Strong G3502νεοσσός
nestling
- Transliteration
- neossos
- Pronunciation
- neh-os-sos'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G3501; a youngling (nestling): - young.
Detailed definition
νοσσός (νεοσσός, Rec., as in cl. Att.. -ττός; Phryn. rejects the dissyl. form), -οῦ, ὁ
(νόος), [in LXX chiefly for בֵּן;]
a young bird: Luk.2:24 (LXX).†
(AS)
(νόος), [in LXX chiefly for בֵּן;]
a young bird: Luk.2:24 (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3502 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- young1
First verses
- Luke 2:24And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
νεοσσός,
Attic dialect νεοττ-, ὁ, (νέος) young bird, nestling, chick, [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.311, 9.323, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 425, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 835, NT.Luke.2.24, etc.; ἀπτῆνες ν. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.48a.)]
2 any young animal, as a young crocodile, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.68)]; of young children, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 256, 501, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 403 (Lyric poetry), +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 776a: _feminine_, ἦν νεοττὸς καὶ νέα (i.e. Lais) 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 3.15)]: in plural, young bees, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.34, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 624a22)]; Ἄρεως ν., of the cock, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 835)] (also ironically, of a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 104): collective, ἵππου ν.)] the horse's brood, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 825.)]
3 yolk of an egg, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 565a3, Oracle texts cited in 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.344)]; compare νεοττίον.—The disyllable form νοσσός is cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 109 from 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 113 and occurs in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oxy.” 2081)] (b) fragment 3: this and cognate forms (commonly found in later Gr.) are condemned as ἀδόκιμα by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 182.)]
Attic dialect νεοττ-, ὁ, (νέος) young bird, nestling, chick, [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.311, 9.323, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 425, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 835, NT.Luke.2.24, etc.; ἀπτῆνες ν. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.48a.)]
2 any young animal, as a young crocodile, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.68)]; of young children, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 256, 501, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 403 (Lyric poetry), +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 776a: _feminine_, ἦν νεοττὸς καὶ νέα (i.e. Lais) 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 3.15)]: in plural, young bees, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.34, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 624a22)]; Ἄρεως ν., of the cock, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 835)] (also ironically, of a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 104): collective, ἵππου ν.)] the horse's brood, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 825.)]
3 yolk of an egg, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 565a3, Oracle texts cited in 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.344)]; compare νεοττίον.—The disyllable form νοσσός is cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 109 from 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 113 and occurs in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oxy.” 2081)] (b) fragment 3: this and cognate forms (commonly found in later Gr.) are condemned as ἀδόκιμα by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 182.)]