What does ὄρνεον (órneon) mean in the Bible?
ὄρνεον (órneon) is a Greek word meaning "a birdling".
Greek · G3732
ὄρνεον
A birdling
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ὄρνεονG3732
Pronunciationórneon
What does ὄρνεον (órneon) mean in the Bible?
ὄρνεον (órneon) is a Greek word meaning "a birdling".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3732?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include birds (2), bird (1).
Where does ὄρνεον (órneon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 18:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itbirds2×Revelation 19:17, Revelation 19:21
bird1×Revelation 18:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRevelation 18:2
Aligned rows3
Books represented1
Revelation3
Source forms
ὄρνεα1xorneaRevelation 19:21
ὀρνέοις1xorneoisRevelation 19:17
ὀρνέου1xorneouRevelation 18:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural1xRevelation 19:17
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular1xRevelation 18:2
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural1xRevelation 19:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a birdling
Strong'sG3732
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a birdling
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 18:2Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ὀρνέουorneou
a bird
Read verseRevelation 19:17Noun Dative Plural Neuter
ὀρνέοιςorneoiv
a bird
Read verseRevelation 19:21Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
ὄρνεαornea
a bird
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternDative (1)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · NeuterRev 19:211×
Genitive · Singular · NeuterRev 18:21×
Dative · Plural · NeuterRev 19:171×
Word Origins
ὄρνεον is built from this root:
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