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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: νοσσιά

(Strong's #3555 — Noun Feminine — nossia — nos-see-ah' )

primarily, "a nest," denotes "a brood," Luke 13:34 . Some texts have nossion in the plural, as Matthew 23:37 , "chicken."

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Brood'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​b/brood.html. 1940.
 
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