Strong G3577νῶτον
back
- Transliteration
- nōtos
- Pronunciation
- no'-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; the back: - back.
Detailed definition
νῶτος, -ου, ὁ
in Att.. most frequently τὸ νῶτον, and in pl. always τὰ νῶτα, [in LXX, ὁ ν., pl., οἱ νῶτοι and τὰ νῶτα, chiefly for כָּתֵף, also for עֹרֶף, מֹתֶן;]
/the back: Rom.11:10 (LXX).†
(AS)
in Att.. most frequently τὸ νῶτον, and in pl. always τὰ νῶτα, [in LXX, ὁ ν., pl., οἱ νῶτοι and τὰ νῶτα, chiefly for כָּתֵף, also for עֹרֶף, מֹתֶן;]
/the back: Rom.11:10 (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3577 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- back1
First verses
- Romans 11:10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
νῶτον, τό,
or νῶτος, ὁ, plural always νῶτα, τά in early writers (οἱ νῶτοι [LXX (LXX.3Ki.7.19(33)))]: the gender of thesg. is undetermined in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus; _neuter_ in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.28, 4.83, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 237, 643, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 289, “Pax” 747, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 132.6 (_anapaest meter_))], and always in Attic dialect accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 257, etc.: _accusative_ νῶτον)] is masculine in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.30, 40, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.3)] (as cited by Hdn.Gr.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (1.215), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 512b17, 544a6, 4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus 224J.)]:—back, both cf men and animals: singular, of a man, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.147, 13.289, etc.)]; of a boar, φρίσσεινῶτον[Refs ([prev. work] 473; ν... ὄϊος καὶ πίονος αἰγός 9.207)]; of horses, ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐῗσαι [Refs (2.765)]; of an eagle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.9)]: plural frequently used in Poets in sense of singular, δράκων ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.308, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.225, etc.)]: sometimes in Epic dialect of the chine of an animal served as food, νῶτα βοὸς.. πίονα[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 4.65; νώτοισιν δ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα διηνεκέεσσι γέραιρεν 14.437, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.321)]; of men in battle, τὰ νῶτα ἐντρέψαι to turn the back, i.e. flee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.211)]; νῶτον ἐπιστρέψαι[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Oracle texts [prev. work] 141; σν μὴ δῷς ν. μηδενί “PTeb.” 21.8 (2nd c.BC))]; δοτέον τὰ ν. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.787f; δεῖξαι νῶτα [prev. author] “Marc.” 12)] (this phrase also of the winner in a race, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.557 (Antip. Thess.)); πίπτειν ἐπὶ νώτῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 91 (Lyric poetry))]; κατὰ νώτου in rear, κατὰ νώτου γενέσθαι τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9, 10)]; τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ ν. λαβεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 75; κατὰ ν. βοηθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.62, etc.; κατὰ νῶτα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.84)]; back of the finger, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus Gaz. “Ecphr.” 168.11.)]
II metaphorically, any wide surface, especially of the sea, ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.159, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.142, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 762; ἐν νώτοισι ποντίας ἁλός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 129; πόντου 'πὶ νώτοις [prev. work] 774)]; also of the land, σχίζε ν. γᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.228, compare 26; χθονὸς ν. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 46)]; of the sky, ἀστεροειδέα ν. αἰθέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 114a p. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1067 (Lyric poetry); ἐπὶ τῷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 247c)]; but ἕσπερα ν. the evening, i.e. western, sky, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 731 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 ridge of a hill or rock, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.87, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 128 (Lyric poetry))]; of a tomb, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hel.” 842, etc.)]; of a chariot, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 572 (_anapaest meter_))]; of a saw, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.204 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.3 nave of a wheel, [Refs (LXX [prev. cited])]
II.4 back of a page, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.624; τὰ κατὰ νώτου “POxy.” 1725.9 (3rd c.AD). (Perh. cf. Latin νᾰτε ¯ ς.))]
or νῶτος, ὁ, plural always νῶτα, τά in early writers (οἱ νῶτοι [LXX (LXX.3Ki.7.19(33)))]: the gender of thesg. is undetermined in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus; _neuter_ in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.28, 4.83, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 237, 643, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 289, “Pax” 747, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 132.6 (_anapaest meter_))], and always in Attic dialect accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 257, etc.: _accusative_ νῶτον)] is masculine in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.30, 40, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.3)] (as cited by Hdn.Gr.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (1.215), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 512b17, 544a6, 4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus 224J.)]:—back, both cf men and animals: singular, of a man, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.147, 13.289, etc.)]; of a boar, φρίσσεινῶτον[Refs ([prev. work] 473; ν... ὄϊος καὶ πίονος αἰγός 9.207)]; of horses, ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐῗσαι [Refs (2.765)]; of an eagle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.9)]: plural frequently used in Poets in sense of singular, δράκων ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.308, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.225, etc.)]: sometimes in Epic dialect of the chine of an animal served as food, νῶτα βοὸς.. πίονα[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 4.65; νώτοισιν δ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα διηνεκέεσσι γέραιρεν 14.437, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.321)]; of men in battle, τὰ νῶτα ἐντρέψαι to turn the back, i.e. flee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.211)]; νῶτον ἐπιστρέψαι[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (Oracle texts [prev. work] 141; σν μὴ δῷς ν. μηδενί “PTeb.” 21.8 (2nd c.BC))]; δοτέον τὰ ν. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.787f; δεῖξαι νῶτα [prev. author] “Marc.” 12)] (this phrase also of the winner in a race, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.557 (Antip. Thess.)); πίπτειν ἐπὶ νώτῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 91 (Lyric poetry))]; κατὰ νώτου in rear, κατὰ νώτου γενέσθαι τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9, 10)]; τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ ν. λαβεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 75; κατὰ ν. βοηθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.62, etc.; κατὰ νῶτα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.84)]; back of the finger, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus Gaz. “Ecphr.” 168.11.)]
II metaphorically, any wide surface, especially of the sea, ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.159, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.142, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 762; ἐν νώτοισι ποντίας ἁλός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 129; πόντου 'πὶ νώτοις [prev. work] 774)]; also of the land, σχίζε ν. γᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.228, compare 26; χθονὸς ν. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 46)]; of the sky, ἀστεροειδέα ν. αἰθέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 114a p. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1067 (Lyric poetry); ἐπὶ τῷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 247c)]; but ἕσπερα ν. the evening, i.e. western, sky, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 731 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 ridge of a hill or rock, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.87, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 128 (Lyric poetry))]; of a tomb, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hel.” 842, etc.)]; of a chariot, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 572 (_anapaest meter_))]; of a saw, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 6.204 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.3 nave of a wheel, [Refs (LXX [prev. cited])]
II.4 back of a page, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.624; τὰ κατὰ νώτου “POxy.” 1725.9 (3rd c.AD). (Perh. cf. Latin νᾰτε ¯ ς.))]