

From the same root

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

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.

• ὈΣΤΕΟΙΣ — bones, to bones, for bones
• ΟΣΤΑ — bones, a bone
• ΟΣΤΕΑ — bones, a bone
• ΟΣΤΕΟΙΣ — to bones, for bones, with bones, by bones
• ΟΣΤΕΟΝ — bone, a bone
• ΟΣΤΕΟΥ — of bone, of a bone
• ΟΣΤΩΝ — of bones, bones

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