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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ὄρνεον G3732
Pronunciation órneon
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 It birds 2× Revelation 19:17, Revelation 19:21
bird 1× Revelation 18:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Revelation 18:2
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Revelation 3
Source forms
ὄρνεα 1x ornea Revelation 19:21
ὀρνέοις 1x orneois Revelation 19:17
ὀρνέου 1x orneou Revelation 18:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural 1x Revelation 19:17
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Revelation 18:2
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x Revelation 19:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a birdling
Strong's G3732
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a birdling
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 18:2 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ὀρνέου orneou
a bird
Read verse Revelation 19:17 Noun Dative Plural Neuter
ὀρνέοις orneoiv
a bird
Read verse Revelation 19:21 Noun Nominative Plural Neuter
ὄρνεα ornea
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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Rev 19:21 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Rev 18:2 1×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Rev 19:17 1×
Word Origins
ὄρνεον is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain