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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3751 - ὀσφῦς

Transliteration

osphŷs

Phonetics

os-foos'

Origin

of uncertain affinity

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

5:496,736

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

the hip (loin)
1. to gird, gird about, the loins
a loin, the (two) loins
1. the place where the Hebrews thought the generative power (semen) resided

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 451 ‑ אַלְיָה (al‑yaw'); 1975 ‑ הַלָּז (hal‑lawz'); 2502 ‑ חָלַץ (khaw‑lats'); 2783 ‑ חֲרַץ (khar‑ats');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

BSB (5)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

CSB (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Ephesians 1

1 Peter 1

ESV (3)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

KJV (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (6)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

N95 (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

NAS (4)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Acts 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 2

NLT (6)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Acts 1

Ephesians 2

Hebrews 3

WEB (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

YLT (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

ASV (8)

loins 5

the loins 3

BSB (5)

his descendants 1

loin 1

waist 3

CSB (2)

waist 2

ESV (3)

loins 1

waist 2

KJV (8)

loins 8

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (6)

body 1

loins 3

waist 2

N95 (4)

loins 2

waist 2

NAS (4)

loins 1

waist 3

NLT (6)

belt 1

body 1

descendants 2

waist 2

WEB (8)

* 1

body 1

the body 2

waist 4

YLT (8)

loins 8

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 1

ANT

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 1

BEZ

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 1

BGB

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 1

BMT

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 1

BYZ

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 1

ELZ

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

NA26

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 1

SBL

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 1

SCV

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 1

STV

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 1

TIS

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 1

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 1

TRG

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ὀσφῦς, ἡ,

gen. ὀσφύος: acc. ὀσφῦν, also ὀσφύα AP 12.213 (Strat.): —

1. lion or loins, lower part of the back, Epich. 80, Hp. Aët. 20, Aph. 3.23, Arist. HA 493a22, al.; opp. κῶλα, ὦμοι, A. Pr. 497, Hdt. 2.40; loin of a victim, SIG 57.9 (Milet., v B. C.), 1037.2 (iv/iii B. C.), Pherecr. 23.4, Ar. Pax 1053, Lys. 964, Men. 319.12; of wasps, ἔχουσι κέντρον ἐκ τῆς ὀ. Ar. V. 225, cf. 740 (anap.); of a horse, X. Eq. 1.12; of a fish, Antiph. 132.6 (anap.).

2. Hellenist., metaph., ὁ καρπὸς τῆς ὀ., of a son, Acts 2:30, cf. LXX Genesis 35:11, al.

3. περιζώννυσθαι or ἀναζώννυσθαι τὴν ὀσφύν gird up one's loins, ib. Jeremiah 1:17; βυσσίνῳ ib. Daniel 10:5, cf. Luke 12:35. [ ῡ in nom. and acc. sg., which are accented ὀσφῦς, ὀσφῦν by Hdn.Gr. 2.937; ὀσφύς, -ύν freq. in codd., and this may be admitted for late writers: cf. ὀφρῦς.]

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ὀσφύς (or ὀσφύς, so R Tr in Ephesians 6:14; G in Matthew 3:4; cf. Chandler §§ 658, 659; Tdf. Proleg., p. 101), ὀσφύος, ἡ, from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;

1. the hip (loin), as that part of the body where the ζώνη was worn (the Sept. for מָתְנַיִם): Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6; hence, περιζωννυσθαι τάς ὀσφύας, to gird, gird about, the loins, Luke 12:35; Ephesians 6:14; and ἀναζωννυσθαι τάς ὀσφύας (to gird up the loins), 1 Peter 1:13; on the meaning of these metaphorical, phrases see ἀναζώννυμι.

2. a loin, the Sept. several times for חֲלָצַיִם, the (two) loins, where the Hebrews thought the generative power (semen) resided (?); hence, καρπός τῆς ὀσφύος, fruit of the loins, offspring, Acts 2:30 (see καρπός, 1 at the end); ἐξέρχεσθαι ἐκ τῆς ὀσφύος τίνος, to come forth out of one's loins i. e. derive one's origin or descent from one, Hebrews 7:5 (see ἐξέρχομαι, 2 b.); ἔτι ἐν τῇ ὀσφύϊ τίνος, to be yet in the loins of someone (an ancestor), Hebrews 7:10.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ὀσφύς , -ύος , ἡ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H4975;, also for H2502, etc.;]

the loin: Matthew 3:4, Mark 1:6; metaph., περιζώννυσθαι (ἀναζ -) τ . ὀσφύας , Luke 12:35, Ephesians 6:14, 1 Peter 1:13; regarded, as by the Hebrews, as the seat of generative power, Hebrews 7:5; Hebrews 7:10; metaph., καρπὸς τ . ὀσφύος , Acts 2:30

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";expose myself to danger"; (cf. classical παραβάλλομαι), occurs in the NT only in Philippians 2:30, but is cited by Deissmann (LAE, p. 84 n..5) from an Olbian inscr. of ii A.D. which is under no suspicion of appropriating a coinage of a NT writer—Latyschev I. 21.26 ff., where it is said of a certain Carzoasus—ἀλλὰ καὶ (μέχρι) περάτων γῆς ἐμαρτυρήθη τοὺς ὑπὲρ φιλίας κινδύνους μέχρι Σεβαστῶν συμμαχίᾳ (for dat. see Proleg. p. 64) παραβολευσάμενος, ";but also to the ends of the world it was witnessed of him that in the interests of friendship he had exposed himself to dangers as an advocate in (legal) strife (by taking his clients’ causes even) up to emperors."; The word is from παράβολος, ";venturesome,"; the verbal part expressing the energy of βάλλω, instead of being static as in παραβολή; see s.v. παραβάλλω.

List of Word Forms

οσφυας οσφυάς οσφύας ὀσφύας οσφυες οσφύες ὀσφύες οσφυι οσφυϊ οσφύϊ ὀσφύϊ οσφυν οσφύν ὀσφὺν οσφυος οσφύος ὀσφύος οσφύς οσφύων osphuas osphues osphui osphun osphuos osphyas osphýas osphyes osphýes osphýï osphyn osphỳn osphyos osphýos